The administration of self-made visual discrimination test using 10 items on two comparison groups (N=30 each; Age: 9-11 years girls; drop outs & non-starter, rural setting) showed that the treatment group performed better on the teacher made test on items of type comparing pictures and what-is-missing in picture (p≤0.05, t-test) as compared to the group taught conventionally using the textbook.
. The following extended activities were also carried out; (i) individualized story telling; (ii) converting stories into role plays; (iii) book reviews; (iv) quotes from the books; (v) monthly students-and-teacher made wall magazine; (vii) monthly pocket magazine; (viii) six monthly community-based book fairs; (ix) big books on folklore and culture; (x) demonstrations from activity books; (xi) letter and word puzzles from library books. A teacher-made reading test using the before-and-after study design revealed a significant improvement (p≤0.05) in reading fluency of students (N=20) in six months of the intervention.
According to Kishore (2020), , “We need to demasculanise mathematics...Education has got to shake off this social baggage that projects science in general and mathematics in particular as something designed more for boys.
Developing and Making Use of a Board Game to Begin Learning of English for Transition to Prescribed English Textbook in a Hindi Medium School: A Pedagogical Experiment