Revisiting High School Studentsa Learning Styles in English Subject

The prime motive for this endeavor was toexplore the tenth grade English class students preferred learning styles studying in government secondary school so that English subject teachers could tailor their pedagogical strategies in relation to their students learning needs Further aim of this study was to identify any significance difference among the students on gender basis area basis and different categories of school basis The present study was an attempt to accomplish the objectives like to identify the tenth grade English class students learning styles The population of this study consisting of all the secondary level schools working in the government sector and positioned in the province of Punjab The multi stage cluster sampling method was employed while selecting the study sample from the population The scale used for the identification of students learning styles in this study was developed by Grasha-Riechmann The data collected through learning style scale was analyzed by employing descriptive statistics technique The results from data analysis depict that learning styles of the majority of students found to be Collaborative and Competitive Overall no considerable difference was surfaced between male-female urban-rural general-other categories of 10th grade English class students learning style

EFFECT OF JIGSAW METHOD ON STUDENTS’ RESEARCH ANXIETY: A CASE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN PAKISTAN

The aim of this study was to find out the effect of jigsaw method on research anxiety (RA) of public university in Lahore. This study was quantitative in nature and qusai experimental research design was used. The sample two intact groups (30 students in each group) were conveniently selected for this experiment. The duration of treatment was 16 weeks in the form of introductory research method course and control group was taught through conventional teaching method. Research anxiety rating scale (RARS) was adopted and used as pre and post-test for both groups. Data were analyzed by using SPSS (Independent Samples t-test and paired sample-test). Findings revealed that experimental group who taught through jigsaw method showed decreased level of RA than the control group. It is recommended that jigsaw method of teaching may be used for university students to develop research culture in our universities