THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSTRUCTIVIST BASED APPROACH IN LEARNING SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPTS

The study developed constructivist based approach to determine the effectiveness in learning environmental concepts. Parallel group experimental design was adopted as the method of study. A sample of 60 IX standard students (30 in control group and 30 in experimental group), were selected for the present study. The experimental group was subjected to constructivist based approach of learning (Project method), while the control group was subjected to traditional method. Both groups were subjected to pre and post-tests in the subject tackled by the researcher. The analysis result of the pre-test showed no statistically-significant differences, which in turn proves the equivalence of the two groups. The analysis result of the post- test showed significant increase in the score of the experimental group when compared to the control group. Hence the finding of the study reveals the constructivist based approach of learning is more effective than traditional method.