Education is the training for life for complete living. It has become a complex process with the passage of time because of the complex nature of modern industrial civilization and explosion of knowledge due to scientific discoveries and inventions. Education not only plays an important role in the teaching learning process, but also develops the innovative characteristics as confidence, economical standard and moral values in an individual. To meet the challenges of time and educational aspiration of society, there is need for an effective system of education. A traditional teacher equates the teaching with telling. But the task of a modern teacher is not only different but requires a varied and diversified approach. To raise achievement and hence to improve the quality of education in the classroom and to make the effective use of school curriculum, it is required to select and implement the appropriate teaching strategies. The research for good teaching models has agitated the minds of Bruce Joyce and Weil Marsha. They have grouped the models of teaching into four families as per the nature of specific objectives to be achieved through these models. The present study is an effort in the direction of comparing the achievement of two groups of students-one taught economics through ‘Advance Organizer Model and other with conventional method. It was found that the group of students taught economics through A.O.M.-Advance Organizer Model has scored significantly higher on the criterion achievement test.
Advance Organizer Model (AOM), Conventional Method of Teaching, Effect
