The Effect of Project Based Instruction Approach with Web2.0 on Statistics Achievement and Attitudes towards Teamwork Projects for Students of Economics

Abstract

This study aimed to know the effect of the the project -based instruction approach using Web2.0 on the achievement of statistics and the attitude toward making projects for students of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Al - Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University. The study sample consisted of 85 students randomly selected from among the first level students at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, and the sample was two groups, one experimental (n = 40 ) and the other control group (n = 45). The study designed two tools: statistics achievement test and attitude toward making projects scale. The results have shown that there is improvement in the statistics achievement and the attitude towards making projects with highly statistically significantces among students of experimental group compared to students of control group. The results also have revealed the existence of a positive and statistically significant relationship between the statistics achievement and the attitude towards making projects. The research was presented to the suggestions and recommendations on the development of the statistics courses and methods of teaching, and introduces training programs for teachers to employ the approachs of teaching and technology to teach statistics, and it must be observed with variables suiting students studying at the statistics courses, depending on their of Applied various specializations.