Impact of Hands-on Activities on Students' Achievement in Science: An Experimental Evidence from Pakistan

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of hands-on activities on 8 grade students' th achievement in science. The study was conducted on 342 students (145male, 197 female) of which 169 were assigned as experimental group and instructed by hands-on activities, while the 173 were assigned as control group and instructed by the traditional method. For the study, Science Achievement test was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed by using Independent Sample t-test through SPSS. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the means of the students' science achievement in favour of the experimental group. The results of this study are important especially for developing countries that cannot afford to use expensive science equipments to make the students physically active and engaged in learning science.