ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal

  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 6

Achievement of minimum levels of learning in mathematics in relation to socio-economic status, educational environment and instructional systems

  • Author:
  • Deepa Sikand Kauts, Gurpreet Kaur
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 213 to 224

*Associate Professor, M.G.N College of Education, Jalandhar, India

**Assistant Professor, M.G.N College of Education, Jalandhar, India

Abstract

In line with the commitment of the country to provide elementary education to all children, educational facilities have got immensely expanded during the post-independence period. The need to lay down Minimum Levels of Learning (MLL) come forward from the basic concern that irrespective of caste, creed, location or sex, all children must be given access to education of a comparable standard. The present paper highlights the importance of Instruction system, Socio-economic status and role of Educational environment in the attainment of Minimum levels of Learning. For this purpose, the sample of 240 students of Vth class was taken from the different schools. Then the sample was divided in different categories e.g students belong to High socio-economic status and Low socio-economic status; students who had taught through Objective based instructions and those who had taught through Teacher directed instruction system. To analyze the data obtained Three way ANOVA was employed. The study concluded that Rich educational environment, Objective based instructional system and High socio-economic status have significant impact on the attainment of Minimum levels of learning.

Keywords

Minimum level of learning, Attainment, Socio-economic status, Learning outcomes