Teaching Chemistry Through Information Processing Model: an Experimental Approach

Teaching may become meaningless and ineffective if students fail to develop proper concept in his subject. Therefore it became necessary to select proper approaches of teaching. In traditional system the child is rarely allowed to formulate his own concepts and test them out. Students are fed mainly with the product of the information according to the will of the teacher. The information processing models of teaching are the innovative practices have drawn the attention of education researchers and teachers since last few years. These model provides teaching strategies that are based on dependable theories about ?how people learn? , ?grow? and ?develop?. This book introduced the researcher with a variety of well-developed information processing models for the teaching of different subjects in Chapter I. The problem specifically identified in chapter II, the setting of objectives , assumptions etc. of the study is given in Chapter III, instructional materials and tools concerned are presented in Chapter IV, interpretation of results and analysis are made in Chapter V and finally findings and discussions are drawn in the last chapter. Hope the reader of this book will be benefited.