A GENDER BASED EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF VERBAL AND MIXED (VERBAL AND NON VERBAL) TEACHING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN DERA ISMAIL KHAN

  • Samina Naz M. Phil Scholar, IER, Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan
  • Liaquat Hussain Assistant professor IER, Gomal Univrsity Dera Ismail Khan
  • Shagufta Naz M. Phil Scholar, IER, Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan
Keywords: GENDER BASED EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Abstract

The current study was conducted to investigate the effects of verbal and mixed (verbal and non-verbal) teaching on the student achievement in 4 schools (2 male and 2 females) of Dera Ismail Khan. A sample of 120 male students and 120 female students was selected through random sampling technique. The research hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the academic achievement of students taught through verbal and mixed communication and also there is no difference across the gender were tested. Pre-test, post-test equivalent group design was used. The t-test was used to check the mean difference between the two groups, the result shows that there is a significant difference between the academic achievement of students taught through verbal and mixed communication. The mixed communication, teaching resulted in better result as compared to verbal teaching. Also the male performed significantly better than female.

Published
2014-12-31
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