Using cartoons in social studies lessons significantly increases grade 4 students' awareness of water issues compared with traditional teaching¶

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Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Omani grade 4 students taught a water unit with cartoons scored significantly higher on a water-awareness post-test than students taught with traditional methods. → Al-Rabaani 2017

Evidence¶

Al-Rabaani 2017¶

Al-Rabaani, A. H., & Al-AAmri, I. H. (2017). The Effect of Using Cartoons on Developing Omani Grade 4 Students’ Awareness of Water Issues and their Attitudes towards Using them in Teaching Social Studies. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 8(1), 35-46. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1141986

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test study with 33 experimental and 32 control grade 4 students at one school in Al-Dakiliah province; post-test t-test showed a significant difference in favor of the cartoon group, with means of 14.59 versus 9.43 out of 20.

"The results showed statistically significant differences between experimental and control groups in favor of the experimental group. The mean of the experimental group as (14.59) from a total of (20) which means that the awareness level reached 72.9% compared to the control group, whose mean was (9.43)"

Discussion¶

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