Computer Assisted Instruction and Teaching of Arithmetic

This True Experimental study compared academic performance of students in class VIII in initial tryout in one of the English Medium Schools of Vadodara, India among three methods of teaching arithmetic subject viz. (i) Conventional Method (in control group –C), (ii) Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) only (in Experimental Group A Exp A) and (iii) Computer Assisted Instruction with simultaneous discussion (in Experimental Group B Exp B). After experimentation in the initial tryout, CAI was modified according to the comments given by the students of the groups (Exp A and Exp B), mathematics teacher and the observations made by the investigators. The modified version of CAI used in the final tryout in another school. Methodology used in both the tryouts is as follows. The design used in this study was post-test only control group design. Three sections of class VIII students selected and groups randomly allotted. ANOVA and Tukey HSD Test used for data analyses. In both the tryouts there was significant difference in the posttest scores of students receiving conventional method, CAI only and CAI with simultaneous discussion. Further data were analysed using Tukey HSD test. In both the tryouts level of significance was at .05. In Initial Tryout findings revealed that (1) there was significant difference between mean achievement score of Exp B and Exp A (2) there was significant difference between mean achievement score of Exp B and Control Group (3) there was no significant difference between Exp A and Control Group. In final tryout findings revealed that (1) there was no significant difference between mean achievement score of Exp A and Control Group (2) there was no significant difference between mean achievement score of Exp A and Exp B. (3) There was significant difference between mean achievement score of Control Group and Exp B.