A Study on Integrating Interactive Whiteboard into English Teaching to Enhance Taichung Municipal Elementary School Students’ Learning Motivation and Achievement

• Main Authors: Yang, Wei, Hsuan, 楊維軒
• Other Authors: Li, Hsin, Liang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60559222540891665146

碩士 === 東海大學 === 教育研究所 === 100 === The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of using interactive whiteboard (IWB) to enhance elementary school students’ English learning motivation and achievement. A quasi-experimental design was employed to examine the impact of IWB on the aspects of students’ English learning motivation and achievement. The subjects were from one of the fifth grades in a given elementary school in Taichung city. The experimental group was equipped with IWB as the major learning tool; the control group was equipped with the traditional instructional aids, such as blackboard, flash cards, and posters in the classroom; the mixed group was equipped with both traditional teaching aids and IWB facilities. The mixed group was taught with 30-minute traditional English instruction and 10-minute IWB instruction. The study applied one-way ANOVA to analyze the pre-tests of the three groups; the result showed that there was no significant difference among the three groups. Paired t test was applied to investigate the differences between the pre-tests and post-tests of the three groups. The result showed that both the experimental and mixed group had the significant progress in English learning motivation and achievement. One-way ANCOVA was administered to investigate the differences of the post-tests among the three groups. The result demonstrated that the experimental and mixed group had non-significant differences in both English learning motivation and achievement when compared to the control group. Finally, the study concluded that integrating IWB into English teaching enhances both students’ learning motivation and achievement. In addition, suggestion is proposed for the authorities, on-set English teachers and future IWB researchers.