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1. Pt.deem dayal upadhyay management college meerut

2. Problem of the study
 In today’s climate of school accountability, it is of paramount
importance for educators to search for ways to improve
student achievement.
 PT. DDUMC College is a leading national school in
MEERUT
 But in the G.C.E (A/L) performance is degreasing in recent
years. 65 students not passed any one of the subject in last
year. So, due to the above reason this project is becomes
predominant.

4. Introduction
 This action research purpose was to improve the
academic achievement of a group of G.C.E(A/L)
students in the subject of biology.
 Twenty two students from a PT.DDUMC and
their parents participated in this study .
 There are 61 students studying bio – stream in the
class of 13D (batch of 2012). Out of 61 students only
22 weak students were selected for this study.
 Their performance in the biology subject in last
three terms were degreased. (The following graph
illustrated their performance.

5. 1st ,2nd and 3rd term marks of the students in the
biology subject

6. Objectives of the project
 T O identify the problems faced by students
regarding learning of biology within the school.
 T o identify theproblems faced by students
regarding learning of biology in their home and
private tuitions.
 To increase the academic achievement level of each
students in the subject of biology by 10%.

7. Review of literature
 Academic culture
Students who become disengaged, discouraged and were unable
to develop strong bonds with teachers were most vulnerable to failure.
(Wheelock,1993)
In addition, other factors such as tedious lessons, over crowded
classrooms, and indifferent teachers contributed to students’ lack of
success in G.C.E(A/L).
The inventory was designed to explore various study habits and
note taking behaviours. The three areas of weaknesses detected were:
1.
2.
3.
Failure to recopy lecture notes soon after class.
Failure to use any special method for learning new
terms, and
Waiting until the last minute to study for tests.

8. Review of literature(Cont..)
 Factors influencing student achievement
1)School size: The research conducted by Pool(2002) and
Bracey(2001) indicated that schools with lower student enrolment had
greater levels of student achievement than similar schools with higher
enrolment.
2.) Parents’ role: Parents play a key role in their children’s development
and learning; they can work as facilitators of their children’s
development and can effective in raising their children academic
level(Beveridge,2004).
3.) Teacher: Research shows that having a highly qualified teacher in
the classroom is the single most important factor in the academic
success.

9. Data collection methods
To collect data a variety of techniques were used
1. Pre-survey for students
2. Post-survey for students
3. Interviews with parents
4. Conducted parent-teacher conferences
5. Pre test in Biology
6. Post test in Biology
7. Data got from documents(Marks schedule, Attendance
Register)

10. Problems faced by students regarding learning of biology
in their home(based of student’s responses)
Sleeping feels when studying
Laziness
Duration of learning is less in home
 N o self learning in home
Often sleeping
There is no proper place for study in home
There is no hardwork
Memorization is difficult
There is no freedom inhome
Forgotten the studied matter

11. Methods which were used to improve the
students’ academic achievement
Conducted extra classes (morning & evening classes)
Conducted more practical sessions
Organized and arranged local fieldtrip within Jaffna
Encouraged biology related group activities
Conducted remedial teaching
Enhancing Biology instruction via Multimedia
presentations
Established “Nature Appreciation Club”(NAC) in school
and encouraged students to involved biology related
activities through this club.
Conducted parent-teacher meeting regularly.
 Encouraged students participate in biology seminar, which
conducted by Professor. Sarath Gottagama

12. Conducted more practical sessions to the
students

13. Data
AnalysisMothers’
Occupation: Only
one student’s mother
worked as nurse.
Others were
housewives.
Students’ background
information

14. Students’ background biology knowledge determined through
G.C.E(O/L) result

15. Comparison of students’ pre-test and
post-test marks
Student Pre-test Post-Test
marks marks
A
B
C
D
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F
G
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K
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Student Pre-test Post-test
marks marks
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N
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P
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V

16. Comparison between the students’ pre-
test marks and average attendance
Student Pre-test Average
marks attendance
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
Student Pre-test Average
marks attendance
M
N
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P
Q
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T
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V

17. Conclusions
 The incorporation of IT into the biology
classroom can be accomplished by approaching
a variety avenues. The complexity of the biology
topics introduced can be overcome by
connecting the biological principles to the
students’ “real- world” experiences.
Part of the solution to improve biology education
is to help ensure that students are taught by
teachers with expertise in their subject areas.
Parents often with their child’s teachers not to
disturb but to receive feedback as how your child is
doing in science courses and to uplift the child’s
performance.

18. Limitations of the study
This work was limited by the narrow scope of those
factors related to students achievement that were
analyzed,
 the relatively brief time frame of the study, and
 the small geographic region selected for thestudy.

19. Recommendations for future research
The researcher recommended that this study
be;
o Replicated to include other factors
o Replicated for other subjects and other
G.C.E(A/L) streams to generate longitudinal
data.
o Expanded to a larger population