Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Environmental Education on level of Awareness of Prospective Teachers.

The present study was designed to experiment the effect of self instructional module on environmental education on level of awareness of prospective teachers. Environmental Education is a way of implementing the goals of environmental protection. National Policy on Education (1986) has also stressed the need to create a consciousness of environment in order to reduce and prevent the present and future environmental imbalances. The teacher acts as a change agent in the society. If the teacher is aware of environmental problems and their consequences, he is able to generate awareness among the young generation who are the future of any country. For this very purpose, a self instructional module on environmental education has been developed and empirically validated and also has been administered on the selected sample of 30 prospective teachers. The findings suggested that self instructional module was sufficiently effective. It was found that self instructional module has significant effect on awareness level of prospective teachers. The self instructional module has implications for students, parents, teachers, administrators and policy makers.

Effectiveness of Creativity Training Program on Concept Map Performance of Secondary School Students.

The present study was designed to experiment the effect of De Bono’s CoRT Thinking Program on the Concept Map Performance of Senior Secondary School students of grade IX and X in relation to their level of intelligence. Two identical groups comprised of 51 respondents in each i.e. Experimental and Controlled were drawn with the help of multiclustered random sampling techniques and level testing. While treatment tenure Experimental Groups were taught with CoRT Thinking Program and Controlled Groups were taught with traditional way in a controlled condition as per requirement of experimental method. Results of the experiment were then analyzed by different statistical techniques. It was observed that CoRT Thinking Program has significant effects on concept map performance. Level of intelligence has also been found to have significant effect on some component of concept map performance.

Spontaneous Splenic Rupture - A Rare Complication of Haemtological Malignancies.

Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare complication of haemalological malignancies. The diagnosis should be considered in a patient who presents with left upper quadrant pain, hypotension and tachycardia. Ultrasound and contrast enhanced computed tomography are the diagnostic modalities of choice. Splenectomy is the treatment of choice along with immunization to prevent opportunistic post splenectomy infection.

Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt--an incidental rare anomaly.

Congenital intrahepatic shunts are rare anomalies that are usually incidental in a child who undergoes an ultrasound examination for some other reasons. Early diagnosis is important, because the condition can lead to hepatic encephalopathy and hypoglycemia. Author's would like to describe the findings of one such patient diagnosed to be having congenital intrahepatic shunt and discuss the clinical importance of this condition.