http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).41
10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).41
Published : Mar 2021
Impact of Instructional Methods on the Performance of University Students
Teaching is a continuous process for transmission of skills and knowledge attitudes in harmony with professional commitment. Transformation of knowledge involves teachers to use the appropriate instructional methods and pedagogical skills that best suit the learners. The study explored the effect of instructional methods on learners' achievement at the university level in pretest and posttest groups. The students studying in university of Lahore Sargodha Campus. The sample consisted of 40 students using a simple random sampling technique. The researchers used performance test score. The data were analyzed through inferential statistical test and mean and sd. The findings showed that both male and female university scholars had significant differences in the instructional methods in the posttest group. Male students were more prominent in activity-based, demonstration, and discussion methods. On the other hand, females were more prominent in lecture methods. The researchers recommended that teachers should use better innovative methods for the effective performance of students during the instructional process.
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Instructional Methods, Students' Achievement, Knowledge Transmission
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(1) Shahbaz Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Naveed Khalid
Caardiff University, United Kingdom.
(3) Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah
Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Education Lahore, DGKhan Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ahmad, S., Khalid, M. N., & Shah, M. A. (2021). Impact of Instructional Methods on the Performance of University Students. Global Educational Studies Review, VI(I), 408-416. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).41
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CHICAGO : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Muhammad Naveed Khalid, and Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah. 2021. "Impact of Instructional Methods on the Performance of University Students." Global Educational Studies Review, VI (I): 408-416 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).41
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HARVARD : AHMAD, S., KHALID, M. N. & SHAH, M. A. 2021. Impact of Instructional Methods on the Performance of University Students. Global Educational Studies Review, VI, 408-416.
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MHRA : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Muhammad Naveed Khalid, and Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah. 2021. "Impact of Instructional Methods on the Performance of University Students." Global Educational Studies Review, VI: 408-416
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MLA : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Muhammad Naveed Khalid, and Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah. "Impact of Instructional Methods on the Performance of University Students." Global Educational Studies Review, VI.I (2021): 408-416 Print.
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OXFORD : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Khalid, Muhammad Naveed, and Shah, Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain (2021), "Impact of Instructional Methods on the Performance of University Students", Global Educational Studies Review, VI (I), 408-416
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TURABIAN : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Muhammad Naveed Khalid, and Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah. "Impact of Instructional Methods on the Performance of University Students." Global Educational Studies Review VI, no. I (2021): 408-416. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).41