Assessment of Blended Learning's Impact on Students' Academic Growth and Critical Thinking Abilities in the Context of English Education in the Srikakulam

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Dr. Somanchi Sai Kumar

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The purpose of this research is to determine how students in the sixth grade at English schools in the India fare in terms of academic achievement and the growth of their critical thinking skills via the use of a blended learning approach. Sixth class from Narayana Private School in Srikakulam city make up the research sample. Twenty-five students were assigned to the blended learning group and twenty-three students were assigned to the control group. The aims of the study were attained via the use of a semi-experimental research design and two instruments, a validated and reliable accomplishment test and a reflective thinking scale. The post-test accomplishment scores of the two groups were statistically different, with the experimental group doing better on average. Furthermore, the experimental group's mean score on the reflective thinking scale was much higher than the control group's, as shown by the findings. The research concluded that integrated learning was an effective strategy for imparting English knowledge.

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