Using the Edmodo Educational Platform in Teaching Methods Course and its Effects on Achievement and Development of Critical Thinking Among Female Students of the Kindergarten Department Faculty of Education in Al-Muzahimiyyah, Shaqra University

Abstract

The current study aimed at identifying the effects of using the Edmodo Learning platform on achievement and the development of critical thinking among students of the Kindergarten Department at the Faculty of Education in Al-Muzahmiyyah, Shaqra University. The researcher used the quazi experimental method and developed a guide for teachers in teaching the course "Methods of Teaching Kindergarten" for students at the seventh level in the Department of Kindergarten using the Learning platform Edmodo. The researcher prepared two tools an achievement test and a critical thinking test. The number of female students in the experimental and control groups were )60( students. )30( female students in the experimental group, and )30( female students in the control group. The research results showed signifcant differences between the means of the experimental group students )Which taught the course using the Edmodo Learning platform( and the control group students )which was taught the same course by the usual manner( in the Achievement and the critical thinking post-test in favor of the experimental group. The value of Eta square (2) in the calculation of the effect of using of the «the Edmodo learning platform» showed a high effect on the development of achievement, and critical thinking. According to the fndings, the study suggests many recommendations.