The Comparison between the Effectiveness of Two Educational Methods of Learning by Summarizing, and Learning through Teaching on the Comprehension Male Students

Keshavarz, Safoora; Seyf, Ali Akbar; Bahrami, Hadi

doi:10.22034/iepa.2020.215996.1147

The Comparison between the Effectiveness of Two Educational Methods of Learning by Summarizing, and Learning through Teaching on the Comprehension Male Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Safoora Keshavarz ¹

Ali Akbar Seyf ²

Hadi Bahrami ³

¹ Ph.D. Student, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/iepa.2020.215996.1147

Abstract

The present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of two educational methods of learning by summarizing, and learning through teaching on the comprehension of sixth grade elementary male students. This was an applied study and the research design was experimental with a pre-test and post-test approach and the control group. The study population included all sixth grade male students at Allameh Tabataba'i School, who were studying in the academic year of 2018-2019. The random available sampling method was used in this study. The total number of students were 59, all of which were participated in the study and divided into three different groups by random convenience sampling method. Then, the first experiment group members (15 subjects) were trained in 8 learning sessions through teaching method. The subjects in the second experimental group (15 subjects) were trained in 8 learning sessions by summarizing method. The control group (n = 29) received no training. Two researcher-made questionnaires were designed to assess the comprehension level of the students. The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance in the SPSS software. Emphasizing the findings of the research, it can be argued that both learning methods had a favorable effect on the students' comprehension, and increased the students' comprehension level. Based on these findings, one can conclude that these two educational methods have a great impact on increasing the comprehension of sixth grade elementary students.

Keywords

Comprehension

elementary students

summarizing

teaching

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