EFFECTIVENESS OF A PROGRAM TO ENRICH LEXICAL CONTENT IN BIOLOGY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL
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Intellectual, Interregnum period, challengesAbstract
The purpose of the study was to find out effectiveness of a programme to enrich lexical content in Biology at secondary level. The present study was carried out with students of STD X English Medium CBSE schools studying in the year 2016-17. In the present study the researchers used convenient sampling technique for selecting the sample. The sample for the present study was STD X Students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s School, Nadiad studying in the year 2016-17. The sample size was of 67 students of STD X. The programme was designed to see the effectiveness of the study. The tool used to collect the data was achievement test in Biology. The major finding of the study reveals that programme was found effective to enrich lexical content in Biology for students at STD X.
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