A Comparative Study on Plasma TV and Teacher Based Instructions Towards Improving Students' National Examination Result in Addis Ababa
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of the study was to compare Grade ten students' result in
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics in EGSECE in Addis Ababa
secondary schools before and after the intervention of the Plasma TV
instruction. Furthermore, the study was aimed at investigating the progress
that has been brought about by the intervention of Plasma TV instruction as
compared to the traditional teacher based instruction on students' result in
EGSECE. The study was conducted in Addis Ababa city administration, in
five secondary schools. These are Ayer Tena, Derartu Tulu, Kokebe Tseba,
Menelik and Yekatit-12 secondary schools. The subject for the study were
532 grade ten students, out of which 272 (51.13%) were females and 260
(48.87%) were males, and forty-one teachers who have taught grade ten
since 200212003 two years before the introduction of Plasma TV instruction
at Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry subjects. In addition to the
students and teachers, five school principals and five sub- city science
supervisors were also included. As a result the study had a total of 583
respondents. The instruments used in this study were, questionnaire,
interview and field observations. In addition secondary data that were
obtained from NOE are used as a source of information. The results
suggested that there was significant difference on student achievement in
Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics subjects after the intervention
of the Plasma TV instruction. Besides, students preferred most to learn
Chemistry subject and list to learn Mathematics subject with Plasma TV
instruction. The results of the finding confirm that, teaching with Plasma TV
instruction is inconvenient to low achiever and medium learners. On the
other hand it is convenient to high achiever learners. From the findings of
this study even though, Plasma TV instruction has its own advantages, there
are a lot to be done in order to integrate it with the Traditional teacher based
instruction so as to improve students' result in EGSECE in particular and in
their academic achievements in general.
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Plasma TV and Teacher Based Instructions