Practice of Adaptive Teaching in Improving Students’ Learning: An Effective Approach
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https://doi.org/10.61506/01.00239Keywords:
Adaptive teaching, students’ learningAbstract
Adaptive teaching is considered fundamental to teaching quality and student learning. It describes teachers’ practices of adjusting their instruction to students’ diverse needs and levels of understanding. It is becoming increasingly clear that not all students require the same education, and the requirement of personalized education is increasingly in demand. This quantitative study was completed through quasi-experimental research design. Systematic sampling technique was used to select 32 students of first semester (male =16, female=16) as sample of the study from the department of Applied Psychology Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Students’ academic performance was measured in the subject of Functional English. Experiential group was taught through adaptive approach of teaching and control group was taught through traditional approach. Pre-test and post-test were performed. Findings of the study reveal that there was significant mean score difference of academic performance among students of experiential group with respect to pre-test and post-test. Furthermore, there was also found a statistically significant mean score difference on academic performance between experimental group and control group. It is recommended that at university level adaptive of teaching of teaching should be practiced to improve students’ learning.
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