COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INDUCTIVE & DEDUCTIVE METHODS OF TEACHING MATHEMATICS AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL

Abstract

Determination of this research article was to scrutinize the attainments of the students at elementary level when taught by deductive and inductive methods of teaching mathematics at elementary level. A thirty students sample was taken from six Government elementary schools and divided them into two groups, one was experimental and the second was control group. There is no significant difference between the performances of two groups was the pre-test scores. The students of control group were taught by deductive method and the students of experimental group were taught by inductive method under a control environment. After experiment, a researcher made post-test was conducted. The result of post-test shows that there is a significant difference between the performances of students of two groups it means that the students of experimental group performed better than the control group.