ERIC Number: EJ1066293
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
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Impact of Activity Oriented Health Education among Youth
Singaravelu, G.
Journal on Educational Psychology, v1 n4 p46-55 Feb-Apr 2008
The study enlightens the impact of Activity Oriented Learning in learning Health Education at primary level. Health Education was taught in various methods which were not fruitful to achieve expected level. Activity oriented method encouraged the young children to learn the health awareness quickly.The purpose of the research is to simplify the learning about Health Education in younger mind through activities. Experimental method was espoused for the study. Eighty students of standard V were selected for the study. Forty students were taken as Experimental group another forty as Control group. Researcher self-made-Achievement test was used for the pretest and posttest. The validity and reliability were well established. Finding: The post-test scores of control group have a mean 50.80 and that of experimental group students have a mean 79.05. It shows that the performance of experimental group students is better than the performance of control group students and that the application of Activity Oriented Learning to the students of standard V is more effective than conventional method in enhancing their achievement in Health Education in science.
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Active Learning, Health Education, Elementary School Students, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Instructional Effectiveness, Males, Conventional Instruction, Females, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing, Scores, Academic Achievement
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