IMPACT OF ACTIVITY-BASED TEACHING ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS AT SECONDARY LEVEL

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of activity- based teaching on the students achievement in Physics at secondary level. Thirty (30) lessons were selected from 9th class Physics for this study. All the science students of secondary schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, studying Physics at the 9th grade, constituted the population. A sample of 50 students was randomly selected from Govt. Secondary School Behzadi Chakr Kot Kohat. Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design of experimental research was selected for this research study. Two MCQs type achievement tests were used as research tools for the data collection. Experimental group was taught with the help of activities whereas the control group was taught the same lessons through traditional method of teaching for the period of six (6) weeks. t-test was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the activity- based teaching is more effective for the development of higher order skills in the students.