Effectiveness of Constructivist approach in teaching concepts of Geometry

Vol-4 | Issue-01 | January-2019 | Published Online: 10 January 2019    PDF ( 782 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2544640
Author(s)
Sheena Thomas 1; Dr K B Subramaniam 2; Dr Fr Joseph PP 3

1HoD & Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, The Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Bhopal (India)

2Retd Principal RIE, Bhopal (India)

3Manager, St Xavier's School Bhopal (India)

Abstract

This paper is the outcome of an experimental study wherein the researcher conducted a study on the students of VII standard and taught them the concept of Tangents. Students participated fearlessly in the teaching learning process. The results indicated that the constructivist approach worked well with students and they participated actively in the whole process constructing meaning for themselves and taking the ownership of learning.

Keywords
constructivist approach, Tangents
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