Study habits and attitudes of school children

Pages: 553-557
Priya. M and Carolyne Dariti Dkhar (Department of Human Development, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore)

The quality of a nation depends upon the quality of its citizens. The quality of citizens depends on the quality of their education, study habits and study attitudes of the learners. Quality of education is reflected through academic achievement which is a function of study habits and study attitude of the students. Thus to enhance the quality of education, it is necessary to improve the study habits and study attitudes of the students. To improve study habits and attitudes, and those factors are needed to be identified which affect these characteristics adversely (Ch.Hussain Abid, 2006). The present study has focused on to assess the level of study habits among school students, such as private and government schools of Coimbatore city with the age group of 13-18 years through random sampling with total number of 160 students. Tests of Study Habits and Attitudes (TSHA) by Mathur. The present study measures the study habits and attitudes in 9 areas which includes attitudes towards teachers, home environment, attitude towards education, study habits, mental conflict, concentration, home assignment, self confidence, views on examination. The samples were subjected to percentile scoring and chi square. The results found that majority of the boys are poor in their study habits compared to girls. Private school students are better in their study habits rather than government school students. Regarding class wise, it has been observed that 8th standard students are better in study habits and attitudes compared to 9th and 10 standard students and it indicates that 9th and 10th standard students need more direction towards education and counseling for improving their skills. Organized Counseling programs are necessary for the students to build up their good study habits .The students need more direction and counseling with regard to study habits so that the students may recognize their strengths and weakness in the education strategies and they may become more aware about better study habits.