مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Investigation of the Effects of Distance Education and Formal Education Into Student Success

Abstract :

In this study, the effects of teaching methods to the student achievement levels were investigated in two different student groups chosen from the computer programming department in vocational school in Kırıkkale University and Hitit University. One of them is distance education students, and the other one is formal education students. For the investigation, as a data collection tool, survey was used and it is applied to participants as a web-based. In the first stage, pretest covering CSS and JavaScript were applied on students taking Internet Programming-I course of formal education groups and distance education groups and the resulting data was recorded. Then the issues of CSS and JavaScript were told in both distance education groups and formal education groups and then last test was applied to them . The obtained data was analyzed and which teaching method more effective in the success of the student was found. The demographic structure of distance and traditional education students was examined and their impact on the teaching was identified and assessed. According to results, it has been observed that the rate of increase students achievement of students studying by distance education method is higher than the rate of students in formal education. Statistically In this context, when the comparison is made according to the type of education, it has been concluded that distance education is a more effective method.