doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2025.15.1.2216
The Effectiveness of Classpoint Technology in Developing Reading Comprehension Skills among Non-Native Arabic Speakers
Mohammad F. Hawamdeh1
,
Mohammad Moafaq Bani Khaled2 ,
Ali Ahmad Al-Barakat3,4 ,
Rommel Mahmoud AlAli5,*
- 1College of Social Sciences & Humanities, Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities, United Arab Emirates
- 2Language Center, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
- 3Faculty of Educational Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
- 4Department of Education, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- 5The National Research Center for Giftedness and Creativity, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
- Manuscript receivedOctober 11, 2024
- revisedOctober 28, 2024
- acceptedNovember 20, 2024
- publishedJanuary 9, 2025
Abstract
The research focused on examining how effective Classpoint technology is, in enhancing the reading comprehension skills of non-native Arabic students, at Yarmouk University Language Center in the second semester of the 2023/2024 academic year. Specifically, two groups of 40 students were involved. One group was taught using Classpoint technology while the other group was taught using traditional methods. A reading comprehension test was administered to assess the study goals after verifying its validity and reliability. The findings showed that Classpoint technology had an impact on enhancing reading comprehension abilities in the test group compared to their counterparts, in the control group with an eta squared value of 0.428. This indicates that 42.8% of the variance in reading comprehension performance can be attributed to the use of Classpoint technology. More clearly, the results found that the experimental group showed significant improvement in all areas of reading comprehension: literal, inferential, and critical-evaluative comprehension. The results emphasize how digital tools, for education such as Classpoint can boost the reading comprehension skills of non-native Arabic learners effectively. Nevertheless, the study small sample size could restrict the generalizability of the findings. Nevertheless, the results indicate that incorporating tools like Classpoint in language education might prove to be beneficial in enhancing reading comprehension skills among non-native Arabic learners. This supports the idea that there’s potential for use of technologies in educational environments.
Keywords
- Classpoint technology
- reading comprehension skills
- learners of Arabic
- non-native speakers
How to Cite
Mohammad F. Hawamdeh, Mohammad Moafaq Bani Khaled, Ali Ahmad Al-Barakat, and Rommel Mahmoud AlAli, "The Effectiveness of Classpoint Technology in Developing Reading Comprehension Skills among Non-Native Arabic Speakers," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 39-48, 2025. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2025.15.1.2216
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