Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

EFFECT OF HOME ENVIRONMENT ON STUDY HABITS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Dr. Neeru Rathee, Seema

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 The present study was undertaken to study the effect of home environment on study habits of secondary school students. Study habits was treated as dependent variable whereas home environment was treated as an independent variable. Descriptive survey method was used for the present study. Random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the present study. The sample comprised of 220 secondary school students of private schools affiliated to Central Board of School Education (CBSE). Study Habits Inventory by Mukhopadhyay and Sansanwal (2011) and Home environment inventory by Mishra (2012) were used to study the effect of home environment on study habits of secondary school students. Mean, SD, ‘t’ test and Co–efficient of correlation (r) were used to analyse the data. The findings of the study revealed that significant difference was found in the study habits of male and female secondary school students. No significant difference was found in the study habits of urban and rural secondary school students. It was also found that the home environment of male and female secondary school students did not differ significantly. Significant difference was found in the home environment of rural and urban secondary school students. It was further revealed that there exists significant relationship between home environment and study habits of secondary school students.

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Dr. Neeru Rathee, Seema, EFFECT OF HOME ENVIRONMENT ON STUDY HABITS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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