EFFECTIVENESS OF USING MATHEMATICS LABORATORY IN TEACHING CHEMISTRY ON ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The present study investigated the Effectiveness of Using Mathematics Laboratory in Teaching Chemistry on Achievement of Secondary School Students. Using Laboratory is a procedure for stimulating the activities of the Students and to encourage them to make discoveries and it is also based on the principle of learning by doing. Researcher adopted 'Pre-test'- 'Posttest' Experimental and control group design under True Experimental Research. The sample consisted of 80 students of standard X from National Public School, Shivamogga, Karnataka. 40 students were assigned to the experimental group and 40 students in the control group equate through academic performance of previous year. The experimental group was taught using Mathematics Laboratory and the Control Group was taught through the Conventional method. The data were analyzed using t-test. From the ndings, it was observed that the use of mathematics laboratory in teaching chemistry Enhanced Achievement in Chemistry.This method is suitable for teaching chemistry to the lower classes and higher classes as at this stage teaching is done with the help of concrete things and examples.