Effect of Smart Classrooms on Academic Achievement Of Fourth Class Students of Punjab

Abstract

Recently, many Schools of Punjab has equipped their classrooms with audio-visual systems that allow display of videocassettes, paper documents, Internet pages, and interaction with commonly used software such as Microsoft Office. These classrooms are called smart classrooms, multimedia lecture halls, or electronic classrooms. Their purpose is to create new opportunities in teaching and learning by integrating computer, multimedia, and network technologies. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of smart classrooms on the academic achievement of fourth grade students. The sample for the study comprised of 120 class four students. Out of which 64 students were from the K.C Public School where the Educomp smart classes were incorporated and 56 students were from D.A.V Public School without these Smart classrooms. The research was carried out with experimental approach. The experimental group included students of K.C Public School and the control group included students of D.A.V Public School. Pre-test and post-test non equivalent control group design was used. ANCOVA was used as statistical procedures for data analysis. The findings showed that lectures given through smart classroom significantly increases the academic achievements of the students. It is, therefore, reasonable to state that smart classroom applications are effective environments that can be used as an alternative and a supplement to face to face educational environments in the schools.