Effect of Web 2.0 Technology-Based Instruction on Collaboration Skills of XI Graders

Abstract

The present study aimed to compare the effect of Web 2.0 technology-based instruction and conventional chalk and talk method on collaboration skills of 141 XI graderswith two different learning approaches viz. deep learning approach and surface learning approach in political science classroom. The data collected was analyzed with the help of two- way Analysis of Covariance. The major findings of the study revealed that i) students when exposed to web 2.0 technology-based environment exhibited statistically significant higher collaboration skills than students taught through conventional chalk and talk method. ii) Deep and surface learning approaches do not account for difference in collaboration skills. iii) No significant interaction between treatment and learning approaches was found.