The Impact of Using Google Applications in Developing Project-Based Learning Skills and the Attitude towards It among Female Graduate Students

Authors

Sabah Eid Rajaa Al-SobhiFollow

Abstract

The study aimed to explore the impact of the use of Google applications for developing project-based learning skills and the attitude towards it among female graduate students, and for this purpose, the descriptive (analytical) approach was employed, with the experimental approach by a quasi-experimental design, and the study sample consisted of (32) female students of professional master’s degree in the Department of (Educational Technologies) at the College of Education at Najran University for the first semester of the academic year 1440/1441 AH, they were divided equally into two groups: an experimental group trained using Google applications, and a control group trained in the usual way (direct lectures in classroom), and the tools and materials included: list of project-based learning skills, cognitive achievement test (pre-post) for project-based learning skills, project-based learning skills assessment scorecard, and attitude scale towards using Google applications and Google applications, and the study revealed a significant difference at a significance level of (0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group in the post- test of cognitive achievement for project-based learning skills, assessment scorecard of project-based learning skills, and the attitude scale towards using Google applications in favour of the experimental group. In conclusion, the study presented a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: the use of Google applications in teaching all courses for various specialties at the undergraduate level, and encouraging academic staff and students to benefit from the potential of Google applications in the educational process.

Recommended Citation

Al-Sobhi, Sabah Eid Rajaa (2021) "The Impact of Using Google Applications in Developing Project-Based Learning Skills and the Attitude towards It among Female Graduate Students," Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education (مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية (للبحوث في التعليم العالي: Vol. 41: Iss. 3, Article 9.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jaaru_rhe/vol41/iss3/9