How Your Teaching Strategy Affects Your Students’ Learning Outcomes; Reflections on Technical Report Writing Course at Gulf University

The current study aimed to investigate how the teaching strategy affects the Gulf University students’ Learning outcomes related to Technical Report Writing Course (ENG 119). Technical Report Writing is a 3 credits hours university-required course that aims at presenting a comprehensive overview of the essential elements of effective technical report writing and helping undergraduate students to develop the practical skills required to write successfully. The study used a quasi-experimental research approach with one group post-assessment. The sample of the study was composed of 79 male and female students who registered for (ENG 119) during the Spring Semester of the academic year 2022/2023. Data analysis revealed that the students achieved the course-intended learning outcomes with a high rate of (83.85%), the results also revealed that students achieved a level of mastery in the course by 79.87%, which exceeded the proposed /estimated value of mastery level of (75%) is statistically significant at the level of significance .05 when compared to a hypothetical level of mastery (75%). One-sample t-test results showed that the utilized teaching strategy significantly affects the Gulf University student’s achievement in Technical Report Writing Course (ENG119) and lead to a mean of achievement of more than 75, i.e. GU students scored in Technical Report Writing topped the estimated mean of 75 (M = 79.87, SD = 16.41) than found in the population as a whole, t (78) = 2.640, p = .010. While the results of the data analysis did not reveal any statistically significant differences between the average male and female students, though the mean of the female group slightly outweighed the mean of the male group (female average = 80.57, Std. Deviation = 14.89), from the male group (Mean = 79.32, Std. Deviation = 18.34), t (77) = .738 not significant at p (.01). Based on these results the study recommends using blended learning in teaching English for Adamic Purposes and it is recommended that Gulf University train the faculty and students on how to make use of blended learning before the implementation.