Study Habits of Higher Secondary School Students in Relation to Their Gender, Type of School and Academic Stream

Nishta Rana Nishta Rana,Deepika Deepika

doi:10.52634/mier/2020/v10/i1/1361

Abstract

The success or failure of a student depends upon numerous factors such as his ability, intelligence and study habits. Among these, study habits are of utmost importance in deciding the success of any individual. The purpose of this research was to find out differences in the study habits of higher secondary school students with respect to various variables. Random sampling technique was applied to draw a sample of 200 students studying in ten higher secondary schools of Kathua District (J&K). Study Habits Inventory (SHI) by Chandel and Paliwal (2012) has been used in this study. The results showed that female higher secondary school students obtained higher scores on the Interaction dimension while male students scored higher on the Support dimension of Study Habits Inventory (SHI). The results also revealed that students studying in private higher secondary schools had better study habits as compared to students studying in government higher secondary schools especially on the Drilling and Support dimensions as well as on overall study habits. Further, science students were found to possess better study habits in comparison to art students on the dimensions of Comprehension, Concentration, Task-orientation and Sets, Interaction, Drilling and Support as well as on overall study habits.

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HYPOTHESES OF THE STUDY The hypotheses setup for the study are as follows: 1. There are no significant differences in the study habits of male and female students studying in higher secondary schools with respect to seven dimensions of Study Habits Inventory (Comprehension, Concentration, Task-orientation and Sets, Interaction, Drilling, Writing and Recording and Support)
On the basis of the interpretation of the results drawn in the present study, the following conclusions have been drawn: 1. Significant differences in the study habits of students studying in higher secondary schools have been observed with respect to gender in favour of females
Studies by Sud and Sujata (2006), Singh (2011) and Promila (2014) reported similar results stating that female students of higher secondary schools possess better study habits than male students

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Introduction

Quality of performance has become the key factor for personal progress. Parents want their child to climb the Deepika Research Scholar, MIER College of Education (Autonomous), Jammu, India. Study Habits of Higher Secondary School Students 114 ladder of performance as high as possible. This desire for a high level of achievement puts a lot of pressure on students, teachers, school and in general education system itself. It appears as if the whole system of education revolves around the academic achievement of students, though various other outcomes are expected from the system. A lot of time and efforts of the school are used for helping students' to achieve better in their scholastic endeavours

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