Learning and Study Strategies: Academic Achievement and Gender Differences

Learning and Study Strategies: Academic Achievement and Gender Differences

Learning strategies

Study strategies

Academic Achievement

Gender difference

To do well in school and for enhanced academic success, effective Learning and Study strategies are important. The objectives of this research work were to determine gender differences, if any, in Learning and Study strategies in high school students and to find the relationship between these strategies and Academic achievement. To do this, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) - Weinstein & Palmer, (2002) was administered to a group of 684, 8th std., school students, of which 363 were boys and 321 were girls. These students were selected from private schools of Bangalore; all the 4 zones – north, south, east, and west - were represented. All the students chosen were studying the state syllabus. The results of the research indicate gender differences in the following strategies – processing of information, motivation and selection of main ideas. No gender differences emerged for Academic achievement. Further, academic achievement was found to be significantly related to levels of anxiety, attitude, concentration ability, selection of main ideas, effective time management and test taking strategies.

Daliya R, Beena

Bhogle, Sudha

Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 12 No. 4 (2013): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 49-59

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0975-329X

Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

2013-10-01

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