Original Research Article
Year: 2017 | Month: August | Volume: 4 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 84-90
Practical Implication of Multimedia Package in Science and Technology: A Study on Students of Standard IX
Dr. Jaishree Das1, Ms. Amreen Saiyad2
1Associate Professor, 2M.Ed. Student,
Centre of Advanced Studies in Education (CASE), Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Jaishree Das
ABSTRACT
Science is one of those human activities that man has created to gratify certain human needs and desires. The search of truth became the dominant motive in the prosecution of science. Our daily life is full of science. There is a need for every student to identify the underneath concept and principles of science in our daily life and to understand those for our betterment. It is the role of the teacher to highlight those scientific principles while teaching science contents. Investigators studied the application of Science in day to day life with the help of a multimedia package. The study measured the effectiveness of multimedia package for practical implication of Science subject at Standard IX. Two sections of standard IX were selected purposively as experimental and control groups. The experimental group was taught through the multimedia package, where as, the control group was taught in traditional method. Data were collected through the achievement test in Science and reaction scale. The findings revealed that the developed multimedia package was found significantly effective in enhancing achievement of Standard IX students in science in comparison to their traditional counterpart. The students also showed positive reactions towards the multimedia package for teaching science.
Key words: Multimedia package, Science and Technology, Practical Implication of Science, Effectiveness, Reaction
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