Effect of Teaching Modules in Knowledge Gain of Students

Aim: To know the knowledge level of students about nutrition and health and gain in knowledge after introducing teaching modules to the selected groups.

Study Design: Random sampling design method was used in this study

Place and Duration of Study: A total of 300 rural junior college students from both Dharwad and Pithoragarh taluks (150 from each taluk) were selected for the study. The study was carried out between November 2016 and May 2017.

Methodology: The study was carried out with the sample size of 300 rural junior college students. In this study three groups were taken, one control group in which lecture + discussion method were used to collect the data. Other two groups were experiment groups i.e., treated group-1 in which lecture + PPT+ discussion and treated group-2 where lecture + video clipping+ discussion were used to gather the information from the respondents.

Results: The data revealed that treated group-2 gained more effectively, than other two groups showing increase in the knowledge of the students regarding nutrients and health in both Dharwad (Karnataka state) and Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand state) taluks. Results have indicated that, in Dharwad taluk, amongst all the variables, study habits and mother’s education showed highly significant relationship whereas, in Pithoragarh taluk, size of the family was observed as having significant relationship with the knowledge of the students about nutrition and health.

Conclusion: Knowledge of facts alone does not constitute understanding. It is only the first step. Understanding is attained only when one is able to attach meaning to facts, see the relationship of facts to each other and to the whole of a proposition and the relationship of the total body of facts to the problem under consideration. Hence, the development of nutrition education programs for youth is essential for increasing their ability to understand proper food practices, encouraging these individuals to become active in a social transformation process by spreading these healthy food habits and contributing to the establishment of a society with better future perspectives.