The study investigated the effects of the three different instructional strategies used in micro-teaching sessions as it relates to the performance of pupil teachers in feedback sessions of skill of stimulus variation. The study was conducted to address the research question i.e. “Do instructional strategies (lecture method, still power point slide and teacher multi-media using animation, video and motivational applications) affect students’ performance of pupil teacher in achieving same marks in conducting microteaching sessions on observational schedule of Skill of stimulus variation”? Three formats were selected for evaluation i.e. Power Point presentations that consisted of still slides with demonstrations of techniques discussed, lecture presentations by experts on the subjects that included use of overhead projector as well as demonstration of skills, and the Multi Media Motivational designed applications that utilized an interactive Motivational Multimedia Format. These three instructional methods are considered as the representative of methods frequently used in the workplace. The study will dwell upon the most effective instructional strategies which lead to best performance in feedback sessions amongst the learners. The participants in the present research were 93 pupil teachers, participating in control group, experimental group 1, and experimental group 2, enrolled in three different sections of B. Ed. at Department of Education, Chaudhary Devi Lal University Sirsa during the winter 2012. The study adopted pre-test, post-test, control group, quasi-experimental designs with 2x3 factorial matrixes. Instruments used were practice teaching skill rating scales. Data was analyzed by using ANOVA, analysis of covariance, factorial designs etc. It has emerged that there is significant main effect of instructional strategies on performance level of teacher trainees in feedback session of microteaching lesson about skill of stimulus variation.
Concept and significance of multimedia and motivational multimedia based on ARCS Model.
Effect of instructional strategies through skill of stimulus variation on feedback of pupil teacher performance during micro teaching sessions.
The research emphasizes on crucial and fundamental role of motivational multimedia in strengthening and improving the educational attainments.
Motivational Multimedia, Microteaching, Instructional Strategies, Feedback Sessions, Pupil Teachers
