The extent to which the teachers of the middle and secondary stages of the e-learning strategies in Wadi Al-Dawaser governorate are employed in the Saudi Arab Kingdom

Bin Sahoud Raqi Al-Otaibi, Salman; Mukhtar Muhammad Al-Qaramiti, Abu Alfutuh

doi:10.21608/jsre.2019.57218

The extent to which the teachers of the middle and secondary stages of the e-learning strategies in Wadi Al-Dawaser governorate are employed in the Saudi Arab Kingdom

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10.21608/jsre.2019.57218

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The study aimed to identify the extent of applying mathematics teachers at the intermediate and secondary stages of e-learning strategies.A questionnaire w0-as designed to collect data prepared by researchers and applied to a simple random sample of mathematics teachers in Wadi Al-Dawasir governorate, reaching 56 teachers. The results of the study showed that the employment of e-learning strategies in general in teaching mathematics was weak (49%); the results also showed that there are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α = 0.05) between the means of employing mathematics teachers at the middle and secondary levels of e-learning strategies as The study also revealed a statistically significant difference at the level of significance (α = 0.05) between the average estimates of mathematics teachers to employ e-learning strategies in general for teachers with more than 5 years of teaching experience. The current study found that (78.6%) of teachers believe the importance of strengthening the teaching practices of mathematics through the use of electronic technologies and programs. The study found that the most available educational techniques in schools from the point of view of teachers participating in the study is the data show projector) and its availability in schools (71%), and the least available of these technologies is the smart board smart board, and its availability in schools (16%). In light of these results, the study presented a set of recommendations and proposals for future studies, which is an extension of the current study.

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