Volume 4 : Issue 1 & 2 January to June (2017)

UMANG: ADD ON SYLLABUS AND ITS EFFECTS ON TEXTUAL, PICTORIAL AND POETIC COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF STUDENTS OF STD.VII

This paper focuses on the effectiveness of the UMANG-add on syllabus specially constructed for the students of std. 7th in order to develop their three dimensional comprehension skill. This add-on syllabus mainly focuses on the ability to unfolding inner self of learner. The experiment was conducted on the students studying in government primary school and self financed school. One group pre test post test experimental design was used for the present study. The Comprehension test constructed by the researcher was administered for the measurement of the dependent variable. This test was measured three types of comprehension abilities i.e., the textual, the pictorial and the poetic. The students of experimental group were found to be improved with regard to their comprehension abilities at the end of this research. Hence this research revealed that the UMANG syllabus was found effective on all three types of comprehension abilities of the students.

Comprehension, Textual Comprehension & Pictorial Comprehension

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