Volume : II, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Impact of Myopia Correction on Academic Achievement of VII Std Students

Dr. N. Prema

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Myopia is an error in refraction of the eye which is also called shortsightedness. The children who have this problem, finds it difficult to view the distant objects. If that child is sitting in the last row, it is not possible for him to see what has been written on the black board. The aim of this investigation is to find out if there is any improvement in students test scores after myopia correction. The investigator has selected VII standard students from two schools in Maraimalai Nagar, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu. Out of 126 students 49 of them are identified as vision defective (all are Myopic only) with the help of Optometrist. Of 49 students, 46 were taken for this study, since the remaining 3 of them were already weå eye glasses. Twenty six students were interested in weå glasses, they were considered as experimental group and the remaining twenty students were included in control group. Marks of students in first mid-term were collected and considered as pre test. Only the experimental group students were taken to the hospital and glasses were provided to them as prescribed by the Ophthalmologists. After a period of seven months the marks of all students in third mid-term were collected and considered as post test. Significant improvement was noted by the investigator in the post test marks of experimental group students. It can be inferred that the myopia correction plays a role in test scores of students.

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Dr. N. Prema Impact of Myopia Correction on Academic Achievement of VII Std Students International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 8 August 2013

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