The study of teaching methods from the student's point of view

• Author: Anxhela Ferhataj - Roland Sahatcija - Ariel Ora
• Position: European University of Tirana, Albania - Mediterranean University of Albania, Albania - Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
• Pages: 172-182

Vol. 2 No. 1

January, 2018

European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2519-1284

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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The study of teaching methods from the student’s point of view

Anxhela Ferhataj

European University of Tirana, Albania

RolandSahatca

Mediterranean University of Albania, Albania

Ariel Ora

CarletonUniversityOawaCanada

Abstract

Students are the focus of extensive scientic research Educational institutions conduct

regularly studies on students and ways to engage them. Student engagement in the learning

process is vital to universities. Hence, universities need to know the best methods through

whichstudentsprefertolearninordertoprovidethemostecientwaysofteaching

The objective of the research is the study of the impact that teaching methods have on

students’ academic achievement. The research was conducted during the second semester of

theacademic yearOnlineplatformswere utilizedtodistribute thequestionnaire

ThisstudyutilizesquantitativeresearchinthecollectionofdataThestudysampleconsistsof

186 Albanian university students. In order to analyze the data SPSS 20 and JASP.0.8.0.1 were

utilized. The study applied statistical analyses, such as: linear regression, Pearson correlation

coecient comparison of means frequency distribution crossed tabulation Toprove the

hypotheses a condence interval was utilized The study concluded that the teaching

style has an impact on students’ academic achievements. All three teaching methods are used

by students. Students prefer to pursue their program of study though the hybrid learning. The

sameconclusiondevelopedwhenstudentswereaskedaboutspecicelementsStudentswho

takeallthreetypesofcoursesperformbeeracademically

Keywords: traditional learning, online learning, hybrid learning, academic achievement.

Introduction

Students are the focus of extensive scientic research Educational institutions

conduct regularly studies on students and ways to engage them. Student engagement

in the learning process is vital to universities. Hence, universities need to know the

best methods through which students prefer to learn, in order to provide the most

ecientwaysofteaching

Today, there exist three teaching methods: traditional, online, and the hybrid learning.

According to researchers the online and hybrid learning will be used in the future

CerfSchutzDziubanGrahamPiccianoAndersonBoylesRainie

Güzera CaneraBonk Graham Thesetwoteachingmethods

arebeer preferredincomparison tothe traditionallearningBut whichmethod is

most eective according to students inAlbania The research paper sobjective is

the study of the impact of teaching methods on academic achievements. The other

objective is the analysis of the correlation between the two.