Evaluation of the effectiveness of "WebQuest" as an alternative to the quality evaluation system of the elementary school

Nowadays, the effect of active teaching method in real education is less questioned, traditional or face-to-face teaching method with issues such as passive learning and neglect of learner participation, ignoring differences and needs of learners, ignoring Problem solving and critical thinking have been criticized and have been associated with important consequences such as academic burnout, decreased motivation, feelings of inefficiency, and so on.

In this article, using a quasi-experimental method, we examined the effectiveness of "WebQuest" as an alternative to the quality evaluation system of primary school. The number of 50 elementary school male students in one of Tehran schools in the first half of the 99th academic year - 98 students were selected as a statistical population. In this study, two main indicators of students' learning and retention in the two groups with a pre-test and two post-tests were examined.

Considering that the difference between the mean of control and experimental groups was calculated using t-test, it was found that training by WebQuest was effective. By analyzing the variance within and outside the group, the results obtained in t-test on the significance and non-significance of the difference between the means of the groups were analyzed. With the results of pre-test and post-test in two groups, it can be said that training with the help of WebQuest has been effective compared to the quality evaluation system.