An experimental study of the effect of hands-on activities in Mathematics in relation to achievement and concept retention of VII standard students in government schools of Delhi.

Ms. Sumeet Khurana

Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2017

An experimental study of the effect of hands-on activities in Mathematics in relation to achievement and concept retention of VII standard students in government schools of Delhi.

Ms. Sumeet Khurana

Abstract :

The present study was conducted to study the effect of hands-on activities in Mathematics in relation to achievement and concept retention of VII standard students in government schools of Delhi. The sample of the study was 164 students from three different government schools. The self-made post test of achievement and self-made test of concept retention were used to collect the data. The obtained data was analyzed with the help of t-test for two objectives. The major findings of the study include (i) Students who are taught through hands-on activities in Mathematics achieved better than students who are taught through conventional method. (ii) Students taught through hands-on activities retained the concept better than students taught through conventional method in Mathematics.