Effectiveness of Lecturing Teaching Method and Group- Discussion Teaching Method on Educational Achievements and Communicative Skills: A Comparative Study

The main purpose of the current study was to compare effectiveness of teaching methods, Lecturing and group discussion, on students, educational achievement and their communicative skills. A Semi–experimental research method was used for this study. Four classes were chosen, two as control classes and two as experimental classes. In an academic semester two classes were taught by lecturing method and the other two classes were administered by group-discussion method. Scores of communicative skills and also educational achievements of students were compared between the two groups. All results were analyzed by inferential statistic techniques (Covariance analysis test, MANOVA, and independent “t”). In general, research results indicated that group-discussion teaching method was more effective than lecturing teaching method. Furthermore, group-discussion was more effective than the other method for male students, regarding educational achievement but there was no significant difference between male and female regarding their communicative skills.