EFFECTIVENESS OF ICT INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROCH ON ATTAINMENT OF CONCEPTS IN MATHEMATICS

Abstract

In the context of integration of information technology and communication in the Teaching /
Learning of Mathematics, the present study examines the effectiveness of ICT integrated
constructivist approach on the attainment of concepts in mathematics learning also it aims to
ascertain the concept and gender independence of ICT integrated constructivist teaching
model. The classroom samples in this study included 120 students of class VIII students.
Students were divided into experimental group and control group, each having 60 students
with the help of one to one matching based on their previous test marks. The true
experimental design was used .To study the effectiveness data was collected with the help of
self made exemplar materials using 5E constructivist teaching model integrated with ICT and
concept based achievements.Pre-test and post-test were administered to compare the result.
The results indicated that: Students of experimental group were significantly performed
better than the students of control group .So ICT integrated has significant effect on the
construction of concept in mathematics for class VIII student. It was concluded that there is
no significant difference of concept 1 & concept 2 in experimental group . So ICT integrated
has a significant effect on the construction of concepts in mathematics for class VII student.It
was also concluded that there was no significant differences between the Mean gain score of
Boys & Girls in experimental group . Hence it is concluded that ICT integrated constructivist
approach is gender independence and concept independent.