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REASEARCH PROBLEM FINDINGS CONCLUSION SOURCE

METHODOLOGY

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experimental in effect of significant difference group Ghazala.Arshad,
nature. The constructivist between performance is Tahseen.Bashir
population of study teaching approach achievements of better ones Muqadas.
was 7th class while comparing if those students taking compared September
students school. Sixty which the constructivist traditonal 2020.Effect of
students were traditonal method teaching approach to method. Constructivism
selected randomly. of teaching on those who are taking Teaching Approach
After presenting students a traditonal method. on Students at
students were achievement in Elementary.
distributed into two Science at www.pssr.org.pk
groups. Treatment Elementary Level.
was assigned
randomly to the
groups. Experimental
group wss taught
through traditional
approach. Treatment
time was 8-weeks.
Selected topics of
science were taught
to both groups. And
achivement test was
constructed and
validity and reliability
of the test was
ensured through
expert opinion and
pilot testing.
Conquest 4 was used
to determine
psychometric
properties of items
based on IRT.
Selected items were
used in achievement
test. After taking
post-test
independent test
was used to calculate
the differrence
between two groups.

How are the findings of this research useful to teachers?

•The findings open doors to pedagogical innovations. It paves the way to understanding constructivist
approach in teaching and set a vision on better learning strategies.