{"id":2774,"date":"2012-06-09T05:03:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T05:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2012-06-09T05:03:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T05:03:08","slug":"vol-4-issue-24-research-paper-the-effects-of-playing-educational-software-on-iranian-kindergarten-amadeghi-students-achievement-by-farideh-sharifian-pour-dr-fateme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=2774","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 4 Issue 24 \u2013 Research Paper: \u2018The Effects Of Playing Educational Software On Iranian Kindergarten (Amadeghi) Students’ Achievement\u2019 by Farideh Sharifian Pour & Dr. Fatemeh Alipanahi"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#24 | June 11, 2012 |\u00a0ISSN 0975-3036<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
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This paper has been authored and submitted for publication by\u00a0Farideh Sharifian Pour & Dr. Fatemeh Alipanahi,\u00a0<\/strong>Islamic Azad University Science and Research, Zanjan Branch,Iran.<\/em><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

This study investigated whether kindergarten students who used the educational software achieved\u00a0better than peers who did not use the software. Participants were 48 kindergarten students from two\u00a0classes of an urban school in north of Tehran .Holistic scoring was applied. Results showed a significant\u00a0improvement in students reading.<\/p>\n

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In recent years, computers have become an increasingly popular learning and playing toll, specially\u00a0With young children . To understand whether and in what aspects the use of computer-related technology\u00a0Benefits young children researchers have been conducting.<\/p>\n

A number of studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of computer software use on cognitive\u00a0development of young children .In a study by Clements and Gallo (1984),the effects of learning computer\u00a0programming on children\u2019s cognitive style, meta cognitive ability ,and cognitive development were assessed. \u00a0The results indicated that the computer programming group scored significantly higher on measures of divergent\u00a0Thinking and meta cognitive development.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the same issue was also studied by Haugland (1992). To investigate whether children\u2019s growth in Key developmental areas has a link to the kind of software they use, Haugland examined the effect of developmental\u00a0Software and non developmental software on children\u2019s intelligence, self-esteem and creativity. The collected evidence\u00a0Revealed that children exposed to developmental software had significant gains in intelligence, structural knowledge\u00a0Nonverbal skills, and long term memory.<\/p>\n

The research literature seems to show that computer-related technology use plays a positive role in young children\u2019s social, psychological, cognitive and academic development.<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n

The participants in the study were 48 students (24 in class A, 24 in class B ) . They were from two Kindergarten (Amadeghi) classes of an urban school in north region of Tehran . The students were six\u00a0Years old. Most of them were from higher socio economic families.<\/p>\n

Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

The materials used for treatment included a commercially software, which was originally intended<\/p>\n

To teach students to sing, to support children\u2019s reading development.<\/p>\n

Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n

The procedure for current study was performed in nine weeks. The potential of software, which was originally intended to teach children to sing, to support student\u2019s reading development. The software\u00a0offers students the opportunity to practice reading song lyrics over the course of nine-week study. The\u00a0lyrics were also shown visually in a way which was intended to represent the relative pitch and timing\u00a0that they should be sung to.<\/p>\n

The software was used three times a week (30 minutes per session)with a group of 24 students who were\u00a0underachieving. These students were compared to closely matched control group from the same school.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

The results showed that use of this commercially software, significantly improved the students reading\u00a0development ,and follow up assessments showed there was improvement in their grades in six month.<\/p>\n

Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n

The results also showed that the experimental group made significantly more gain than control\u00a0Group in reading. It seems that using educational software can improve students reading skills.\u00a0However, caution should be exercised as to how to interpret this finding.<\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karemaker, A., Pichford, N.J. ,&O\u2019Malley, C.(2008).Using whole-word multimedia software to Support literacy acquisition :a comparison with traditional books<\/p>\n

Educational and child psychology,\u00a025, 97-118 Students see ESL as a step to success<\/p>\n

Clements, D.H.,& Gallo, D.F.(1984). Effects of computer programming on young children\u2019s\u00a0Cognition<\/p>\n

Journal of Educational psychology,76(6),1051-1058<\/p>\n

Fitch, J.L.,& Sims,J.L.(1992). A microcopmputer learning center in Heart start: A pilot study<\/p>\n

Journal of Computing in childhood Education 285-292.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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