Comparison Of Students Studying In Residential And Non-Residential Schools With Respect To Their Study Habits And Academic Achievement

Abstract

The quality of a nation depends upon the quality of its citizen. The quality of citizen's depends upon the quality of their education and quality of education besides other factors depends upon study habits of the learners. Quality of education is reflected through academic achievement which is a function of study habits of the students thus to enhance the quality of education it is necessary to improve the study habits of the students. To improve the study habits some factors are needed to be identified which affect these characteristics adversely. Study can be interpreted as a planned program of subject matter mastery. It is essential to learning and fundamental to school life. Its chief purposes are (1) to acquire knowledge and habits which will be useful in meeting new situations, interpreting ideas, making judgments, and creating new ideas, and in the general enrichment of life (2) to perfect skills; (3) to develop attitudes. The term practice refers to the repetition of an activity in order to perfect perform performance. Study usually in associated with reading and reference work, but it also is related to the solution of problems arising in daily life activities. 1 RIE Library Bhopal Meaning of study. Study implies investigation for the mastery of facts, ideas, or procedures that as yet are unknown or only partially known to the individual. Any application of energy directed toward the learning of new material, the solution of problem, the discovery of new relationship, or similar purpose full activity can be considered to be study. There are numbers reasons for a person's desiring to study. He may with to discover a new way of washing clothes, of traveling to the top of a mounatin, of preparing tasty meals, of stimulating pupils in their learning. Hence he sets about studying in order that he may learn of master all he can concerning the particular situation, object, or procedure. Problems connected with study. pupils should be helped to evaluate critically their own study habits so that they may discover their weaknesses and them try to improve their study efficiency. Each learner should be encouraged to examine his study habits. There are many other study conditions that affect habit and practice. Some are desirable; others are undesirable. Most learners are faced with the problem of discovering adequate 2 RIE Library Bhopal answers to the following questions concerning the determination of how, when, where, and under what conditions study should be undertaken. 1. Should study be attempted on a train or a bus? 2. Should all study be limited to school? 3. To what extent should the school library be used in study? 4. Can studying be done best in a quiet room? 5. Is it imperative that studying be done in a room apart from the other members of the family? 6. Does the radio interfere with study? 7. Should a definite time of the day be assigned to the study of certain learning materials? 8. For how long a period should study be engaged in without ~ re~? 9. Is the best studying done alone or with classmates? 10. Does the taking of written notes help in studying? 11. How closely should a time schedule for study be followed? 12. Can effective studying be done in the presence of distracting influences? 3 RIE Library Bhopal The amount and kind of study in which a learner engages differ with his age and grade level. During the early years of schooling the child masters fundamental learning tools, habits, and attitudes as a result of classroom stimulation, with little a any independent study. As the young person passes through the later grades of elementary school, high school, and college, study materials become increasingly more abstract. The learner's techniques and habits of study need to be adjusted to changing learning materials, purposes, and desired outcomes.