Impact of multimedia package in science subject of class VIII female students

Pages: 1047-1049
Arun Kumar Dubey (Columbia College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)
Ranjana Chaturvedi (Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh)

The aim of this research was to study the impact of multimedia package in science subject of class VIII female students. For testing the hypothesis of the research, 60 female of average intelligence students were finally selected. Out of these 60 female students one-half (n=30) were randomly assigned to the control group and another half (n=30) were randomly assigned to the experimental group. Multimedia Package and two sets of Science (Biology) Achievement Test were developed and used by the investigator for teaching chapters related to Biology subject of Science Textbook of class VIII prescribed by Board of Secondary Education, Chhattisgarh. In the pre-test, Set-I of Science (Biology) Achievement Test was administered on the two groups, i.e., Control and Experimental Groups and then were taught by the investigator for 1 period (40 minutes) every day. After teaching with traditional method and with multimedia package to control group and experimental groups, respectively, Set-II of Science (Biology) Achievement Test (SAT) was administered on these female students. Statistical analysis of data showed that the female students were considerably benefitted by multimedia package in regards to the achievement in science subject.