2018 Volume 3 Issue 2 Supplementary
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ANALYZING THE EXISTING AND DESIRED STATE OF BLENDED LEARNING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS


Mir Arsalan BASATI, Faranak MOSAVI*, Mohammad Javad KARAM AFROOZ, Elham KAVEANI, Susan LAEI
Abstract

The general purpose of the present research is to analyze the current situation of applying the blended learning in the primary schools in contrast to the desired and expected situation. This research is a descriptive-survey one and is applied in terms of its purpose. The research community consists of all managers and head teachers, experts and teachers in the primary schools in Islam Abad Gharb, Kermanshah, in the 2017-2018 academic year and their statistics are 650 people during research. Based on the Morgan Table, 242 people were selected and analyzed by means of stratified random sampling. A researcher-made questionnaire was prepared and distributed in the schools to analyze the current state and the desired situation for blended learning. The face validity and content validity were confirmed by the expert professors and its reliability was 0.99 by means of Cronbach alpha in the current can desired situations. Central parameters and scattering parameters were used to carry out descriptive analysis. Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test, one sample T-test. Friedman Test and SPSS® were used to carry out inferential analysis. The findings showed that the mean of all components is lower than the medium size in the current situation and is higher than the medium size in the desired and expected situation. Moreover, a significant statistical difference was shown between the current and desired situations and there was a difference between using the components of blended learning in the current situation and applying them in the desired and expected situation of the schools. 



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