I I|GSF hr tt.l.rt!.t tn.!. tr tlltbi - Higher Education Commission
I I|GSF hr tt.l.rt!.t tn.!. tr tlltbi - Higher Education Commission
I I|GSF hr tt.l.rt!.t tn.!. tr tlltbi - Higher Education Commission
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to the teaching/leming p.ocess. 'Ihe rcdons fof or against lhe<br />
lea@-centered prccldw wqe relorded by lhe es.irchs .s h€<br />
enoDler€d dy thjtS worl ofrecrdiD&<br />
4.6 The Procedur€s<br />
As soon 6 thc Sroups wcrc sssiSEed inlo cxPerinstat ard<br />
@nlrol Iroups, lhe a{p€rinent st ncd with thc Bdrch<s<strong>tr</strong>ong>tt</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>_le..ner<br />
und€nlking lhe leaching task. This, of cowq wa, dore &cording<br />
to th€ linetable of €ach school. Sq on the ftst day of lhe<br />
exp€rim€n! tui exanple, eeh grow in sch s.hool had an English<br />
cl.ss. Thji l]]@t on ihst very d.y both gml4s w€re tawbt olc lrd<br />
the sam. lssoi, but of couse in difrerent pedods ad in two<br />
difrqent wals. While the expdin€nral erolPs<br />
<strong>tr</strong>€re tawht by usitg<br />
leamer-centered approac[ th3 con<strong>tr</strong>ol Srouls were laugh by using<br />
teacheRqfe.ed l6<s<strong>tr</strong>ong>hr</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>iqB ie., tle ones they were us€d lo.<br />
It 'ras foud raths difrcult lo srile down ohervations while<br />
classes *ere going on; for this E!!on mosi ofthe obslatioru were<br />
iaken just aftq class€s. This was don€ with the t<s<strong>tr</strong>ong>hr</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>€e groups. It took<br />
two w.€ks tiDe to cov€r the 1*chjra uit fioln $e pr€viols ot old<br />
textbook. The teaching tinF with the new materbl, however, wa<br />
one month. TtE reason for this di<strong>tr</strong>erence i! lhat in the new<br />
iextbook lhe uniis a,€ larger tban $ey are in dle old one.<br />
The two groups in erch school w@ gi\€n dle post-tesl*hich<br />
was desisrEd to bc crmplered wi$in (45) ninuiar i.e., the $?ic5l<br />
p.riod of les$B h schools. Just afier the iest they w@ giv.n the<br />
quErrioDane, wbicn rook the studeds fifteen mirdes to conplet€.<br />
47 Metho& of d.t! Amlysis<br />
4.7.1 Tt Post-t si:<br />
The s@Es obtained fion the post-test of th€ two groups in<br />
esch sch@l werc oalculat€d Is.c.6.1.11, and tu r€ans of the<br />
groups ifl €ach school were taken a'rd conpar€d agai$t each other.<br />
Th€ z-last (i6l€ad of t-t€s0 is uscd fd testing tI€ h',polh€s€s and<br />
for lhe corDparison b€twem rhe mem oflhe two groups. The ose<br />
ofthe z-test is b@alsc the n (sample<br />
'Mbq) i! >30 (See Bowen &<br />
Sl.arr. 1982:31?). Tllb kind of Nan {lalysis ;s foud to be Dost
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