Problem - Students do not take interest in Accounts period

ACTION RESEARCH   

MEANING OF ACTION RESEARCH 

The process by which practioteners attempt study their problems scientifically in order to guide, correct and evaluate their decisions and action .

Applied research is a research that any of us can do his /her own practice to improve it .It can be conducted with the assistance or guidance of professional researchers in order to improve strategies practice and knowledge of the environment within they practice .

DEFENITION OF ACTION RESEARCH 

Action Research is a process wherien participants examine their own educational practice systematically& carefully using techniques of research .

Kurt Levin first coined theterm "Action Research " in 1944.

CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTION RESEARCH

• It is a process of studying practical problems of education .
• The focus is to improve & modifiy the current practices .
• The individual and group problems are studied by action research .
• Develops new ways of seeing the world .
• It is a scientific procedure for finding out a practical solution of current situation .
• The form of problem should be real .
• Grounded in real life experience .

TYPES OF ACTION RESEARCH 

COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH
It may include as few or two teachers or a group of several teachers and other intrested in addressing in classroom of department issue .

SCHOOL WIDE RESEARCH
Focuses on  issues common to all

DISTINCTIVE RESEARCH
For more complex & utilizes more resources but the reward can be great .Issue can be organizational based are process for decision making .

BENEFITS OF ACTION RESEARCH

• Focus on school issue problem area of collective intrest .
• It can raise the achivement level of the pupils .
• Form of teacher professional development .
• It promotes active learning & students involvement in the learning process .
• It can solve the problem of indicipline .
• It develops scientific attitude in the teacher .

AREA OF PROBLEM 

Students do not take interest in accounts period .

DEFINITION  OF PROBLEM 

Students of  sadhu vashwani international school of grade 11 do not take interest accounts period . 

 SAMPLING 

Purposive sampling method 

10 students from grade 11

PROBABLE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM 

• The teacher do not make the class interesting .
• The subject is hnew for the students . 
• The base is not clear .
• The student do not like practical subject .
• They have already  study in tutions .
• Inappropriate  learning stratiges .
• Weak at calcutions .
• Accounts period is at the last of the day .
• Teachers directly  solve sums from exercises rather then solving them first from illustrations .

HYPOTHESIS OF PROBABLE CAUSES

1st cause :

The teacher do not make the class intresting .

HYPOTHESIS

If the teacher use different methods according to the chapter then the class become intresting .

2nd cause :

The subject is new for the students .

HYPOTHESIS 

If the teacher at the very first period explain the importance of subject in the life then the students get familier with particular subject .

3rd cause:

Accoumts period is in the second half of the day .

HYPOTHESIS

If the timing of the period be kept in the first half of the day students are active .

4th cause :

They have already learnt the particular topic in the tutions .

HYPOTHESIS

If the students have already learnt topic then they can be give sums out of text book for extra practice ,so they will exlpore their knowledge .

5th cause :
Teacher directly solve sums from exercise rather solving them from illustrations .

HYPOTHESIS
If the teacher uses different maxims of teaching eg : easy to hard & simple to complex etc ...then the students will able to umderstand in an easy way .

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