Distance learning in elementary school classrooms: An emerging framework for contemporary practice

Abstract

© 2019 International Journal of Instruction. When new advanced technologies showed up in the market, teacher's role in distance learning step further in its path to change. Teachers often fail to find what their purpose of acting among technologies is and what the method for teaching elementary school students online would be right. Considering student's need in communication with a teacher to be at the core of learning as it is, we define what shape the new curricula will take from year to year. This research is a two-stage experiment with two additional surveys that included 430 students aged 8-9 years from across the Republic of Tatarstan. Students need not only facilitators to get better grades, but also a teacher mentoring them. Student-teacher communication can help students to raise their academic performance and motivation. Questions asked by students in time reduce the number of those who cannot reach their grade level from 9% to 0%, and increase the number of A-level students from 11% to 26%. The results confirm that the on-the-spot teaching method should be introduced into the e-learning curricula for primary school so that it provides a more intimate communication between the student and the teacher during classes. Results can be put into practical context to create new e-learning courses for public and private schools.