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In this study the effects of using interactive white board on primary school
students’ achievement in teaching English were examined. The sample of
this study is comprised of 146 students doing 4th grade English classes at
Şehit Teğmen Ali Yılmaz Primary School. According to the statistical
analysis results, working group was divided into two groups as the
experimental group and the control group.
The subject of the research was “Home Sweet Home” Unit 6, with the topics
of “House rooms, furniture and prepositions”, chosen from 4th grade
English student’s book were taught by using IWB to experimental group for
75 students and using blackboard to control group for 71 students. The
success of experimental and control group students were investigated by
English Achievement Test, a multiple choice test, which is divided into pretests
and pro-tests. The results of the tests were evaluated by using SPSS
16.00 package program.
Findings, resulting in a significant difference, show that the use of IWB
increases the students’ English academic success when compared to the use
of blackboard and using IWB in teaching English affects primary school
students’ achievement positively. As a result, this study will work useful for
teachers and students at every field of education.
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