“A Study of the Use and Effectiveness of Teaching Aids at Upper Primary Level in Science Teaching”

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching aids used in science teaching in relation to traditional method of chalk and talk. The students of VIII standard were included in the sample of the study. The age group of these students was 11–14 years and all of them were able to understand the instruction provided to them. The group intelligence test (of Dr. (Mrs.) Pramila Ahuja was administered on the subjects. Matched group technique was applied to form two equivalent groups. In this process some students from both the groups were deleted due to very high or less score in the intelligence test. 340 students are selected as sample of various schools from Gautama Buddha Nagar (UP).