Power Point's Power in the Classroom:Enhancing Students' Achievement in Mathematics

The study establishes the effectiveness of PPT by comparing the achievement scores of IX class of two groups (Experimental and Control group) by teaching the topic 'Surface Area and Volume' in Mathematics from their prescribed syllabus. The Power Point Programme was developed by the investigator includes text, pictures, graphics animation audio, video clips. Pre-test, Post-test, control-quasi experimental group design was employed with purposive sample inthe form of intact sections of class IX of the same school. The experimental group was taught using PPT and control group was taught the same content through traditional method. Achievement test, Opinionnaire for teachers, development of Power Point Programme for instructional treatment were the self developed tools used for the present investigation. Descriptive statistics such as means, S.Ds and't' value were worked out on the score of Achievement. At the end of experimental treatment the group of students taught Mathematics using PPT method showed a significantly higher gain score on the Achievement test than the group of students taught through traditional method.