The role of medium of instructions in the development of the curriculum related science concepts in matriculate students

Abstract

The pl'I!:JSent study is aimed at undel'stllnding the role o[ medium of instl'uction in the developmfJl1t of' scientific concepts in high school students. A l'sndom sample (202) of high school passed (matriculate) st LJd ents~ J'epresenting different types of mediuJlI of instcu~tions were selected fl'om Rawalpindi/Islamabad. Finally, the students belonging to Urdu mediuHI (92) Bnd English mediL181 (89) f-lcU8 selected for the analysis of the data. the levels of attainment of' scientific concepts were measured thl'ough n test developed rOl' this PUl'pose. FOl' the analyses of the data t-test, Bnd ANOVA techniques wel'8 used. The findings of this stucl.v indicate that scientific conceptual c1ari ty of English medium stlldents is bettel' W3 compsl'ed to the Ul'du medium s tudents. This study also indicates that the students who have good ll1arks in m atI'i(! ~ have bettel' concept£lsl cla l'ity~ as compal'ed to thoso sttldents~ rolho have not g'ood mal·ks. Regarding the ps.rental eduC'sti(.lJ1) i t i s indicated by the study that tha students, r,those mother ' 5 edu cat ion is high, have better "~-~"I1t..~l';?ptlJs'l Chl1 it)'. Tlds is s'lSD indicated that bettel' socioeconomic backgl'oLmc.l does contribute in the conceptual clal'it)'. Overall these i 'actors does contl'ibute in the conceptual clarity.