Effective Learning and Retention Through Advance Organizer Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-50
Author(s):  
Anbazhaugan. T.A ◽  
Tessy Joseph Kallarackal
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Conventional Method ◽  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Advance Organizers ◽  
Advance Organizer ◽  
School Students ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
New Material ◽  
Independent Variable

Effective classroom teaching in science requires advance thinking and proper planning. Advance organizers are information the teacher presents, at the onset of a deductive lesson, used by students to help them mentally organize new material. In the present study, the investigator has made an attempt to find out the effectiveness of Advance Organizer Model on achievement in physics with respect to (a) Knowledge (b) Comprehension (c) Application (d) Analysis (d) Synthesis and (e) Evaluation of secondary school students. For the present study, the Equivalent group Experimental method was adopted. Two hundred and forty students were selected from three types of Higher Secondary Schools in equal strength of both control groups and experimental groups in the study and two levels of treatments of the instructional strategy (independent variable) namely Advance Organizer Model, and Conventional Method are selected. The dependent variable is the achievement in physics as determined by the achievement test scores. The major conclusions based on the statistical analysis of data is that the advance organizer model is more effective than conventional method on the achievement in physics with respect to (a) Knowledge (b) Comprehension (c) Application (d) Analysis (d) Synthesis and (e) Evaluation and is useful to improve retention ability of secondary school students.

scholarly journals Assessment for Secondary School Students’ Experiences in Using Tablet in Classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Mohammed Elmetwali Mohammed Amer
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Egyptian Government

The Egyptian government integrated tablets in Egyptian secondary schools. Thus, the researcher aimed to explore the effectiveness of using tablet in Egyptian secondary schools from the students’ perspective. He aimed to explore that in order to assess students’ experiences in this regard. He selected a random sample consisting from 745 female and male secondary school students in Egypt. Those students were selected from three schools. Questionnaire forms were distributed to those students by hand. All the distributed forms were retrieved. However, 9 forms were excluded due to missing data. Thus, 736 questionnaire forms are valid for analysis. It was found that tablet serves as an effective learning method in Egyptian secondary schools. It was found that using tablet in classroom improves students’ creative thinking skills and makes teachers more creative. It was found that using tablet in classroom enriches students’ vocabulary, improves their language skills and increases their academic achievement in classroom. It was found that such use can meet the learning needs of various types of learners. The researcher recommends conducting studies about the challenges facing teachers in using tablets in classroom.

scholarly journals Impact of a Social Constructivist Instructional Strategy on Performance in Algebra with a Focus on Secondary School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Umar A. Ginga ◽  
Yusuf F. Zakariya
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

There have been perennial concerns on the low academic performance of students among researchers and other education stakeholders. Innovative teaching strategies have, therefore, gained prominence in the field of mathematics education. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of a social constructivist instructional strategy on students’ performance in algebra. The present study is quasi-experimental, and its type is a posttest control group involving 154 secondary school students that are randomly selected across four intact classes. The random selection of students to treatment and control controls is assumed to improve the validity of the results. Two research questions are raised, and two null hypotheses are formulated and tested at p≤0.05 level of significance. One research instrument, algebra performance test (APT), was developed, pilot-tested (test-retest reliability coefficient of 0.897), and used to measure students’ performance in both treatment and control groups. The data are analyzed using independent sample t-tests. The findings indicate that there are significant differences in the mean performance scores between experimental (mean = 16.05, SD = 2.74) and control (mean = 11.46, SD = 2.49) groups, t(152) = 10.83, p<0.05. These findings may be interpreted to be evidence of the effectiveness of the social constructivist instructional strategy in improving performance in algebra better than the conventional teaching method. Also, a significant difference exists between the mean performance scores of males (mean = 17.83, SD = 2.82) and females (mean = 14.72, SD = 1.77) in the experimental group (t(80) = 6.11, p<0.05). Thus, the effect of the social constructivist instructional strategy on students’ performance in algebra is gender-sensitive. Based on these findings, some recommendations are made to students, teachers, parents, administrators, and other stakeholders.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVE LEARNING OF CHEMISTRY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF LOCALLY SOURCED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (04) ◽  
pp. 492-494
Author(s):  
Evelyn N. Offor ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Instructional Material ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Effective Learning

The present study aimed to examine the predictive role of locally sourced instructional materials on the practical learning of chemistry among secondary school students. A total of two hundred and eighteen secondary school students participated in the study. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted. The participants responded to a self-report measure on their experience of locally sourced instructional material and the perceived learning outcome. A simple linear regression was conducted on the data, and the result showed that locally sourced instructional material statistically predicted effective learning of chemistry. Finding and conclusions are discussed.

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