Integrating Active Learning Strategies: A Comprehensive Approach through Experiential, Participative, Problem-Based, and Inquiry-Based Methods in Science Education

Today technology is an inherent part of our lives.All the organizations have identified the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).ICT playsan important role in improvement of educational sector too.ICT helps us in getting information from all over the world.It helps us to bring the world under one roof.Thus the students in the school need to be trained in ICT and its use.With this in view Government of Maharashtra in India introduced ICT as a subject for Std.IX students of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Board in aided as well as unaided schools.This study deals with the impact of this newly introduced ICTsubject on Std.IX students' self-regulation and its seven dimensions.It is an outcome evaluation study.1041 students from 21 SSC Board schools from Greater Mumbai were the respondents.Comparison of self-regulation of students from different type of schools indicates that unaided school students are better in their self-regulation.