Events of Instruction and its Effects on the Achievements of Students

Gagne defines nine steps of instruction. He thinks that while teaching, more effective results can be achieved if the lesson may teach according to these nine steps. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of teaching through Gange’s events of instruction. For this study, students of class X, of a model college of Islamabad were selected as sample. The students were divided into two groups i.e. experimental Group (Gagnian group) and control Group (Non- Gagnian group). Pre test was administered. One hour was given for this test. Pre test was divided into two parts. Part I consists on multiple choice item while second part consists on questions from the chapters, students already studied in class IX and some basic definitions. The duration for this experiment was four weeks. After four weeks post test was administered. The colleted data were analyzed by using statistical techniques of arithmetic mean, standard deviation and t test. The study showed that the results of Gagnian group were better than non-Gagnian group. The study also reveals that teaching-learning process produce more effective results if some systematic approach may be used. With the help of some technique or theory the teaching process can be made more interesting and more fruitful.