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A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS
IN LEARNING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY WITH RELATION
TO LOCALITY AND INCOME OF THE FAMILY
K. Usman Ali
Associate Professor of Education, Theni Kammavar Sangam College of Education, Kammavar Nagar, Koduvilarpatty , Theni District, Tamil Nadu .
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS : INTRODUCTION
he main objective of the study was to find out the problems of higher secondary students in
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learning organic chemistry with respect to locality and family income. The Survey method was used in the present study. Problems inventory constructed and validated by the investigator was used to collect data. The sample consisted of 526 second year higher secondary students. Mean, Standard Deviation, ‘t’ test and ANOVA ‘f’ were used to analyse the data. The major findings were that most of the higher secondary students are facing low level of problems and there was a significant difference between rural and urban higher secondary students in their family income.IUPAC, Organic Chemistry, Random Sampling Technique, Strategies.
Organic chemistry is a branch of chemistry which deals with structure, IUPAC Name, behavior and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions. Obviously learning organic Chemistry needs a deeper, more durable and more transferable thinking. Using systematic and meaningful strategies leads to better academic achievement.
Learning is the process by which an individual acquires various habits, knowledge, attitude and experiences that are necessary to meat the demands of life in general. Education is the instrument which serves as the tool for any kind of learning. There are different subjects imparted to the students in schools in the process of learning. All these subjects need a different kind of learning strategy, which makes it easy to understand and apply that knowledge wherever necessary. Learning science needs a deeper, creative and critical thinking skill.
It is a known fact that early adolescent stage is the period in which an individual starts thinking of claiming independent status, expressing the emotions in a balanced way, participating in social processes assimilating social and moral values and participating actively in sharing the problems of the family income. Obviously the individuals at this stage are confronted with problems due to emerging self. Added to this students at this stage have additional problems of preparing themselves
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A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN LEARNING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY WITH...
academically.
Concerning the Higher Secondary Students studying Organic Chemistry, their whole hearted involvement is essential to face the problems successfully with the help of the teachers who are able to explain everything in detail with clarity, and are interested to clear their doubts then and there with ease and precision.
There are many uneducated rural folk who can easily excel the educated urban men in business knack, commanding power, talent to timely act and technical know-how in their trade agriculture. If they are educated they can improve their self career and through that the future generation. Education has the power of improving people’s knowledge in different dimensions. Higher secondary education is supposed to be the minimum level of education. So both central government and state governments are spending a lot to provide compulsory education.
Knowledge is indirectly injected in the family, gradually gained in the society, systematically, scientifically and psychologically delivered in educational institutions in the earlier stages. Then the students enter the universities or colleges for their higher studies. It is the duty of the parents to give education to their children. To make the entire population of the country educated and thereby make them dutiful and civic-conscious citizens, is the main duty of the government. So the government should start schools everywhere; offer them education through advanced syllabi and provide all basic amenities in all schools.
Higher secondary education is the junction where all other courses, academic and professional branch out. So higher secondary education should be given due importance. For the improvement of a country instruction of scientific knowledge for extracting the nation’s entire interior wealth to the full utilization of it, should be given top priority. Importance of Chemistry should be understood by all. The knowledge of chemistry will then guide them towards knowing the value of organic chemistry which provides the maximum number of goods as necessaries.
Due to daily inventions of new organic chemicals, by the scientists employed by industrialists and business magnets and by the research scholars, organic chemistry expands in various dimensions. So the subject becomes important and learning of the subject covering all details becomes a difficult one.
Vaidhya (1971) He gives his own definition of curriculum in his book , “ The impact of science teacher “ curriculum is an evolving concept. It is ever changing and always in the making, being more in the nature of process then a finished product.
Sharma,Y.R(1982) when Bihar Government was taking steps to improve the educational process providing required help and guidance to educational institutions, Sharma started his study with interest and involvement.
Beyer (1991) The study he made was an evidence for the vital role of science teachers in cultivating students’ scientific literacy, in creating among the students a special liking for science and in developing and carrying out productive programmes in classroom science instruction.
Girish Jaswal (2010) gives his comments in his article in university news about Teaching Methodology, Syllabus and Examination system. It is required to review our traditional teaching programmes with a view to ascertain whether these equip the learner with multiple skill sets needed.
The Need and Importance of the Study
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
METHOD FOR THE STUDY
SAMPLE OF THE STUDY
TOOL USED IN THE STUDY
The following are the objectives of the present research study.
1.To study the problems faced by the higher secondary students in subject of organic chemistry.
2.To find out if there is any significantly difference in the problems between higher secondary students studying in the schools located in urban areas and those studying in the rural areas.
3.To analyze if there is any significant difference in the problems between higher secondary students from their parents income.
The survey method has been used in the present investigation to collect data from the higher secondary students studying in the higher secondary schools of Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu state. This method has been chosen as it seeks to obtain precise information concerning the current status of phenomena and to draw valid conclusion from the facts discovered. Also, this method of research, attempts to describe and interpret what exist of present in the form of conditions, practices, processes, trends, effects and attitudes.
Simple random sampling technique was used in the selection of the sample of as many as 526 second year higher secondary students. The sample was taken from higher secondary schools situated in the Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu.
The students’ interest and involvement in chemistry and their difficulties faced by them in Organic chemistry, one of the three branches of chemistry, can be notified through the tools which can find out the psychology and mainly the attitudes of the respondents, the students studying in XII standard in different schools. In the achievement test, the questionnaire contains 30 questions in total, that is, 10 questions in each branch of chemistry. All the thirty questions are formed in the multiple-choice type. The respondents should indicate in the bracket given at the end of every question. The letter mentioning the correct answer a, b, c & d. In testing the attitudes of the students, the investigator has chosen the five point scale of Likert type for this particular research. Statistical package was applied for this research work.
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PARENTS ANNUAL INCOME CHARTS
Statistical Tools
Table No: 1 ‘t’-test
Difference between domicile of the respondents and their score of physical, inorganic, organic chemistry and overall problems
Student ‘t’ test and ANOVA were used for analyzing the data.
Domicile Mean S.D Statistical inference Score of Physical chemistry T=-.391
.696>0.05 Not Significant Urban (n=250) 3.76 1.958
Rural (n=276) 3.84 2.286
Score of Inorganic chemistry T=-1.235 .217>0.05 Not Significant Urban (n=250) 3.86 2.297
Rural (n=276) 4.12 2.563
Score of Organic chemistry T=-1.601 .110>0.05 Not Significant Urban (n=250) 3.06 1.462 Rural (n=276) 3.28 1.608 Overall problems T=3.050 .002<0.05 Significant Urban (n=250) 146.84 23.448 Rural (n=276) 140.62 23.274
Df=524
Statistical test: Student ‘t’ test was used
The above table indicates that there is no significant difference between domicile of the respondents and their score of physical, (.696>0.05) inorganic (.217>0.05) and organic chemistry (.110>0.05). Hence, the calculated value greater than table value.
The above table there is a significant difference between domicile the respondents and their overall problems. Hence, the calculated value less than table value (.002<0.05).
Table No. 2
Oneway ANOVA difference between parents income of the respondents and their score of physical, inorganic, organic chemistry and overall problems
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Parents income Mean S.D SS Df MS Statistical
inference Score of Physical chemistry F=10.509 .000<0.05 Significant Between Groups 219.651 5 43.930 Below Rs.10000 (n=76) 4.50 2.163 Rs.10001 to 20000 (n=171) 4.20 2.318 Rs.20001 to 30000 (n=144) 3.94 2.103 Rs.30001 to 40000 (n=29) 3.03 1.700 Rs.40001 to 50000 (n=28) 3.04 1.319 Rs.50001 & above (n=78) 2.56 1.392 Within Groups 2173.787 520 4.180 Score of Inorganic chemistry F=5.877 .000<0.05 Significant Between Groups 167.356 5 33.471 Below Rs.10000 (n=76) 4.72 2.676 Rs.10001 to 20000 (n=171) 4.36 2.612 Rs.20001 to 30000 (n=144) 3.99 2.448 Rs.30001 to 40000 (n=29) 3.45 1.863 Rs.40001 to 50000 (n=28) 3.04 1.575 Rs.50001 & above (n=78) 3.05 1.779 Within Groups 2961.642 520 5.695 Score of Organic chemistry F=2.759 .018<0.05 Significant Between Groups 32.280 5 6.456 Below Rs.10000 (n=76) 3.50 1.483 Rs.10001 to 20000 (n=171) 3.38 1.649 Rs.20001 to 30000 (n=144) 3.01 1.409 Rs.30001 to 40000 (n=29) 2.62 1.613 Rs.40001 to 50000 (n=28) 3.00 1.610 Rs.50001 & above (n=78) 2.96 1.454 Within Groups 1216.977 520 2.340 Overall problems F=25.527 .000<0.05 Significant Between Groups 57336.621 5 11467.324 Below Rs.10000 (n=76) 137.09 22.670 Rs.10001 to 20000 (n=171) 138.79 19.185 Rs.20001 to 30000 (n=144) 138.49 20.774 Rs.30001 to 40000 (n=29) 141.86 23.798 Rs.40001 to 50000 (n=28) 151.64 25.580 Rs.50001 & above (n=78) 167.49 21.993 Within Groups 233600.133 520 449.231
Within Groups 233600.133 520 449.231
The above table indicates that there is a significant difference between parents income of the respondents and their score of physical (.000<0.05), inorganic (.000<0.05), organic chemistry (.018<0.05) and overall problems (.000<0.05). Hence, the calculated value less than table value.
There is a significant difference between parents income of the respondents and their score of physical, inorganic, organic chemistry and overall problems.
There is no significant difference between parents income of the respondents and their score of physical, inorganic, organic chemistry and overall problems.
One-way ANOVA ‘F’ test was used the above hypothesis
The above table there is a significant difference between parents income of the respondents and their score of physical, inorganic, organic chemistry and overall problems. Hence, the calculated value less than table value. So the research hypothesis accepted and the null hypothesis rejected.
The finding of the study are quiet useful in Higher Secondary students to improve the quality of teaching learning process in organic chemistry. The major findings were that most of the Higher Secondary students are facing low level of problems and there was a significant difference between rural and urban higher secondary students in their family income.
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