Effect of Modular Approach Teaching on Achievement of Secondary School Mathematics Students

Umaira Khalil, Muhammad Imran Yousuf

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Advancement in teaching techniques has become an essential issue in education. The study ascertains the effects of the modular approach teaching in mathematics for secondary school students. Modules are developed and used by teachers teaching plans by reflecting the skills, abilities and related information in respective unit speaking Current study targeted the module development for teaching of mathematics at grade 10th and to give a comparison between the academic achievement of control & experimental groups treated through traditional & modular approach. The research was conducted by designing an experiment and was based on modules. The targeted population was the grade 10th students. Pre & post-tests were conducted after treatment and a significant difference was found in scores of the two groups. Scores of the experimental group were found higher than the control group. The originality value of the study explores the essential vital role that modules can play in mathematics teaching and how we can use modules to enhance the creative challenges that lead to an improvement in mathematics comprehension and make it valid for every stage of learning.

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