A STUDY ON STATUS OF OBSERVATION SKILL IN SCIENCE AMONG VIII STANDARD STUDENTS

Science is highly creative and dynamic in nature. Science provides opportunity for an individual to develop
inquiry skills, critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, decision making skills etc. Science teaching in
schools play a major role in developing knowledge and process skills. Teaching of science should stress more on
the processes than the product. Observation is one of the process skill which is very essential to develop among
the students at upper primary level. But due to lecture method of science teaching, students are very poor in
observation skill. They unable to notice fine details of experiments and specimens etc. Teachers of science often
follows traditional method of teaching which hinder students sharpening of skill development. In this
perspectives, a study has been conducted to know the status of students’ observation skill in one of the school in
Tamilnadu.