Assessment of Effect of a Multimedia Assisted Teaching Programme over Traditional Teaching Method on Prevention of Road Traffic Accidents among the Students in a Secondary School of West Bengal

Das Kamalika; Mondal Srijana; Das Palash

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Assessment of Effect of a Multimedia Assisted Teaching Programme over Traditional Teaching Method on Prevention of Road Traffic Accidents among the Students in a Secondary School of West Bengal

Das Kamalika, Mondal Srijana, Das Palash

Abstract :

Introduction: Multimedia assisted teaching and traditional methods of teaching are predominantly applied in teaching–learning sessions in institutions. These methods may be practised both in the general and the technical education. Objectives: To assess and compare the knowledge on prevention of road traffic accident of two teaching methods. Materials and methods: Two groups (50 students in each) were selected for two kinds of teaching–learning methods. It was passed through pre–test and post–test design with non probability sampling technique. Results: The parents, news paper were good source of information for knowledge on road traffic accident. Both the teaching methods were found helpful in increase of knowledge on prevention of road traffic accident. The mean difference of mean posttest knowledge score of both groups was found significantly [t98 = 2, p< 0.05] effective that multimedia assisted teaching programme over traditional teaching method was superior. Conclusion: Multimedia assisted teaching is superior to traditional teaching.