UNDERSTANDING & INTERPRETING ACHIEVEMENT SCORES IN SOCIAL STUDIES AMONG PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS

The content knowledge in social studies is very essential for student teachers since it forms the base to their subject and makes on aware of the world happenings. The teacher cannot succeed in teaching unless she has the historical background, understanding of the chain of events and a wider horizon of the content at hand. The aim of study is to analyze and interpret achievement scores in social studies among prospective teachers with respect to their academic performance, age and other variables.