Effect of a primitive teaching method on students’ attitude towards the subject and towards the subject-teacher: an experimental study

Abstract

The teaching method used by the teachers generally determines the students’ attitude towards the subject and its teacher. Higher Secondary school students are usually in much stress and go through a lot of anxiety due to the pressure of Board exams. This study is an experimental study with a total of 40 students from the standard 12 chosen from a reputed girls higher secondary school located at Chennai. The area of interest or the subject taken by the investigator is Computer Science and Computer Applications. A simple random sampling was performed to choose the 40 students across both Computer Science and Commerce Department. A pre- test and a post-test were conducted within a duration of 1 month to use the primitive teaching method. The statistical methods such as Mean, Standard deviation and t-test were used to analyse the student responses. The findings of the study revealed that there is a positive increase the attitude towards the subject and the subject-teacher.