THE EFFECT OF TEAM TEACHING ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF 9TH GRADERS IN SCIENCE

This study was carried out to find the effectiveness of Team-teaching on academic achievement of 9th graders in Science. The data was collected from students of class IX in Rewari District of Haryana. Out of 50 students, 12 were selected in purposive manner in the experimental group and 12 were in the control group. These groups were classified on the basis of intelligence and socio-economic status. The research method used to conduct the study was pre-test post-test Quasi experimental design in which two groups were selected as experimental and control group. In the beginning both groups were administrated the pre-test by self-constructed achievement test in Science. The experimental group was taught by a team of two Science teachers and control group by traditional method. The same post-test was administrated on both the groups and t-value was equated. Results of the study revealed that there was a significant positive effect of team-teaching on academic achievement of students in Science.