The Efficiency of Virtual Museum in Development of Grade Eight Students’ Achievements and Attitudes towards Archaeology in Oman

Authors : Nada Ali AMBUSAİDİ, Ahmed Hamad ALRABAANİ

Pages : 496-503

Doi:10.24331/ijere.628304

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Publication Date : 2019-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study investigates the effectiveness of using virtual museum in teaching social studies for the development of eighth grade students’ achievement and attitudes towar ds archaeology. A quasi- experimental study was conducted with a sample of 60 females, comprising one experimental and one control group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(each consisting of 30 students);. The experimental group was taught by virtual museum, while the control group was taught by the traditional method. The data was collected by administering an achievement test with thirty questions and a 43-item attitudinal scale. The validity of these instruments was checked by a panel of judges and reliability was examined using Cronbach’s alpha: insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(.712); for the test and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(.891); for the scale. The results showed significant differences insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(α=0.05); between the means of the groups in favor of experimental groups in achievement test and attitudes towards archaeology and towards using museum in teaching. The study thus indicates that the use of virtual museums is beneficial in providing a supportive and encouraging learning environment
Keywords : Virtual museum, social studies, achievement, Oman