Effectiveness of Using Educational Youtube Channels to Enhance The Scientific and Cognitive Skills and Abilities of Sixth Grade Science Students - A Social Field Study
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https://doi.org/10.25130/jaa.17.61.19Keywords:
YouTube Channels, Students' Cognitive Skills, Educational Channels, Sixth-Grade Science StudentsAbstract
Today, YouTube has become one of the most important educational tools in the modern era. This technology has been employed in the fields of education, teaching, and learning, both at the collective level, such as educational institutions, and at the individual level, to benefit from the explanation and delivery of scientific materials contained in videos uploaded to the site. This allows learners to gain better opportunities and experience in simple and easy ways. As a result of the circumstances experienced by the world, including Iraq, education has faced challenges and difficulties, including the COVID-19 pandemic, which has cast a shadow over all institutions, including educational institutions, which have been most affected by the suspension of the attendance system and its alternative, the e-learning system, and the accompanying problems related to the structure and modernity of this system. As a student of this institution and one of its teachers, the researcher believes that YouTube technology has many advantages and features that enable learners to watch relevant clips multiple times to ensure they have overcome the weaknesses and shortcomings that occurred at a particular stage .
This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of using educational YouTube channels in enhancing the skills and capabilities of sixth-grade students. It is a descriptive survey study. The social survey method was used in this study, which is one of the most important descriptive methods due to its important role in giving field studies a higher possibility of collecting information and data related to the study. The data was processed statistically using the SPSS program, and this research came out with a set of results, including: the majority of individuals use educational channels on YouTube to a large extent, and more than half of the sample members can never do without YouTube and consider it an important factor for success, as it covers all the vocabulary of scientific subjects and lessons through its detailed content. They also consider it a factor that helps in training and scientific analysis in practical lessons. The results also showed that educational channels on YouTube provided them with new opportunities for learning, developed their academic level, and created better opportunities for success.
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