Exploring Female Undergraduate Education Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Online Project-Based Learning (COPBL)

Essa A. Alibraheim; Sabah A. El-Sayed

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Essa A. Alibraheim ¹ ^* , Sabah A. El-Sayed ¹

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¹ Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, SAUDI ARABIA^* Corresponding Author

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This study aims to identify the perceptions of female student teachers enrolled in the Primary Classroom Teacher Program (PCTP) at a university in Saudi Arabia. It will focus on Collaborative Online Project-Based Learning (COPBL), its advantages, challenges facing the implementation of this strategy, and provide suggestions and recommendations to overcome these challenges. A mixed-method research design was used to analyze the data. Questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data from fifty-five students, and nine of them were interviewed to collect qualitative data. The interview sample was intentionally chosen based on the diversity of responses in the questionnaires. The results of this study revealed that there is a consensus between the perceptions of the study sample in the questionnaires and interviews. Participants showed positive perceptions about COPBL. Researchers presented some recommendations and suggestions at the end of this study.

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students’ perceptions
primary classroom teacher program
female undergraduate education students
collaborative online project-based learning
Saudi Arabia

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2021, Volume 17, Issue 8, Article No: em1993

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11079

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Alibraheim, E. A., & El-Sayed, S. A. (2021). Exploring Female Undergraduate Education Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Online Project-Based Learning (COPBL). Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(8), em1993. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11079

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Alibraheim EA, El-Sayed SA. Exploring Female Undergraduate Education Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Online Project-Based Learning (COPBL). EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(8):em1993. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11079

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Alibraheim EA, El-Sayed SA. Exploring Female Undergraduate Education Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Online Project-Based Learning (COPBL). EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(8), em1993. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11079

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Alibraheim, Essa A., and Sabah A. El-Sayed. "Exploring Female Undergraduate Education Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Online Project-Based Learning (COPBL)". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2021 17 no. 8 (2021): em1993. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11079

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Alibraheim, E. A., and El-Sayed, S. A. (2021). Exploring Female Undergraduate Education Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Online Project-Based Learning (COPBL). Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(8), em1993. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11079

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Alibraheim, Essa A. et al. "Exploring Female Undergraduate Education Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Online Project-Based Learning (COPBL)". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 17, no. 8, 2021, em1993. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11079