Resumen de Enhancing Remedial Learners Reading through e-Learning
Manisah Mohamed Ali, Zawawi Zahari
The advancement and use of technology in classrooms have long since been contributing positive pedagogical impact in the teaching and learning process. It also has created new opportunities to enhance teaching and learning apart from enhancing the utilization of various learning modalities of the learners. Increasingly, technology in the form of eLearning is being utilised in as one of the enables in the teaching and learning process. Such move provides a new dimension in empowering learners to enhance their individual learning capabilities. This paper reports on a case study on applying eLearning in the form of reading module for remedial learners to help them increase their reading performance. The participants, three remedial learners, aged between 8-9 years old used the module over a course of time. Data from the case study were analysed using descriptive analysis involving frequencies and mean scores. The findings showed that there is an increase in terms of performance in reading. The participants also showed less dependency on their teacher in learning to read when using the module. The findings have implication on the pedagogical aspects of teaching and learning reading in remedial classes.
