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Chapter Four
Analysis and Interpretation
This chapter gives an account of the data collected and
presents their analysis and interpretation. The data collected fall under three main divisions. (a) Questionnaire,
(b) Teaching Sessions and (c) Testing. The data collected through the teacher’s questionnaire to analyze the needs of the learners
as well as the present practices regarding the teaching and testing of writing in schools are presented first. Tables 1 to 5 present
the data collected through the questionnaire and the interpretations which follow each table include information obtained through interviews
which were meant for validating the information obtained through the questionnaire. An analysis of the classroom procedures and the written
work produced by the learners is undertaken next, to work out the difference between the conventional and experimental techniques. The
informal evaluation of the classroom interaction and the learning process is presented in the form of the researcher’s observation. The
statistical analysis of the data collected through tests is also presented as an evidence of the effectiveness of the new techniques and
materials. The data were collected from four schools which represent the rural urban population of Gujarat. In each school two
comparable groups were identified after analyzing the scores obtained by the learners in the leveling test (Appendix 8 a) to all the groups a
pre-test was administered before the try-out to measure their initial achievement level (Appendix 8 b). Then the new techniques and
materials were tried out on the experimental group while the controlled group was taught through the conventional
techniques. The details of the try-out are given in chapter three. After the try-out, a post-test was administered to both the
controlled as well as the experimental groups (Appendix 8 c). Tables 6 to12 present the data obtained through the pre-test and
post-test. The section on testing gives an account of the statistical procedures adopted, the statistical concepts used and their
computations and the interpretation of the data presented in tabular and graphical forms.
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