A Blended Learning Approach Supporting the Improvement of Primary School Students' Performance

The purpose of this study was to use a blended learning approach in the fifth grade of a primary school and investigate the impact on the students' performance in five subjects (i.e., Language, Mathematics, Science, Geography and History). Open educational resources were used. The duration of the research was approximately four months. The performance of students was better compared to the performance of students in another class of the specific school that learned with traditional instruction. The results of the quantitative data analysis showed that the post-test students' performance in Language, Mathematics and Science was statistically significant. On the contrary, students' performance in Geography and History seem to be statistically not significant. To the best of the authors' knowledge, there is no other reported blended learning approach in primary education involving open educational resources, five subjects, the specific duration and results involving students' performance.