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Hypotheses and post-test scores of the
participants for Fishbowl
The following hypotheses were
formulated to test the objectives: Strategy in Asynchronous mode
of Online Learning
1. H : There will be no significant
0
difference between pre-test and 3. H : There will be no significant
0
post-test scores of the difference between post-test
participants for Fishbowl scores of the participants for
Strategy in Synchronous mode Fishbowl strategy in
of Online Learning Synchronous mode and
Asynchronous mode of
2. H : There will be no significant online learning
0
difference between pre-test
Table-1: Research design for ‘Two experimental group Pretest-Posttest
design’ Variables
Pre-test Treatment Post-test

Experimental group 1 O 1 XT 1 O 2
Experimental group 2 O 1 XT 2 O 2
The variables of the study were as listed scored 80 percent or more, so all were
below: selected as a sample. By the end of
the study, seventy-four participants
Independent Variables:
completed the activity and appeared for
1. Fishbowl Strategy in Synchronous post-test. Sample, therefore, comprised
Mode of Online Learning 74 participants containing 42 female
2. Fishbowl Strategy in Asynchronous participants and 32 male participants
Mode of Online Learning with their teaching experience in higher
education ranging from 1 year to 29
Dependant variable: years. Sample was from the nine states
Academic Achievement of India.

Sample
Selection of Content
Higher Education Faculty members
across India with at least one year of “Cooperative Learning” was selected as
teaching experience were selected the content for the study which focused
as a sample. It was essential for the on ‘Concept of Cooperative Learning’.
participants to take part in the activity The details of the module are as listed
willingly and join the discussion below:
actively. Hence, ‘Non-Probability- Topic:
Purposive sampling technique’ was
used. Initially, eighty participants Concept of Cooperative Learning
registered for the program. Seventy- Sub Topics:
eight participants appeared for the pre-
test which was based on the selected a. Meaning and Definition
content. None of the participants of Cooperative Learning

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