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Makale Özeti:
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In Andhra Pradesh, India, chemical experimenting in under graduate college labs by
students is neglected because most of the intermediate (10+1 and 10+2) students
concentrate on writing competitive exams like EAMCET (Engineering and Medical
Common Entrance Test), IIT JEE (Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Test),
AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination), AFMS (Armed Forces Medical
Services), AIMS (All India Institute of Medical Science). The students spend most of their
time in preparing for competitive exams, practicing bits, and writing many model exams.
Even Parents, staff, and management are also motivated and allow the students towards
preparation for competitive exams because of the increase in number of engineering
seats and demand of medical seats. Ultimately, the quality and quantity of students who
join the B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) has been decreasing day by day. Even after joining
the B.Sc., the students are motivated towards immediate white collared job oriented
courses like M.C.A (Master of Computer Applications) and M.B.A (Master Business
Administration) and spending their time for preparing for competitive exams for those
courses. Only a few students are interested to join Post graduation in chemistry and try
to learn experimental skills in chemistry laboratory. However, the motivated students
towards undergraduate chemistry will be demotivated towards it due to lack of
fundamentals in chemistry (in 10+2 level), which are essential for better job market.
Ultimately, the students are in confusion and neglect learning the skills in doing
experiments in chemistry lab.
The present paper focuses on the thorough quest of one such teacher who strives for his
own professional development. He has developed his own method of guiding the students
for their improvement of skills in doing experiments in lab. The teacher explored
solutions to his problems or problems of students by sorting out the critical incidents
from his own laboratory experiences, documented through regular journal writing. The
teacher cum researcher guided the students to overcome the difficulties in
Determination of melting point
Determination of Boiling Point
Test for Extra elements
Ignition Test for Aliphatic/Aromatic/Carbohydrate/Amide and
Test for Functional groups
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