Effectiveness of inquiry method over lecture-cum-demonstration method in achieving evironmental science as content among high school students in Puducherry, India Mohana S.*, Dr. Kumar Amruth G.** *Research Scholar, School of Education, Pondicherry University, Puducherry **Assistant Professor, Stage II, School of Education, Pondicherry University, Puducherry Online published on 21 November, 2013. Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of inquiry based learning over lecture cum demonstration method in teaching environmental science as content at 8th grade students in Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Pre test-post test control group and experimental group design was selected to observe the effectiveness of the treatments. Total sample size involved for the study was 69 (including experimental and control group). Descriptive statistics, t-test and ANCOVA were used to analyse the data. From the result obtained, it was concluded that inquiry method proved more effective over lecture cum demonstration method in teaching environmental science as content. Top Keywords Puducherry, Inquiry method, lecture-cum-demonstration method, environmental science experimental design, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANCOVA. Top |