STUDY HABITS AMONG THE SECONDARY LEVEL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

The study focused upon secondary level students’ study habits and their academic performance. Study habits play a major role in individual’s academic performance at schools. Academic performance is the outcome of learning. Here, the investigator has adapted a normative survey method. A sample of 228 Tenth standard students was selected by using a simple random sample technique in the study. The study revealed that significant difference was found in the study habits and academic performance mean scores in respect of their background variables gender and locale. Significant and positive relationship was also found between study habits and academic performance among Tenth Standard students.