EFFECT OF ACTIVE LEARNING ON THE LEARNERS’ LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL

Abstract

This study was intended to find out the effect of active learning experiences on students’ learning achievement. Quasi-experimental: the nonequivalent group design was used to conduct this study. Male students of 8^th class public schools were taken as population for this experimental study. This study was delimited to the students having general science as a compulsory subject. Moreover, the scope of active learning experience was delimited to collaborative learning activity and think-pair-share activity. Two intact groups of 8^th class were selected as sample through cluster random sampling technique. One group was taken as control group and the other group was taken as experimental group. Kolb’s model of experiential learning was used for the treatment of the experimental group for this study. Pre-test and post-tests were used to find out the effect of active learning and to test the hypotheses of the study. Descriptive statistics: mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics: t-test was applied to find out the results of the study. It was concluded that there was statistically insignificant difference between the achievement scores of experimental and control groups in pre-test and pre-test and post-test 2 control groups on the basis of their achievement score.