• Tirtha Kanti Karmakar

Science forms an integral part of learning. It is studied to understand the world from a different perspective where we need not simply substitute many things just as God’s work rather understand the wonders of the nature. Science helps to understand the working of the world. How things move around us? How things grow? It combines all observations and research and brings a general idea of each and every process which makes us understand the whole working. Essentially it has to be learnt mainly through concrete situations related to immediate environment. The main focus of imparting science education is on sharpening the senses of the learners and encouraging them to discover, observe and explore their environment and surroundings every small things can be explained by science. Every question has an answer through science. Though many certain things are still in research, science is truly the best field to understand the workings of the world. Whenever we come across anything which is unfamiliar, may it be an object, event or situation, our mind is stirred by questions which may help us in knowing more about the object of our curiosity. Nature has gifted us with the tool of curiosity for learning more and more. According to Singh (1995), “Whenever we are in a process of finding out or investigating through questions, we are in the process of inquiry. From a simple array of questions, if the inquiry takes the form of a disciplined and systematic approach, it becomes the spirit of scientific method”. Therefore training the learners through their curiosity can be a way to orient their minds towards scientific inquiry. The present study was an attempt to find out the effectiveness of intervention programme espousing inquiry training model on achievement in science and technology of standard VIII students of Junagadh city. The programme was found to be effective in terms of the achievement of the students. Also the opinion of the students proved the programme to be effective. The results of the study shows that if regular classroom science teaching is made activity based and interactive then it will definitely positively affect the learning and achievement of the students. Inquiry training model is effective in terms of retention of the concepts as well as generating curiosity among learners.

Inquiry training model, Achievement, Implementation, Syntax, Social System

"EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTION PROGRAMME ESPOUSING INQUIRY TRAINING MODEL ON ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF STANDARD VIII STUDENTS OF JUNAGADH CITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.b364-b376, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206152.pdf

"EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTION PROGRAMME ESPOUSING INQUIRY TRAINING MODEL ON ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF STANDARD VIII STUDENTS OF JUNAGADH CITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppb364-b376, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206152.pdf