Development of Study Guides for Asynchronous E-Learning Strategies in Business Mathematics
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Abstract
Teaching critical thinking through asynchronous online discussions is one of the successful
ways to equip students in educational settings with such 21st skills. The main objective of this research
is to determine the effectiveness of the asynchronous e-learning strategies in the learners’ achievement
and independent learning skills. The researcher used a quasi-experimental for this study. The results show no significant
difference in the posttest scores and their developed independent learning skills between the Async A
and Async B. This implies that both groups made similar improvements in terms of posttest scores and
their developed independent learning skills after using the asynchronous e-learning strategies.
Based on the results, the researcher recommended that teachers may use either of the
asynchronous e-learning strategies. Furthermore, with these findings educators must consider the
independent learning skills of the learners since the learners learn on their own in asynchronous
environment.
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