Micro level action plan to understand scientific

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Micro level action plan to understand scientific principle and to develop scientific temper among the students Introduction: The learning of science is very essential in our life. The science curriculum and teaching method is theoretical at primary level though text books have some simple experiments. The project is about to bring out the learning outcome effectively by self assessment. And how to develop creativity & scientific temper among the students while doing simple experiments in class room situation. Now a day still some of the scientific concepts are memorised by the students for examinations without proper understanding. So, an action research and achievement test has been conducted to find out the learning outcome of 2 different schools with same method of teaching and assessment. The question for test were prepared by the students of one group and consolidated by the teacher. The same question paper was given to another group to find out whether the output is same. But the strategies of both the group varied. Keeping in view, a micro level plan has been prepared and applied in the field. Objective of the plan:  To understand the scientific principle more effectively  To do experiments in their own way and ideas  To develop creativity and scientific temper.  To develop confidence among the primary school students that they too can do science experiments using simple materials  To develop critical thinking

Aim of the research project:

 The question paper should be prepared by students itself.  Each and every simple experiments in text books should done compulsory in school by the students using different materials in different way

Reasons for Project:  The question papers are prepared by teachers based on blue print but not focussed on the students’ ability and creativity.  The experiments in the books are memorised  The question papers at primary level are fully theoretical.  The experiments in text books are done in class room by the same materials which are shown in the text book. Strategies developed for micro level plan: To get better output of the students after teaching a lesson the following strategies are developed  The question paper should be prepared by students itself in class room.

 Each and every simple experiments in text books should done compulsory in school by the students using different materials in different way

Strategy1: The question Paper should be prepared by the students The strategy is after teaching a lesson the students were encouraged to make objective question on their own in pairs. The same question paper will be used for evaluation. Project site: To conduct the Action research and trial, 2 schools from Ariyur village has been selected. The village is located at Villianur commune in Puducherry. The 2 schools are 1. Govt. Primary school, Anandapuram 2. Govt. Primary School, Pangur

12 students from each school studying in Class 5 were selected for the research. The lesson “Water” from the Science text book of Class 5 were taught to the students .The medium of instruction is Tamil. Trial in Anandapuram School: The Students from Anandapuram School were trained to prepare objective questions. Then the 12 students were divided into 6 pairs to prepare the objective type questions. The 3 types of objective type questions are prepared 1. Fill in the Blanks 2. Say True or False 3. Match the following The students in 6 pairs were given full freedom to prepare questions anywhere from the lesson. The students were fully engaged and involved in the process (fig.1)

Fig:1

The time bound was one hour. The 6 pairs prepared 6 question papers. All the questions paper were evaluated and final question paper prepared for achievement test. The final question paper contains the questions evenly taken from 6 question paper. The final question paper contain the following type of objective question 1. Fill in the blanks: 5Q 2. Write True or False: 5Q 3. Match the following: 5Q The test is for 15 marks. Achievement test was conducted for Anandapuram school 12 students those who prepared objective questions. The following pictures depicts involvement of students in answering the questions Fig. 2& 3

Fig:2

Fig:3

Statistical report of the test: 1. Fill in the Blanks: Total No. of correct answers: 4.5 Total No. of Wrong answers:0.5 Graph 1 5 4

4.5

3 2 0.5

1 0 Correct

Wrong

2.Write True or False: Total No. of correct answers: 5 Total No. of Wrong answers: 0

Graph 2 5 5 4 3 2 1

0

0 Correct

Wrong

3.Match the following: Total No. of correct answers: 5 Total No. of Wrong answers: 0 Graph 3 5 5

4 3 2 1

0

0 Correct

Wrong

4. Overall performance of the test Total No. of correct answers: 14.5 Total No. of wrong answers: 0.5 Graph 4 16 14 12

14.5

10 8 6 4 0.5

2 0 Correct

Wrong

The Individual performance of the student for their own prepared question in the test.

Total

S.No Name of the Student

Questions Prepared

Correct

Wrong

% of

% of

answer

answer

correct

wrong

1

Aravind

6

6

Nil

100

Nil

2

Siva

5

5

Nil

100

Nil

3

Arjunan

5

5

Nil

100

Nil

4

Kathick

3

3

Nil

100

Nil

5

Siva

3

3

Nil

100

Nil

6

Selvakumar

3

3

Nil

100

Nil

7

Jayalakshmi

6

6

Nil

100

Nil

8

Paranjothi

6

6

Nil

100

Nil

9

Pushparaj

8

7

1

87.5

12.5

10

Karthiga

8

8

Nil

100

Nil

11

Sankari

5

5

Nil

100

Nil

12

Malathy

5

5

Nil

100

Nil

Graphical representation of Students performance: 120 Graph 5

100 80 60

Correct

40

Wrong

20 0 Correct

Wrong

The overall performance of the students of Anandapuram School was very good. The learning output of the students was excellent. Trial in Pangur School students: 12 students were selected from class 5. The same lesson “water” was taught to the students. The students were given achievement test. The students were not allowed to prepare question paper. The question prepared by the Anandapuram School students was given to the students for achievement. The performance of the students was good but the output of the students was lesser than Anandapuram. Statistical Report of the test: 1. Fill in the Blanks: Total No. of correct answers

:

3.5

Total No of wrong answers

:

1.5 Graph 6

5 4 3

3.5

2

1.5

1 0 Correct

Wrong

2. Write True or False: Total No. of correct answers

:

4

Total No. of wrong answers

:

1 Graph 7

5 4 4

3 2

1

1 0 Correct

Wrong

3. Match the following: Total No. of correct answers

:

5

Total No. of wrong answers

:

Nil Graph 8

5 4

5

3 2 1

0

0 Correct

Wrong

Overall performance of the test Total No. of correct answers

:

12.5

Total No. of wrong answers

:

2.5 Graph 9

14 12 10

12.5

8 6 2.5

4 2 0 Correct

Wrong

The output of both the school student was varied. It has been noticed that students those prepared question paper on their own performed very well in the test. Comparison Graph: Graph 10 14.5 14

14.5

13.5 13

12.5

12.5 12 11.5 Anandapuram School

Pangur School

From the above graph, it’s clear that the student from Anandapuram School performed well than Pangur School Students.

Strategy 2: Each and every simple experiment in text books should done compulsory in school by the students using different materials in different way The experiments in text book are written as just theory in exams. The experiments in text book are done as practical only if they reach higher secondary (Class 12). The experiments at primary level are done by teachers. In some school these experiments are not done by teachers it’s simply memorised by students.

Pilot Study in Pangur School: 12 students from 5th Class were selected for the trial. The students were explained about the Water Pressure from their textbook. “If depth increases water pressure also increases”

The following picture given in book with instructions

The experiment has been done by the teacher in the classroom using a cylindrical bottle with water. Then the students were questioned 1. If 3 holes put on the bottle at different level what will happen? 2. In which hole the water pressure will be high? 3. If water pressure is high at bottom, what about if the holes put on different shapes of objects? 4. List out many object in which we can do this experiment? These types of questions were asked to the children to kindle their mind.

Practical Question Paper for creativity:

1. Bring any 2 objects and perform the experiment? 2. Note down the instruction which you do? 3. Write out the questions which arise in your mind? 4. Whether water pressure will be always high at the bottom any object? 5. List out the objects in which we can able to do the experiment?

Then the question Paper was given to the students and they were asked to perform the experiment in classroom. And they responded well. They have brought more than 15 objects for the experiment.

Water bottle, Horlicks bottle, disposal tumbler, cool drinks bottle etc

Involvement of students while doing experiments

The scientific principle “If depth increases the water pressure also will increase” easily understood to the students. The students were eagerly wanted to do different type of experiments in classroom.

Conclusion: The innovative teaching of science to the students only will develop one nation. So, if scientific thought developed at younger mind automatically our country will developed in the entire field. To enrich the creativity and science temper of kids mind the following constructive suggestions are worked out. . Final constructive suggestions and ideas:  The objective type questions can be prepared by the students with of students.  The teacher has to encourage the students while the prepare questions.  The teacher has to give freedom to the students while preparing objective type questions.  The experiments in textbook must be done compulsory in the class room.  Practical Session can be allotted to the primary school.  In school time table science practical class must be present at least weekly twice.  The teacher can also set a small practical laboratory in class room itself.  The students must be encouraged to do a single in different ways and with different materials.  Class level science exhibition can also be conducted in school.  The students have to note all the experiment activities which they do in class room.  The teacher has to develop scientific temper and critical thinking among the students.