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A Study on Higher Secondary Students' Study Habits in Tirunelveli District


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1 Education Wing, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Education, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, Tamil Nadu, India
 

The aim of this study is to find out the study habit of higher secondary students in Tirunelveli District. 1060 Higher secondary students were taken as sample. The tool used to find out the study habit is Study Habit Inventory, by Patel (1975). The mean value of Study habit scores 142.12 (63.16%) indicates that the higher secondary students are having good study habit. There is no significant difference between male and female, rural and urban higher secondary students with respect to their Study habit. There is significant difference between day scholar and hostel staying, government and aided higher secondary school students with respect to their study habit.

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Higher secondary students, Study habits
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Authors

M. Rajakumar
Education Wing, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, Tamil Nadu, India
M. Soundararajan
Department of Education, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


The aim of this study is to find out the study habit of higher secondary students in Tirunelveli District. 1060 Higher secondary students were taken as sample. The tool used to find out the study habit is Study Habit Inventory, by Patel (1975). The mean value of Study habit scores 142.12 (63.16%) indicates that the higher secondary students are having good study habit. There is no significant difference between male and female, rural and urban higher secondary students with respect to their Study habit. There is significant difference between day scholar and hostel staying, government and aided higher secondary school students with respect to their study habit.

Keywords


Higher secondary students, Study habits

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