An Experimental Study of the Relative Effectiveness of two methods of Instruction - Personalized System of Instruction and Conventional Classroom Instruction in under graduate Educational Psychology General Course

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the effect of two teaching methods - Personalized system of instruction (PSI) and conventional classroom instruction (CCI) on achievement and retention of two hundred and forty (240) college students of the first year general course under university of Calcutta. Sample students were divided into two groups (Experimental group and Control group) of one hundred and twenty (120) students each. Each group was further divided into three sub groups (High achiever, Medium achiever and Low achiever)of forty(40) students each. All groups were made equivalent on the basis of their Higher secondary grand total which was tested through analysis of variance. Experimental groups learnt the study materials through PSI mode and Control group was taught the same study materials through CCI mode. Pre-Test-Post-Test -control group experimental design was used to conduct this study. The data was analyzed by using T-test. Results showed that there is significant difference between the Means scores of Experimental group and Control group so far as achievement and retention after six weeks were concerned. PSI mode was more effective than CCI mode for high, medium and low achievers.