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Using Activities in Teaching: A Study of Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA) Teachers in India

Author: Pratima Kumari

Category: General Sciences

Abstract:Introduction: With the use of activities in classroom, a teacher can motivate students to learn theory, enhance learners' ability to recognize multiple perspectives, develop critical thinking and help in retention and application of activity. Materials and Methods: This paper is based on the feedback given by the 22 Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) regarding activity-based teaching at Higher Secondary Stage in different subject areas from four states during a 10 Day In- Service Programme at NCERT. To assess the usability of activities, a feedback form was administered to teachers. The questions were both quantitative and qualitative. Focus group discussion with the teachers was held so that their true feelings may be recorded. Results: 97 per cent teachers responded that activity based method was better than lecture for retention and application of activity. Activities illustrate the practical application of theories and, most important, the relation between theories and practical results. 85 per cent teachers were of the opinion that the use of activities will enhance students' ability to recognize multiple perspectives. Conclusion: The findings of the study have ascertained and supported to the activity based method for better application/teaching. The classroom discussion that activities stimulate is highly rewarding. The use of activities is able to change the classroom environment from the passive listening of lectures and writing notes into the exchange of ideas. The evidence from the study suggests that the use of activities does more than stimulate academic discussion. The teachers take more interest and are motivated to teach the subject with the activities. They feel that the use of activities are interesting and adding interest to the subject and makes the classroom more real.

Keywords: Critical thinking, Inquiry, Discussion, Multiple views

DOI URL: 10.7324/IJCRR.2017.9212

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INTRODUCTION

Active engagement involves enquiry, exploration, questioning, debates, application and reflection, leading to theory building and the creation of ideas/positions. Schools must provide opportunities to question, enquire debate, reflect, and arrive at concepts or create new ideas. An element of challenge is critical for the process of active engagement and learning various concepts, skills and positions through the process (NCF 2005). One video on 'Auctioning out Event' activity for Economics subject was shown to the teachers and they were motivated to use this activity in the classroom for teaching-learning during the training programme. The teachers actively watched the video. Majority of the teachers were of the view that teaching through activities will be able to infuse critical thinking and inquiry among the students as they provide at one side opportunities for active participation in the discussion and questioning and in turn improving their communication skills and on other side they help in bringing out the multiple.

Perspectives on the various topics like economic systems, poverty, rural development, and organic farming etc. in developing the nature of inquiry and critical thinking. Research shows that traditional lecture based method, where the students sit passively and a teacher talks has dominated in school education till date. 'Having the instructor provide all the materials to the passive student is the old paradigm. The new paradigm is to actively engage students with the material and one another'.¹ 'Engaging students in learning is one of the many goals that educators face.' ² The rationale for using this methodology is that it helps students remember and apply abstract concepts; it is successful with students of different ability levels; it promotes social growth as well as economic understanding; and because it is fun, students are more interested in the subject matter. ³ An activity provides a very nice change of pace. As with anything, the constant use of activities would become trite, but well timed, well placed activities can provide a nice spark to class, and make the classroom a more enjoyable place for both students and the professor. ⁴ There is a need to move away from the traditional chalk and talk to more child centred pedagogy, which means "giving primacy to children's experiences, their voices, and their active participation. This kind of pedagogy requires us to plan learning in keeping with children's psychological development and interests.^5" Economics is taught by teacher-centred activities in schools of India that emphasizes the memorization of facts and concepts. She also noted that using activity definitely increases the engagement, participation, retention and development of skills like problem solving and critical thinking in students. ^{6, 7, 8,} ^9, ^10, ¹¹ The typical characteristics of active learners are- they ask questions for clarification, challenge ideas procedures and content, connect current learning to past learning, attach what is learned with skill development, discuss what is known with others and remain enthusiastic about learning.¹² Through guidance students learn to understand the perspectives of others, without always believing that there is only one view. Students question the own actions in the activity which helps them understand principles and reach conclusions. Classroom environment becomes co-operative and collaborative rather than individualistic and competitive.¹³

Need for the study

The present study looks into when students do not understand the purpose of learning theory in subjects like Economics, the process is more dry and difficult than it needs to be, and they often fail to grasp the tools they need. Activities are well suited and better than lecture, for addressing this issue which is discussed in this paper. The school is the only platform to motivate the learners especially first generation learners and from economically weaker sections of rural areas whose parents are not literate and learners stay more at home compared to school and there is no guidance at home. Simply telling learners that they will get good marks if they write the same things learnt through lecture method/guide book is not an effective motivator. Learners get opportunity to share their thoughts in class freely in activity based method. The available researches in the area established the fact that the activities enhance learners' ability to recognize multiple perspectives, develop critical thinking and are helpful for retention and application of activity.

Research questions

Do activities motivate the learners to learn theory and seek the required information?
Does the use of activities enhance learners' ability to recognize multiple perspectives?
Do activities develop critical thinking among the students?
Are activities helpful for retention and application of activity?

Objectives of the study

To know that the activities are able to motivate the learners to learn theory and seek the required information.
To know the use of activities and impact for enhancing learners' ability to recognize multiple perspectives in teaching learning process.
To know the activities develop critical thinking among the students.
To know the learning with activities is useful for retention and application of activity.

Hypothesis

The activities motivate the learners to learn theory.
The activities enhance learners ' ability to recognize multiple perspectives.
The activities develop critical thinking among the students.
Learning with activities is useful for retention and application of activity.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Methodology

To achieve the objectives of the study, the session is designed in two parts. In Part I, video on the

Activity 'Auctioning out Event' was shown to teachers. In Part II, their feedback was obtained.

Target group

22 Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) of Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA) of Economics, Commerce, History, Geography, Mathematics, Biology, Physics, English and Tibetan Language were taken for the study.

Selection of states

The teachers play an important role in improving the quality of teaching learning process directly and the teacher educators indirectly. Until the teachers are exposed to the innovative pedagogies like use of activities in teaching learning, they are not be able to transact in the class in the same spirit. Therefore, the Post Graduate Teachers of Economics, Geography, History, Commerce, Biology, Physics, English and Tibetan language are needed to get enrich about innovative teaching methods to teach at higher secondary stage to make teaching learning process more engaging, participatory and effective. A sample of 22 Post Graduate Teachers of these subjects from four states i.e. Uttrakhand, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal was selected for the study.

Development of tools

The present study involves the use of the following tools: To assess the usability of activities, a feedback form was administered to teachers. The questions were both quantitative and qualitative. Focus group discussion with the teachers was held so that their true feelings may be recorded.

RESULTS

The results of my endeavour were as under:

Question 1: Do you think this activity is fruitful for qualitative teaching and develop critical thinking among the students?

Table1: Reported fruitfulness of the activity for qualitative teaching by teachers

Responses (number of teachers)
		F	M	T
(i)	Yes, this activity is fruitful for qualitative teaching because it will motivate the students to take part in discussion and activities which will develop their questioning skills leading to critical thinking skills, knowledge and experience regarding economic and social issues. It is based on the real situations.	01	18	19
(ii)	Yes, because through this, students could understand the social issues of our society and how much these issues were related to their daily life.	01	02	03
	Total	02	20	22

Question 2: How does the activity reflect the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework 2005?

Table 2: Responses of teachers regarding reflection of the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework 2005 by this activity

Responses (number of teachers)
		F	M	T
(i)	Yes. Because through this activity we can or student can understand the various economic and social issues and it will improve their all round development.	02	17	19
(ii)	Yes. The objective of real education and the way of implementation, the code and conduct etc were dealt very seriously.	00	03	03
	Total	02	20	22

Question 3: How does this activity reflect the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education 2009?

Table 3: Responses of teachers regarding reflection of the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education (NCFTE) 2009 by this activity

Responses (number of teachers)
		F	M	T
(i)	Yes. Activity will fulfill the aims and objectives of NCFTE 2009 i.e. knowledge based on understanding and application.	02	15	17
(ii)	Yes. NCFTE 2009 objective is to impart the basic idea among students. It is successfully achieved by the activities.	00	05	05
	Total	02	20	22

Question 4: Would you recommend this method to other Economics teachers? Yes / No All teachers said yes.

Question 5: What constructive criticism you would like to offer to the resource person to improve the quality of activity? Give details.

All the teachers said that even though the activity based method was very effective, still more time should have been given for the detailed discussion and presentation. It will be effective if all are involved effectively.

Question 6: Activity was used for demonstration. Kindly rate this activity in terms of its objective, presentation and coverage of issues.

Table 4: Rating of activity in terms of objective, presentation and coverage of issues by teachers

Responses (number of teachers)
		F	M	T
(i)	Not Satisfactory	0	0	0
(ii)	Below Average	0	0	0
(iii)	Average	0	01	01
(iv)	Good	01	15	16
(v)	Excellent	01	04	05
	Total	02	20	22

Question 7: How does the activity help you to make informed decisions in organizing your Economics classes?

Table 5: Rating of the activity in terms of making informed decisions in organizing Economics classes by teachers

Responses (number of teachers)
		F	M	T
(i)	Not Satisfactory	0	0	0
(ii)	Below Average	0	0	0
(iii)	Average	0	0	0
(iv)	Good	01	18	19
(v)	Excellent	01	02	03
	Total	02	20	22

Question 8: Do you think that this activity "auctioning out event" will be able to increase the knowledge, application, presentation, analysis and overall personality of each and every student? If yes, why?

Table 6: Teachers responses regarding usefulness of "auctioning out event" for increasing the knowledge, application, presentation, analysis and overall personality of each and every student

Responses (number of teachers)
		F	M	T
(i)	Yes, it gives the idea of a topic from different perspectives, all the learners get chance to clarify the doubts and also to give their opinion about the concept.	01	18	19
(ii)	Yes, it will increase the knowledge, application, presentation, analysis and overall personality development each and every learner by interaction, basic problems of students are solved, and it is easy to maintain each and every student's profile.	01	01	02
(iii)	Yes, Confidence will boost up. Participation in any activity of the school will be increased. All around development increases.	0	01	01
	Total	02	20	22

DISCUSSION

Teachers were unequivocal in their perception that the use of this activity had contributed to their learning. The study reveals that 86 per cent teachers responded that this activity is fruitful for qualitative teaching because it will motivate the students to take part in discussion and will develop their knowledge and experience regarding economic and social issues. It is based on the real situations. 14 per cent teachers responded that this activity is fruitful for qualitative teaching because through this, students could understand the social issues of our society and how much these issues were related to their daily life (Table 1). 100 per cent teachers responded that activity is fruitful for qualitative teaching. 86 percent teachers thought that activity reflects the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework 2005 because through activity we can or students can understand the various economic and social issues and it will improve their all-round development. 14 per cent teachers thought that activity reflect the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework 2005 because through activity, the objective of real education and the way of implementation, the code and conduct etc. were dealt very seriously (Table2).

18 per cent male teachers were of the view that activity reflects the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework 2005 because through activity, the objective of real education and the way of implementation, the code and conduct etc. were dealt very seriously. 100 per cent female teachers thought that activity reflects the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework 2005 because through activity, we can or students can understand the various economic and social issues and it will improve their all-round development.77 percent teachers thought that activity reflects the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education 2009 because will fulfill the aims and objectives of NCFTE 2009 i.e. knowledge based on understanding and application. 23 per cent teachers thought that activity reflects the concerns and perspectives of NCFTE 2009 because NCFTE 2009 objective is to impart the basic idea among students. It is successfully achieved by the activity based method (Table 3). 100 per cent female teachers thought that activity reflects the concerns and perspectives of National Curriculum Framework 2005 because through activity we can or students can understand the various economic and social issues and it will improve their all-round development. 100 percent teachers said that they will recommend this method to other Economics teachers. 100 percent teachers said that even though the activity was very effective, still more time should have been given for the detailed discussion and presentation. It will be effective if all are involved effectively. 72 percent teachers assessed that the use of activity is "good" in terms of objective, presentation and coverage of issues. 5 percent teachers assessed "average" in terms of objective, presentation and coverage of issues. 23 percent teachers assessed "excellent" in terms of objective, presentation and coverage of issues. 50 per cent female teachers assessed that the use of activity is "good" in terms of objective, presentation and coverage of issues. 50 per cent female teachers assessed that the use of activity is "excellent" in terms of objective, presentation and coverage of issues (Table 4). 86 percent teachers assessed that the use of activity is "good" in terms of making informed decisions in organizing Economics classes. 14 percent teachers assessed "excellent" in terms of making informed decisions in organizing Economics. 50 per cent female teachers assessed that the use of activity is "good" in terms of making informed decisions in organizing Economics classes. 50 per cent female teachers assessed that the use of activity is "excellent" in terms of making informed decisions in organizing Economics classes (Table 5).The study reveals that 86 per cent teachers responded that this activity is fruitful for qualitative teaching because it gives the idea of a topic from different perspectives, all the students get chance to clarify the doubts and also to give their opinion about the concept. 09 per cent teachers responded that this activity is fruitful for qualitative teaching because it will increase the knowledge, application, presentation, analysis and overall personality development each and every student by interaction, basic problems of students are solved, and it is easy to maintain each and every student's profile. 5 per cent teachers responded that this activity is fruitful for qualitative teaching because confidence will boost up. Participation in any activity of the school will be increased. All around development will be enhanced. 100 per cent teachers responded that auctioning out event is fruitful for qualitative teaching (Table 6).

FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION (FGD)

The researcher organized focus group discussion with the teachers so that their true feelings may be recorded. The researcher asked following five questions:

What do you think about the traditional lecture method?
What do you feel about the activity based method which I used?
Do you think activity based method is better than lecture method? If yes, why and if no, why?
Will you ask the other subject teachers to teach with this method? If yes, why and if no, why?
Any other thing regarding the activity based method which you want to say, feel free to tell me.

Most of the teachers were of the view that the lecture method is not interesting and it does not motivate students to learn theory as it lacks real life situations, it is teacher centric, and some students felt isolated in the classroom.
98 percent teachers responded that the activity based method will help in motivating the students to learn theory and seek the required information.
97 per cent teachers responded that activity based method was better than lecture for retention and application of activity. Activities illustrate the practical application of theories and, most important, the relation between theories and practical results. 85 per cent teachers were of the opinion that the use of activities will enhance students' ability to recognize multiple perspectives.
95 per cent teachers told that they will ask the other subject teachers to teach with case method.
97 percent teachers told that activity based method is better than lecture method. It will create interest, motivate to learn and help students to relate the textual activity with the real life situations. Teachers believe that activities, when used along with lectures and readings will contribute more to the students learning.

The teachers provided qualitative feedback for improvement to the present level of learning of the teachers. Teachers were motivated by the researcher through activity based method and personal interactions.

The study supports that a better understanding of the structure of the activity will allow teachers to have more informed post-activity discussions and will provide insights about how to deal with anomalies that might arise. In this way, activities used to teach Economics will effectively demonstrate the economic way of thinking while engaging students in the process of learning Economics and classroom environment becomes co-operative and collaborative rather than individualistic and competitive as are also the findings of Mukunda (2009).

The rationale for using this methodology is that it helps students remember and apply abstract concepts; it is successful with students of different ability levels; it promotes social growth as well as economic understanding; and because it is fun, students are more interested in the subject matter as are also the findings of Lopus, Morton, and Willis, (2003).

CONCLUSION

The broad objective of this study was to differentiate and appreciate lecture vs activity based method. However, the findings of the study have ascertained and supported to the activity based method for better application/teaching by the researcher. Researchers experience with the activities in the classrooms as she began to use activity based method teaching reinforces teachers' observations and interests remarkably. From the point of view of a teacher, the classroom discussion that activities stimulate is highly rewarding. The use of activities is able to change the classroom environment from the passive listening of lectures and writing notes into the exchange of ideas. The evidence from the study suggests that the use of activities does more than stimulate academic discussion. The teachers take more interest and are motivated to teach the subject with the activities. They feel that the use of activities are interesting and adding interest to the subject and makes the classroom more real. Teachers believe that activities, when used along with lectures and readings, contribute more to students learning.

IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY

Training of teachers is the need of the hour. But the training should not be in mechanical way, it may have package-printed as well as audio visual that the teachers may see and co-construct the meaning and usefulness of activity based teaching methods.

LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This study was conducted among 22 PGTs of 9 subjects. So it can't be generalized that the activity based method will give the same result in another sample. It needs research in a large sample to make generalizations. However, some practicising teachers of KVS and NVS are also using this method and their responses are positive.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Author is obliged to the authorities of NCERT for providing the opportunity to interact with teachers as resource person on topic titled "Innovative Teaching-Learning Methods in Economics" in Capacity Building Programme for PGTs of CTSA in the area of Adolescence Education from 03-13 January, 2017. Author is grateful to Prof. A. K. Jain, BHU and Prof. V. Upadhyay IIT Delhi for their encouragement during writing process of this paper. Author acknowledges the immense help received from the scholars whose articles are cited and included in references of this manuscript. Author is also grateful to authors / editors / publishers of all those articles, journals and books from where the literature for this article has been reviewed and discussed. This paper has been presented in International Conference on Conscientious and Unimpeachable Technologies-2017 at SAITM Gurugram on 14^th October, 2017.

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A Study by M. Muthu Uma Maheswari et al. entitled "A Study on C-reactive Protein and Liver Function Tests in Laboratory RT-PCR Positive Covid-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre – A Retrospective Study" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 06 Special issue Modern approaches for diagnosis of COVID-19 and current status of awareness

A Study by Gainneos PD et al. entitled "A Comparative Evaluation of the Levels of Salivary IgA in HIV Affected Children and the Children of the General Population within the Age Group of 9 – 12 Years – A Cross-Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 05 Special issue on Recent Advances in Dentistry for better Oral Health

A Study by Alkhansa Mahmoud et al. entitled "mRNA Expression of Somatostatin Receptors (1-5) in MCF7 and MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 06

A Study by Chen YY and Ghazali SRB entitled "Lifetime Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder Symptoms and Early Adolescence Risk Factors for Poor Physical Health Outcome Among Malaysian Adolescents" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 04 Special issue on Current Updates in Plant Biology to Medicine to Healthcare Awareness in Malaysia

A Study by Kumari PM et al. entitled "Study to Evaluate the Adverse Drug Reactions in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Tamilnadu - A Cross-Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 05

A Study by Anu et al. entitled "Effectiveness of Cytological Scoring Systems for Evaluation of Breast Lesion Cytology with its Histopathological Correlation" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 04

A Study by Sharipov R. Kh. et al. entitled "Interaction of Correction of Lipid Peroxidation Disorders with Oxibral" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 03

A Study by Tarek Elwakil et al. entitled "Led Light Photobiomodulation Effect on Wound Healing Combined with Phenytoin in Mice Model" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 02

A Study by Mohita Ray et al. entitled "Accuracy of Intra-Operative Frozen Section Consultation of Gastrointestinal Biopsy Samples in Correlation with the Final Histopathological Diagnosis" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 01

A Study by Badritdinova MN et al. entitled "Peculiarities of a Pain in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease in the Presence of Individual Combines of the Metabolic Syndrome" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 24

A Study by Sindhu Priya E S et al. entitled "Neuroprotective activity of Pyrazolone Derivatives Against Paraquat-induced Oxidative Stress and Locomotor Impairment in Drosophila melanogaster" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 23

A Study by Habiba Suhail et al. entitled "Effect of Majoon Murmakki in Dysmenorrhoea (Usre Tams): A Standard Controlled Clinical Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 22

A Study by Ghaffar UB et al. entitled "Correlation between Height and Foot Length in Saudi Population in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 21

A Study by Siti Sarah Binti Maidin entitled "Sleep Well: Mobile Application to Address Sleeping Problems" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 20

A Study by Avijit Singh"Comparison of Post Operative Clinical Outcomes Between “Made in India” TTK Chitra Mechanical Heart Valve Versus St Jude Mechanical Heart Valve in Valve Replacement Surgery" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 19

A Study by Sonali Banerjee and Mary Mathews N. entitled "Exploring Quality of Life and Perceived Experiences Among Couples Undergoing Fertility Treatment in Western India: A Mixed Methodology" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 18

A Study by Jabbar Desai et al. entitled "Prevalence of Obstructive Airway Disease in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease and Hypertension" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 17

A Study by Juna Byun et al. entitled "Study on Difference in Coronavirus-19 Related Anxiety between Face-to-face and Non-face-to-face Classes among University Students in South Korea" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 16

A Study by Sudha Ramachandra & Vinay Chavan entitled "Enhanced-Hybrid-Age Layered Population Structure (E-Hybrid-ALPS): A Genetic Algorithm with Adaptive Crossover for Molecular Docking Studies of Drug Discovery Process" is awarded Best article for Vol 12 issue 15

A Study by Varsha M. Shindhe et al. entitled "A Study on Effect of Smokeless Tobacco on Pulmonary Function Tests in Class IV Workers of USM-KLE (Universiti Sains Malaysia-Karnataka Lingayat Education Society) International Medical Programme, Belagavi" is awarded Best article of Vol 12 issue 14, July 2020

A study by Amruta Choudhary et al. entitled "Family Planning Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Women of Reproductive Age from Rural Area of Central India" is awarded Best Article for special issue "Modern Therapeutics Applications"

A study by Raunak Das entitled "Study of Cardiovascular Dysfunctions in Interstitial Lung Diseas epatients by Correlating the Levels of Serum NT PRO BNP and Microalbuminuria (Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Dysfunction) with Echocardiographic, Bronchoscopic and HighResolution Computed Tomography Findings of These ILD Patients" is awarded Best Article of Vol 12 issue 13

A Study by Kannamani Ramasamy et al. entitled "COVID-19 Situation at Chennai City – Forecasting for the Better Pandemic Management" is awarded best article for Vol 12 issue 12

A Study by Muhammet Lutfi SELCUK and Fatma entitled "Distinction of Gray and White Matter for Some Histological Staining Methods in New Zealand Rabbit's Brain" is awarded best article for Vol 12 issue 11

A Study by Anamul Haq et al. entitled "Etiology of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Adolescents – Emphasis Upon Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome" is awarded best article for Vol 12 issue 10

A Study by entitled "Estimation of Reference Interval of Serum Progesterone During Three Trimesters of Normal Pregnancy in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kolkata" is awarded best article for Vol 12 issue 09

A Study by Ilona Gracie De Souza & Pavan Kumar G. entitled "Effect of Releasing Myofascial Chain in Patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome - A Randomized Clinical Trial" is awarded best article for Vol 12 issue 08

A Study by Virendra Atam et. al. entitled "Clinical Profile and Short - Term Mortality Predictors in Acute Stroke with Emphasis on Stress Hyperglycemia and THRIVE Score : An Observational Study" is awarded best article for Vol 12 issue 07

A Study by K. Krupashree et. al. entitled "Protective Effects of Picrorhizakurroa Against Fumonisin B1 Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice" is awarded best article for issue Vol 10 issue 20

A study by Mithun K.P. et al "Larvicidal Activity of Crude Solanum Nigrum Leaf and Berries Extract Against Dengue Vector-Aedesaegypti" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 14 of IJCRR

A study by Asha Menon "Women in Child Care and Early Education: Truly Nontraditional Work" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 13

A study by Deep J. M. "Prevalence of Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization in 7-13 Years Old Children of Biratnagar, Nepal: A Cross Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 11 of IJCRR

A review by Chitra et al to analyse relation between Obesity and Type 2 diabetes is awarded 'Best Article' for Vol 10 issue 10 by IJCRR.

A study by Karanpreet et al "Pregnancy Induced Hypertension: A Study on Its Multisystem Involvement" is given Best Paper Award for Vol 10 issue 09

List of Awardees

A Study by Ese Anibor et al. "Evaluation of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Among Delta State University Students in Abraka, Nigeria" from Vol 13 issue 16 received Emerging Researcher Award

A Study by Alkhansa Mahmoud et al. entitled "mRNA Expression of Somatostatin Receptors (1-5) in MCF7 and MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells" from Vol 13 issue 06 received Emerging Researcher Award

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