EFFECTS OF LECTURERS TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT

UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Mid Semester Assessment

PSY1201

Introduction to Research Methodology

Presented to: Ms Leann Kendall

Presented By: Darnel Melville

USI: 1031811

Date: 04/24/2020
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Research Topic

The effect of lecturers teaching methods on students learning achievement.

Significance of Topic

This study will be of benefit to the following:

Lecturers: Lecturers will benefit from this study because it will help them to understand the
pace at which their student learning throughout different courses in a specific programme.

Students: With the findings of this study students will be able to state their speed at learning
so that lecturers will be notified on how to go about educating them.
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Hypothesis

This research is done to validate the following hypothesis:

There is a significant relationship between lecturers teaching methods in the class room and

students learning performance.

Variables

Independent Variables- Lecturers teaching method

Dependent Variables- Students academic performances

Operationalized variables

Teaching method- For the purpose of this research a teaching method is define as the ways

lecturers go about educating their students.

Learning achievement- According to The New Economics Education learning achievement

Can be described as the “level of student success in learning the subject matter in schools that

are expressed in the form of scores obtained from the results of tests on a particular

subject matter”.

Confounding variables

Learning ability- How fast a student can adapt to the lecturers teaching method. Not all

students are able to learn at the same pace as other students.

Work load: Base on the years of the university students the amount of work received from

lectures may differ hence distracting students.

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Research Method

The study will be conducted using the quantitative research method, according to

QuestionPro quantitative research is defined as a systematic investigation of phenomena by

gathering quantifiable data and performing statistical, mathematical, or computational

techniques. These investigations can be either be done in the form of a survey or

questionnaires. This study will utilize the questionnaire.

The researchers chose this method because it’s more efficient and effective when dealing

with a large amount of respondents, it allows you to narrow the amount of information

received by using closed ended questions so that the research may be done quickly.
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Reference

The New Economics Education. (n.d.). Learning Achievement. Retrieved April 22, 2020,
from https://neweconomicseducation.blogspot.com/2012/02/learning-achievement.html

Oxford Learner's Dictionaries: Find definitions, translations, and grammar explanations at

Oxford Learner's Dictionaries. (n.d.). Retrieved April 22, 2020, from
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

Quantitative Research: Definition, Methods, Types and Examples. (2019, November 25).
Retrieved April 22, 2020, from https://www.questionpro.com/blog/quantitative-research/