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From table-2, it is evident that the Mean Learning Approach for Teachers
scores of readiness towards blended Preparation
learning approach was found to be The second objective of the
2.73 and standard deviation was 0.22. investigation was to compare mean
The Mean readiness scores of all the scores of readiness on the basis
respondents towards blended learning of Gender towards using Blended
approach is (2.73/3)*100=91.00percent Learning Approach for Teachers
favourable with 8.00percent deviation Preparation. The Investigators selected
which is quite low. Hence it reflects that a total no of 490 participants (236
participants have high readiness towards male and 254 female) associated with
using blended learning approach for teacher education in different capacity
teachers’ preparation. The results also with the help of purposive sampling
indicate that as a group, the readiness technique. A self-made standardized
towards blended learning approach blended learning approach readiness
was almost irrevocable and favourable. scale was used to collect data from
It may, therefore be concluded that these participants. For comparing the
all participants of teacher education mean scores of readiness of the male
have high readiness towards using a and female participants the researcher
blended learning approach for teachers’ decided to use an independent sample
preparation.
t-test, before applying t-test, statistical
assumption of normality of the scores
Readiness of Male and Female of dependent variables was tested with
participants towards using Blended
the help of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.
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Table-3: Tests of Normality for Readiness Scores of male and female
participants towards using blended learning approach for teachers’
preparation

Criterion Variable: Readiness towards Blended Learning Approach
Gender Kolmogorov-Smirnov a Shapiro-Wilk

Statistic df Sig. Statistic df Sig.
Readiness Scores Male .112 236 .000 .938 236 .000
towards Blended Female .133 254 .000 .917 254 .000
Learning Approach
From table-3 it is evident that the significant at 0.01 level of significance.
statistical value of Kolmogorov-Smirnov In this perspective the null hypothesis
test of the Readiness Scores of male “The given distribution of the readiness
and female participants towards scores of male and female participants
Blended Learning Approach is 0.112, towards using a blended learning
0.133 respectively, whose probability approach for teachers’ preparation
of significance at df (236) and df (254) does not differ significantly from

is 0.000 which is less than 0.01, hence the normal distribution” is rejected.

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