OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal
Volume 5, Issue 3 (2015)
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Vanishing Voices of Andaman & Nicobar
Abstract: Languages are the centerpiece of the cultural diversity of the world. They are the most vulnerable part of the world’s cultural heritage. Currently, more than 7000 languages are spoken in the world, albeit more than half of them are obsolete. Many languages are disappearing day by day, taking with them a great wealth of knowledge of their culture, the natural environment and the history. The coastal areas have witnessed a …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Peer Tutoring: Student as Teacher and Teacher as Facilitator
Abstract: Peer tutoring refers to an instructional method that uses pairings of high-performing students to tutor lower-performing students in a class-wide setting or in a common venue outside of school under the supervision of a teacher. The terms “tutoring” and “mentoring” will be used synonymously, as the role of tutor also includes maintaining a supportive and encouraging relationship with the tutee. This paper throws light on how peer tutoring promotes learning …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 10–14 Read article
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Performance, Anxiety and Academic Hardiness of Mathematics among College Students in Arunachal Pradesh Especially in Pasighat
Abstract: In this paper, I am trying to show the relationship between mathematics performance, anxiety and academic hardiness in college students in Arunachal Pradesh especially in Pasighat. The sample comprised 210 (120 males and 90 females) B.Sc. students of Colleges in Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh state. As per the hypothesis of the investigation, the data analysis is divided into two parts: The relationship between three variables is evaluated in performance, anxiety …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 15–17 Read article
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Enigmas (Puzzles) in Teaching and Learning of Physics
Abstract: Teaching and learning of physics has been considered a challenge by both the teachers and students in India. The text books prescribed normally do not refer to these challenges which are mostly at conceptual level. An attempt has been made to recall some of the puzzles which are encountered by most of the students in learning physics. The historical origin of puzzles in particle physics has been brought into focus …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 18–21 Read article
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Object and Classes
Abstract: TThis paper is present the most essential type or features of ‘C++’ is ‘class’. The idea of using this user defined data type i.e., class, is all about coming by structure used in ‘c’. In which the way of creating and an implement features. An ‘Object’ is defined two things i.e., ‘Fields’ and ‘Method’. Field referred data members, characteristics and method refer the action associated with a particular object. Let …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 22–24 Read article
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Water and Social Beliefs
Abstract: Water is the fundamental constituent to all forms of life. Due to its esteem importance, our preceding philosophers supported water as pious. In every society, there were certain ideas which depicted to us the importance of the water for life. In the Rig-Veda (base of Indian Hindu society), water was addressed as principal “source of energy.” River is an important source of freshwater on earth and in the Bible it …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 7–9 Read article