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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY- DEFINITION AND TYPES

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Children are greatest national asset and resource. Children should be allowed and provided opportunity to grow up to become robust citizens, physically fit, mentally alert and morally healthy, … Continue reading

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Concept of Individual Differences

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Individual variation is a universal phenomenon. It is  said that no two individuals are exactly alike they differ from each other in some way or the other. Such … Continue reading

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Important Perspectives in Psychology

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India An approach is a perspective (i.e. view) that involves certain assumptions (i.e. beliefs) about human behaviour, the way they function, which aspects of them are worthy of study … Continue reading

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The Concept of Measurement in Education

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Test is used to gather information. That information is presented in the form of measurement. That measurement is then used to make evaluation. It is the process of … Continue reading

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GRADING IN ASSESSMENT

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India The present higher education curriculum does not impart the necessary skills that would make the students employable adequately. There is a lack of Interdisciplinary approach as well as … Continue reading

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Assessment OF and FOR learning (Formative and Summative assessment)

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India “When the cook tastes the soup, that’s formative assessment; when the customer tastes the soup, that’s summative assessment.” Paul Black The assessment of teaching and learning can be … Continue reading

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OPEN BOOK EXAMINATION – examination that tests the skills of problem solving and critical thinking,

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India An “open book examination” is one in which examinees are allowed to consult their class notes, textbooks, and other approved material while answering questions. The conventional memory testing … Continue reading

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BIODIVERSITY- the variability among living organisms

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Until recently, biodiversity was a subject of purely academic discussions in narrow scientific circles.But the signing of the Convention on Biological Diversity by more than 190 countries at … Continue reading

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Mineral Resources -Use, exploitation and conservation, effect of mining on environment

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India A mineral is pure inorganic substance that occurs naturally in the earth’s crust. More than two-thousand minerals have been identified and most of these are inorganic, which are … Continue reading

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Forest Resources and Deforestation

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. Franklin D. Roosevelt … Continue reading

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