Science Learning Through Interactive Teaching Method: An Experimental Study

  • Sajid Ali Yousuf Zai Assistant Professor, Department of Education, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
  • Fouzia Ajmal Assistant Professor, Department of Education, International Islamic University, Islamabad
  • Saira Nudrat Assistant Professor, Department of Education, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
Keywords: Interactive Teaching, Science, Experiment Study

Abstract

An experimental study was conducted to find the impact of interactive teaching methods on science learning. 70 students from seventh grade were selected to participate in this study. A control group with 35 randomly assigned students was taught by the traditional lecture method and an experimental group with another 35 students was taught by an interactive teaching method. A pre-test was conducted before implementing the intervention to measure the baseline score while a post-test was administered to measure the impact of the intervention. An ANCOVA (Analysis of Covariance) was used to find the significant difference in science achievement scores of students between the traditional teaching method and interactive teaching method after controlling the effect of pre-test scores. There was a significant difference in students' science achievement scores between students in the traditional teaching group and students in the interactive teaching group, F (2, 67) = 153.47, p <.001 h2 = .82. It was concluded that the interactive teaching method significantly improves student science learning.

Published
2021-12-27