Effectiveness of Modeling in Improving the Phonemic Awareness Skill among the First Grade Students

Abstract

This study aimed to show effectiveness of Modeling in improving the phonemic
awareness skill among the first grade students in Irbid Qasabah Directorate of
Education. The study sample consisted of (72) male and female students divided
into two groups; the experimental group taught by using the social learning
(modeling) and its number was (36) male and female students, and the control
group taught by the traditional method and its number was (36) male and female
students. An achievement test was developed where its reliability and validity
were approved and applied to the sample. The statistical methods used by (SPSS)
program were as follow: Two-Way ANNOVA, Independent t-test and standard
deviation. The results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant
differences due to the effect of the teaching method and for the experimental group
taught by using modeling in improving the phonemic awareness skill. The
superiority of modeling due to that it makes students the axis of the educational
process, and gives them freedom to express their opinions without fear or
hesitation which positively affect their achievement. There were statistically
significant differences due to the effect of sex and for females and there were no
statistically significant differences due to the effect of interaction between the
group and sex. The results also showed there were no differences between the pre
and post measurement.