INFLUENCE OF BLENDED TEACHING MODELS ON LEARNING OUTCOMES A CASE STUDY OF CHONGQING COLLEGE OF FOREIGN TRADE AND ECONOMICS

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study influence of blended teaching models on students' academic performance compared to the traditional mode, and 2) to study students' satisfaction with the blended mode of instruction as compared to the traditional mode. This research methodology was quantitative research. The conceptual framework was applied from blended teaching of Xin Hue’s study. The population of the study consisted of 130 students in the first year of Chongqing College of Foreign Trade and Economics. The samples were 97 students of class 1 and class 2 that similar in all aspects and were divided into two groups determined by Krejcie and Morgan table. The research instrument was a 5-rating scale questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis were percentage, frequency, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the study show that 1) the implementation of blended teaching mode is positively correlated with students' academic performance compared with traditional teaching methods. 2) The comparative on traditional teaching methods, blended teaching mode is positively correlated with students' satisfaction compared with traditional teaching methods.