EFFECT OF MULTIMEDIA ON LEARNING OUTCOME OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

The present study was undertaken to find out the effect of multimedia package on learning outcome of prospective teachers in relation to their levels of intelligence.Pre-test post-test quasi experimental research design was adopted in which 60 prospective teachers selected from college of education of Rohtak using stratified random sampling technique on the basis of varied levels of intelligence(high, average and low) out of which 30 prospective teachers were taught through multimedia formed as experimental group (EG)and 30 prospective teachers were taught through conventional method of teaching formed ascontrol group (CG). To measure learning outcome, investigator applied self-developed achievement test for prospective teachers on unit-III (learning perspectives) of course-1 of B.Ed. 1styear syllabus (B.Ed. 2-year programme (2016-18)). Lesson plans and formative assessment developed with the help of multimedia strategy to carry out teaching learning process on experimental group for nine weeks only. At the end of the experiment, learning outcome per-test, post-test and mean gain score was computed. Then, data were subjected to analyzed by using ANOVA and t-test to determine the performance by comparing the mean scores. Results revealed that prospective teachers taught through multimedia package showed significant improvement in their learning outcome than the prospective teachers taught through conventional method. Further, high, average and low intelligence prospective teachers taught through multimedia package performed better than counter parts. There was no significant interaction effect of instructional treatment and levels of intelligence on mean gain learning outcome scores. In conclusion, this study had proven that teaching through multimedia instructional package enhance the prospective teachers' learning performance.