Dr.Bandar - Assessment Analysis.xlsx

This study investigates the effectiveness of Blackboard in promoting EFL students’ writing performance in the Department of English Language and Translation at Qassim University. The data were collected for two periods: before (spring 2019) and after (spring 2020) the spread of COVID-19 virus. The study analyzed the students’ final grades in three different levels of writing courses. The results were collected and analyzed across the two different teaching approaches (face-to-face and Blackboard) to evaluate the two learning experiences and to highlight suggestions for enhancing students’ and teachers’ experience in online learning in the future. <br>The current study was conducted to explore improvements, if any, in the writing proficiency of male and female Saudi EFL students who received instruction through two teaching approaches (face-to-face and Blackboard). The data were collected from the students’ final grades in three writing courses: Writing 1, Writing 2, and Writing 3 (henceforth referred to as level one, level two, and level three). Three main factors appeared in the study (gender, writing level, and teaching approaches). Three-way ANOVA was conducted to compare the means. <br> <br>