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A Comparative Study of the effectiveness of Traditional Method, Demonstrative Method and Practical Method Of Education in Teaching of Mathematics at Standard-IX

Abstract

Every subject has appropriate teaching method. The outcome of the subject teaching depends upon the subject and the method of teaching selected. It is believed that Mathematics Subject is somewhat difficult to learn. But in the age of technology solution is there. The researcher carried out and experiment in the teaching of Mathematics and find out the comparative results of the traditional teaching method and experimental teaching method at secondary level. Three main objectives were framed. To select the content to teach. To use the mathematics’ laboratory to carry out the experiment. The equivalent groups were made and one group was taught by traditional teaching method and other group was treated by experimental teaching method by using the mathematics’ laboratory. The data collected from both the groups were mathematically compared and the effects of the teaching methods were find out. The results of both the methods were compared on the different variables. In a result the experimental teaching method using mathematics’ laboratory is found more effective in teaching of subject mathematics.

Introduction

Education is a process of human development. There is a continuous knowledge explosion today. Many new field of knowledge opened, so the process of education became complex to same extent. That’s why it is necessary to carry out researches in field of education.

It is the age of science so practical methods in education should be carried out.

By traditional teaching method information can pass easily but to develop some basic skills of subject, students should be given practical. Therefore the researcher decided to compare the effects of the different teaching methods and to reveal the truth of the teaching methods.

Problem

A comparative study of the effectiveness of Traditional Method, Demonstrative Method and Practical Method of Education in Teaching of Mathematics at Std. IX

Objectives

The main objectives of the study were as follow.

To do a comparative study of the effectiveness of the Traditional method, Demonstration method and Practical method in teaching of mathematics at Standard-IX.

To do the comparative study of the mean scores of the Boys and Girls learnt through Traditional method, Demonstration method and Practical method in teaching of mathematics at Standard-IX.

To do the comparative study of the mean scores of the groups of the students of S.C., S.T. and O.B.C. category learnt through Traditional method, Demonstration method and Practical Methods in teaching of mathematics at Standard- IX.

Hypotheses

In scientific type research to frame hypothesis is quite necessary. The null hypotheses were framed relevant to the objectives and the nature of the research.

There is no significant difference between the mean achievement scores of the students of Standard-IX learning Mathematics through Traditional method, Demonstration method and Practical method.
There is no significant difference between the mean achievement scores of the Boys and Girls of standard-IX learning Mathematics through traditional method, Demonstration method and Practical method.
There is no significant difference between the mean achievement scores of the students of Standard-IX of S.C., S.T. and O.B.C. category learning Mathematics through Traditional method, Demonstration method, and Practical method.

Population and Sampling

The population of the study was that of the students of the Standard-IX studying at Secondary school level from Valsad District.

The sample of the study was the students of Standard-IX of Shri D. P. Patel Sarvajanik High School, Motavagchhipa, selected by a stratified sampling technique. The groups were equated on the achievement scores of First semester Examination..

Table – 1

Boys and Girls in each group

Group	Boys	Girls	Total
Control Demonstration(E-I) Practical(E-II)	15 15 15	15 15 15	30 30 30
Total	45	45	90

Tools of the Study:

Two types of tools were used:

Tools for the collection of information: A Post test.
Tools for demonstration and practical teaching.

Research Design

As it was an Experimental study, a ‘multi group only post-test” design was implied.

Data collection

Students of control group were taught for by Traditional teaching method; students of Experimental group-I were taught by demonstration method and the students of Experimental group-II were taught by traditional teaching method. The time duration was maintained equally across all the three groups.

Data Analysis Technique

The data were analyzed by using the Analysis of Variance i. e. F-test and independent t-test.

Findings

Following are the findings of the study:

All the three study groups were made equivalent by using the achievement scores of their first semester examination of the school. It is found that the demonstration teaching method is more effective than the traditional teaching method and the practical teaching method is more effective than the demonstration teaching method.
It is found that the Demonstration teaching method is more effective than traditional teaching method for Boys as compared to Girls Students.
It is found that the practical teaching method is more effective than Demonstration teaching method for Boys as compared to Girls students.
The Demonstration teaching method remain more effective than traditional teaching method and practical teaching method remain more effective than Demonstration teaching method on all the students of S.C. group, of S.T. group as well as for the students of O.B.C. group categories.

Conclusion

Traditional teaching method is old one. Today it has less importance. The entire subject has got scientific status in the whole knowledge of the world. The schools should give more emphasis on the demonstration and practical teaching method. It is said that true learning is not possible without activities are proved here true.

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DR. SUNITA HAJARIWALA
M.Sc., M.Ed., Ph.D.
C. N. Parmar B.Ed. College, Kolak, Udwada (R.S.).
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E-mail : sunitamodi02@yahoo.com