Experimental students' perceptions of Edmodo were highly positive, ranking pedagogical purposes highest and social interaction lowest¶

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q2 i? On the 19-item post questionnaire, pedagogical purposes scored the highest mean (17.57), followed by language skills development (17.23), learning management system (11.04) and social interaction (8.47). → Al-Kathiri 2014

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Al-Kathiri 2014¶

Fatimah Al-Kathiri. (2014). Beyond the Classroom Walls: Edmodo in Saudi Secondary School EFL Instruction, Attitudes and Challenges. English Language Teaching, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v8n1p189

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Descriptive statistical analysis of the 21 experimental-group students' perceptions questionnaire after the six-week treatment. The article reports the total perception score at 95% and ranks the four dimensions; no inferential test or effect size is printed.

"Table 6 shows that the highest mean value (17.57) is for the pedagogical purposes of Edmodo. The second rank is for the development of language skills through Edmodo with a mean scoring (17.23)."

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