Impact of Learning Habits and Self-Esteem on Academic Performance of Higher Secondary Mathematics Students

S. Palanisamy; Dr. N. Arunachalam

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

Impact of Learning Habits and Self-Esteem on Academic Performance of Higher Secondary Mathematics Students

S. Palanisamy, Dr. N. Arunachalam

Abstract :

This article attempt to discover the level of learning habits and self–esteem on academic performance of higher secondary mathematics students with reference to certain demographic variables such as gender, standard, locality of the school, nativity of the student, nature of school, type of management, medium of institution and status of the family. It tested that there is no significant difference in learning habits and self–esteem in academic performance of higher secondary mathematics students with reference to above selected variables. The investigator has applied with descriptive survey. Learning Habits Inventory (LHI), Self–Esteem Inventory (SEI) and Academic Performance tool was used in this study. Stratified sampling technique has been used to select the sample for the study. The study found that the level of study habits, self–esteem and academic performance of higher secondary mathematics students in respect of all selected variables are average. There is significant difference among boys’ school, girls’ school and coeducation school mathematics students and difference among government, aided and self financing school students in their academic performance. There is no significance difference found learning habits and self–esteem of higher secondary mathematics students with the selected personal variables. There is significant relationship between learning habits and academic performance and significant relationship between self esteem and academic performance with reference to background variables