Evaluating the Effectiveness of Blended Learning on Students’ Self-concept and Academic Enthusiasm in Arabic Course

This research was designed to evaluate the impact of blended learning on students’ self-concept and academic engagement in Arabic course. The research methodology was a quasi-experiment study of a pre-test and post-test type with two groups. The study’s statistical population included all students of the upper secondary of the city of Kangavar, of which, 40 students were chosen as the research sample using the cluster sampling method. The research tools included the Self-Concept Questionnaire (SCQ) developed by Carl Rogers and the Academic Engagement Scale developed by Schaufeli et al. (2002). The reliability rates of the questionnaires were obtained using Cronbach’s alpha as 0.79 and 0.75, respectively. Their validities were also measured with the help of psychology professors and specialists in the fields of educational sciences and psychology and were approved after the necessary evaluations. The SPSS statistical analysis software, Ver. 24 was used to analyze the data in the descriptive analysis section (variance, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis) and the inferential analysis section (one-variable covariance analysis). The research findings revealed the significant impact of blended learning on students’ self-concept and academic engagement and their components (p < 0.01). The study results also showed that the blended learning (education) method enhanced the students’ self-concept and academic engagement. Hence, it was suggested to plan necessary measures to increase the use of the blended learning method aimed at improving other psychological factors of students.