LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 21:4 April 2021
ISSN 1930-2940

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Analyzing the Effectiveness of Activity Based Teaching and
Traditional Teaching Method Through Students’ Achievement in
Sub Domain Knowledge at Secondary Level

Professor Dr Hamida Zafar and Dr. Sajjad Hayat Akhtar

Abstract

The study was conducted to analyze and dig out the area of the role and impact of ABT (activity based teaching) on students learning in subject of science grade 7th. It was also aimed at to find out the impacts of activity based teaching on learners learning “abilities”, “to determine the achievement of students through lecture based method in science, to determine the achievement of students through activity based method in the subject of Science, to compare activity based teaching and traditional based teaching method through students’ achievement in sub domain knowledge, to compare students’ achievement through activity based teaching and traditional teaching method in sub domain comprehension and to compare students’ achievement through activity based and traditional teaching method in sub domain application”. The findings demonstrate that, ABT provided very excellent outcomes that must be implemented for all the subjects of the school in the classroom and especially for lab. All teachers must be completely aware from ABT, its process and components. Teachers must be motivated and encouraged to apply in the classroom the Activity based teaching method.

Keywords: Teacher role, ABT (activity based teaching), subject of Science, achievement of students and classroom activity.

Introduction

Education is the main element in a society that can bring drastic changes in the norms and values of the members of a society. While explaining the term education we come across that there are two basic aspects of the educational process. These two aspects include teaching on one side and learning on the other. The two aspects of education cannot be separated from each other like two sides of coin. It means that learning is not possible without proper teaching similarly teaching without efficient learning is fruitless. Analyzing the traditional method of teaching one concludes that these methods are not based on modern psychology which stressed on the active involvement of the learners in teaching process.

The modern psychology findings have given a central role to the learners compared to teachers for effective learning. It has been proved by researchers on the references of psychologist that activity based learning is much closed to learners conscious that stimulates his motivation for effective learning.

Activity based teaching style is a kind of academic method of teaching. Its basic theories contain the requirement that students learning must be based on activities and experimentations. The idea of ABT education is start from common thinking that the students should be active learners instead passive receivers. If a student is given an opportunity, He/she will feel happy and memories for long time. This is such a method that the student mentally and intentionally participating himself actively in activity based learning.

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Professor Dr Hamida Zafar
Jinnah University for Women Nazimabad Karachi
Hamidazafar00@gmail.com

Dr. Sajjad Hayat Akhtar
Subject Specialist in Provincial Education Department
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
Sajjadakhtar2010@yahoo.com
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