Abstract:

The process of interaction as a follow-up package in the process of video-based tutorials effectively toward gifted teachers. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of VBI in Teacher Working Group (TWG) forums to improve elementary school students achievements. Interaction is the follow up phase of an effective teaching and learning activities using video by gifted teachers. This study analyzed the effectiveness of video-based interaction (VBI) in a teacher forum in improving elementary school students’ outcome in science learning. This study was carried out in the context of distance learning by applying the inquiry approach to support teachers’ pedagogical competence. The samples were 36 gifted teachers and 432 students who were purposively selected. This study used one group pretest - posttest quasi-experimental design. N-Gain was employed to analyze the learning process in improving students’ learning outcome. The results of the analysis indicated significant and consistent increases in students’ learning outcome of high, high, high and moderate scores for N-gain categories of memorizing, understanding, applying and analyzing respectively. Teacher professionalism also contributed to students' excellent learning outcomes. Positive teacher and student responses to the effectiveness of VBI helped teachers and students to improve competencies that have to be achieved by describing video-based interaction and inquiry-based learning in general.

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