The Comparison of the Learning Achievements Using the Online and Offline LADS (Learning Activities of Data Structure Course) Models

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to develop the learning activities by using the online and offline LADS (Learning Activities of Data Structure Course) model, to compare the learning achievements using the online and offline LADS model, and to find out the satisfaction of the students with the learning activities of the online LADS model. The research methodology applied the experimental study and the pretest and posttest process. The sample were forty undergrad students divided into two groups of twenty students (online group and offline group). The research instruments were a test, a questionnaire, and the learning activities of the online and offline LADS models. The research statistics used were mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results are as follows: the comparison of the learning achievement towards the Effectiveness Index (E.I.) of the learning activities with the online and offline LADS models was .6860 and .6801 respectively. Considering the learning achievements of the students (posttest), the students learning of the online and offline LADS models did not performed differently at the .05 level of significance. The degree of the satisfaction of the students with the online LADS model was very high as well (Mean = 4.53, S.D. = 0.54), while that of the students with the offline LADS model was high (Mean = 4.33, S.D. = 0.65). In conclusion, the online LADS model made higher satisfaction than the offline LADS model. It revealed that can be used the online LADS models for developing the data structure course successfully.

Keyword: LADS model, effectiveness index (E.I.), the 1999 National Education Act