أثر استخدام تطبيق الواتس آب في الهاتف النقال في تحصيل طلبة الصف الرابع الأساسي في مبحث اللغة الإنجليزية في لواء مديرية قصبة عمان في الأردن

الملخص EN

This study aimed to investigate the effect of mobile applications on student achievement in English Language.

The study employed a quasiexperimental design.

The sample of the study consisted of (30) students from the fourth grade of the Esa'af Al-Nashasheebi primary school\ the Directorate of Qasabat Amman District for the academic year 2017/2018.

To achiever research objectives, the researcher divided the students into two equal experimental and control groups, the students of the experimental and control groups studied the material according to the usual method, the teacher then sent additional information about the material studied in the class room to the students of the experimental group using the WhatsApp.

The process of implementation of the experiment continued for a full academic year, and after that the researcher conducted a final test on the students of the two groups together at the same time.

Statistical methods were used.

The researcher found that the students in the experimental group who used the WhatsApp application have more educational achievement than those students of the control group who did not use the application.

The researcher recommended the use of mobile phone applications such as WhatsApp in the teaching process.