A STUDY OF PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS OF CLASS Xth TOWARDS THE SCIENCE PRACTICAL EXAMINATION

This study aim to investigate the student’s perception regarding the science practical examination, covering the entire details of the MCQ type written test and Hands on practical skills. The main purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the MCQ test in the science practical examination that whether it develops the practical skills among the learners or it just encourages the guessing. Four main practical skills were assessed in this study as- Procedural and Manipulative skills; Observational skills; Drawing skills; Interpretive and Reporting skills. The descriptive survey design was used . Three government boys senior secondary schools of Delhi Directorate of Education from zone 07, District north were randomly selected, in which 100 students of class Xth were taken as a sample. Two questionnaire and one interview schedule were constructed as a tool for data collection. It was found that it is very effective in promoting procedural and manipulative skills, observational skills. Satisfactorily effective in promoting interpretive and reporting skills and least effective in drawing skills. It concluded that MCQ paper also helps in developing the cognitive faculties of the students in which they apply their knowledge by thinking for selecting a correct response