An Electronic Program Based on The Integration of Padlet & Wordwall Platforms To Develop Spatial Thinking Skills and Engage In Learning Social Studies For Students of Sixth Grader

Abu Mokanem, Karamy Mohammed Badaway Azab

doi:10.21608/jsre.2022.158213.1501

An Electronic Program Based on The Integration of Padlet & Wordwall Platforms To Develop Spatial Thinking Skills and Engage In Learning Social Studies For Students of Sixth Grader

Document Type : Original Article

Author

karamy mohammed badaway azab Abu mokanem

Faculty of education, Matrouh university

10.21608/jsre.2022.158213.1501

Abstract

The research aimed to reveal the potency of an electronic program based on the integration of the Padlet & word wall platforms in developing spatial thinking skills and engaging in learning social studies for sixth graders. The study sample consisted of (60) sixth graders. They were divided into two groups: experimental and discipliner; Also, the experimental research approach with a quasi-experimental design was used to achieve the objectives of the study, and to prepare its tools, which symbolized in: test of spatial thinking skills and the learning engagement scale. The results of the research concluded that there was a statistically significant difference in the results of the post application to the test of spatial thinking skills and the learning engagement scale for the benefit of the experimental group students. Besides, the size of the impact of the electronic program based on the integration between the Padlet & word wall platforms was large. The research ended with providing a set of recommendations and suggestions for using electronic learning platforms in the field of teaching and learning social studies from a distance.

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Main Subjects

Curriculum and methods of teaching

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