International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 6
First page : ( 678) Last page : ( 693)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Effectiveness of instructional material based on graphic organizers with respect to science achievement of eighth grade students

Rani Sangeeta*, Dr Kumar Sushil**

*Research scholar, Department of education, KUK

**Professor (Retd.), Department of education, KUK

Online published on 27 September, 2019.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of instructional material based on graphic organizers in terms of science achievement and retention in science of eighth grade students. For this, pretest-posttsest control group experimental research design was used. A purposive sample of 65 students of two intact section of eighth class from one private school of Yamuna Nagar district was selected. Two intact section of eighth class was randomly designated as control group and experimental group and their equivalence was measured on the basis of 1st semester Examination scores in science. The self developed Instructional material based on graphic organizers was used for the purpose of experimental treatment whereas science Achievement Test & parallel forms of science achievement test were used for dependent variables (science achievement & retention in science). Experimental group was taught through graphic organizers and control group was taught through traditional teaching method. Data was analyzed by employing t-test. The study found that the students exposed to graphic organizers significantly achieved better and retained more than those exposed to the traditional teaching approach. The results revealed that the instructional material based on graphic organizers was more effective than traditional teaching approach with respect to science achievement and retention. It is therefore recommended that graphic organizer should be used in science teaching for improving performance in classroom.

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Keywords

Graphic Organizers, Science achievement, and retention.

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