Effect of Concept Attainment Model on Achievement in Mathematical Concepts of VIII Class Students.

Mathematics is an intellectual subject which helps to develop intellectual powers of the individual. But majority of the students consider it a dreary and dry subject that is due to the lack of clear understanding of the mathematical concepts. Many methods are used by Mathematics teachers to give clear understanding to the students about Mathematical concepts. Concept attainment model is one of them. The present study is an attempt to study the effect of the Concept Attainment Model (CAM) on the achievement of Class VIII students. Experimental Method was used for the purpose. A purposive sample of 80 students was selected from a nearby Senior Secondary School in Abohar. From this sample two groups of 40 students each were formed randomly. One was named as experimental group and other named as controlled group. The experimental group was taught using concept attainment model and control group with traditional method. After that a self-constructed and standardized achievement test was used to assess the achievement of both groups. Mean, Standard deviation and t-test were used for data analysis. A significant difference was found between the mean mathematical concept achievement scores of Class VIII students taught through the traditional method and those taught through the Concept Attainment Model. Also significant difference was found between the mean mathematical concept achievement scores of Class VIII students taught through the traditional method and those taught through the Concept Attainment Model across gender and locality.