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TITLE
DECLARATION
CERTIFICATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF APPENDICES
1 INTRODUCTION
Need and Significance of present study
Statement of problem
Operational definition of key terms
Multimedia
Multimedia package
Hearing Impaired students
Validation
Students of secondary schools
Objectives of the study
Hypotheses
Methodology in brief
Fig. 1 Diagrammatic representation of the experimental set up
Scope and Limitations of the study
Organization of the report
2 AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR CONSTRUCTS IN THE PRESENT STUDY
A. Media based instruction
Pedagogic importance of media
Fig. 2 The relationship between message, medium and method
Designing of an instructional media
Fig. 3 Basic steps of designing instructional media
1. Analyse the learner
2. State objectives
3. Select materials
4. Utilize materials
5. Require learner performances
6. Evaluate and revise
Multimedia in education
Role of media in special education
B. Education of hearing impaired students
Classification of students with special needs
Hearing Impairments
Causes of Hearing Impairments and its Significance in Educational Profession
1. Maternal Rubella
2. Meningitis
3. Otitis media
4. Heredity
Deafness and language development.
Cognition and intellectual functioning of hearing impaired children.
Controversial Issues related to Hearing Impairments
i. Controversy related to “mapping the territory” of the terminology
ii. The oral Vs sign controversy
iii. Controversy related to the placement of a deaf child
iv. Controversy related to cochlear implant
Educational Profile
Historical Perspectives and Status of Education for the Hearing Impaired in India
Some stress areas in the Education of Hearing Impaired Children in India
1. Management of the psychological problems of hearing impaired
2. socio- economic problems
3. Multilingualism
4. Illiteracy of the parents
5. Admission to school at a late age
6. Government Apathy
7. Lack of trained teachers and additional professional staff
8. Curriculum
9. Lack of Public Awareness
10. The Discrepancy between Ability and Achievement
11. Confusion with Normality
Educational needs of hearing impaired children
1. Need to develop a policy for the language and speech development
2. Need to sharpen multi-sensory approach
3. Need for alternative learning strategies with the help of educational technology
4. Need for vocational higher education and post secondary educational facility
5. Need for Flexible curriculum
6. Need for Child Involvement rather than Child-centeredness
3 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Studies related to various media based instructional strategies
B. Studies related to education of hearing impaired students
4 METHODOLOGY
Objectives of the study
Hypotheses
Method Adopted
Experimental Design
Variables
Sample
Distribution of the sample
Materials and Tools Used for Experiment and data Collection
1. Multimedia Package No. 1 (Mm P I)
(a) Modular lessons
i. Principles followed in the preparation of the Modular Lessons on the topic ‘Current Electricity’
ii. Other features of modular lessons
iii. Teaching-learning techniques applied
(b) Transparencies
(c) Experimental kit
(d) Work book
2. Multimedia Package No. 2 (Mm P II)
(a) Computer-Assisted lessons
1. Development of Computer-Assisted lessons software
2. Details of the Hardware Requirements
3. Software Requirements
3. Achievement test in Physics for standard IX
Construction of test items for draft test
Try out
Item Analysis
Preparation of the final test
Blueprint
Reliability and Validity of the Achievement test
Reliability of the Achievement test
Validity of the Achievement Test
4. Raven’s Progressive Matrices Sets A, B, C, D and E
The Experiments Conducted
Statistical Method adopted
5 ANALYSIS OF DATA AND RESULTS
Introduction
Summary of analyses made
1. Multimedia Packages and Total Achievement
i. Distribution of Scores in the Achievement Test (Total)
ii. Comparison of Performance of Pupils in Experimental group I and Control group
iii. Comparison of Performance of pupils in the experimental group II and control group
iv. Comparison of Performance of pupils in the experimental group II and experimental group I
v. Comparison of gain in performance of experimental groups over control groups
vi. Genuineness of the difference in Performance of the groups.
vii. Comparison of Effectiveness of Mm P I and Mm P II with TMT for HIS using ANCOVA (Total)
II. Multimedia Packages And Objective wise achievement
Objective 1: Knowledge
Objective 2: Understanding
Objective 3: Application
III. Multimedia Packages and Achievement According to Varying Levels of Intelligence
Achievement of high intelligence group
Achievement of average intelligence group
Achievement of low intelligence group
DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS
6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Statement of the problem
Objectives
Hypotheses
Materials and Tools Used for Experiment and data Collection
Experimental design
Sample of the study
Experiment conducted
Analysis of data
Major conclusions based on findings
Tenability of the hypotheses
Educational implications of the study
Suggestions for improving educational practices
Suggestions for further research
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX G OSERVATION SCHEDULE FOR TEACHERS
APPENDIX H OSERVATION SCHEDULE FOR TEACHERS
APPENDIX K ITEM ANALYSIS DATA OF THE DRAFT TEST OF ACHIEVEMENT
APPENDIX F List of experts