Effectiveness of concept attainment model with reference to educational achievement in the subject of Gujarati of standard nine

Abstract

Since last few years, ignorance and neglect of communicators, teachers and students towards the Gujarati language has become current problem of the time. They give more importance to other subjects than Gujarati language. There are number of reasons behind it. We have witnessed many changes in the educational system with the development in science and technology. The application of innovative methods and techniques has not been seen in the teaching of mother tongue. Use and application of teaching model can be seen in the education of present era. Each and every teaching model attributes psychological principle background. Teaching model also holds certain planning, sequential steps and proper rules. It also decides and clarifies the functions of the students. Overall, the teaching models are totally students centered and so they are revisable. There are many teaching models available for different aims and objectives. The objectives of the research were to construct the concept attainment programme on selected types of adverb of Gujarati language subject for the students of 9th standard, to compare the effectiveness of traditional lecture method and concept attainment model method on academic achievement of the students, to compare the effectiveness of traditional lecture method and concept attainment model method on academic achievement of the students with the reference to area, to compare the effectiveness of traditional lecture method and concept attainment model method on academic achievement of the students with the reference to gender and to study the effectiveness of application of concept attainment model on retention of the students.