PROJECT ON PROBLEM OF LEARNING STUDY HABIT INVENTORY

INTRODUCTION

Habits play an important role in one’s life. A good learning situation with proper habit may be appraised to develop concentration in work. Study habits may be defined as the habitual practices one uses to help them study and learn. Good study habit can help students achieve and or maintain good grades. Study habits are the actions such as reading, taking notes, or holding study groups, that we perform regularly and habitually in order to accomplish the long term task of learning.

Study habit of every student is one of the most important factors that affect his or her understanding regarding a certain subject. Good study habits are an important part of any students’ success. These habits are all about keeping to a daily routine and giving all subject equal treatment. Hard work and good study habits are assets that should be nurtured. Great study habits are necessary workings for an academic success.

Some good study habits are plan when you are going to study, study at the same time, start with most difficult subject, review over the weekend etc. Developing good study habit help the child to improve organization and study planning, time management, review materials, extracting important points etc.

          Looking the importance of good study habits, constructed and standardized an inventory to find out what types of study habits the secondary school pupils have. It was prepared by Dr. B V Patel.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1.     To study about the study habits of students of plus two commerce class of SNHSS North Paravur

2.     To compare the study habits of boys & girls of plus two commerce class.

3.     To make them aware about the good study habits.

4.     To give suggestions for the improvement of the study habits of the students as a group and individual.

METODOLOGY

The major tool used for the study was ‘Study habit Inventory’ prepared by Dr.  B V Patel. There are 45 items related to study habits of children which fall into seven categories. Each item was measured on 5 point rating scale with 5 alternatives. The test was administrated to 48 students of plus two Commerce class of SNHSS North Paravur.

After distributing the inventory to the students, explained each statement and gave instructions for filling the inventory. Students are asked to read each statement carefully and answer it after properly weighing it with the existing habits.

ANALYSIS OD DATA

          The data were collected from students analysed carefully to find out the study habits of the plus two commerce students. The analysis was made with the help of different criteria. The study reveals that majority of students have congenial environment at home and no need of guidance and have good habits in reading and note taking. This study shows that majority of the pupils have inadequate method of preparation for examination. The major problem of students which shows in this study is that majority of the students have poor concentration and need proper guidance.

Students are classified into five grades based on their study habits. The A grade shows very good, B grade shows Good, Grade C shows normal study habit. Grade D & E show poor and very poor study habits.

·        GRADE WISE CLASSIFICATION

GRADE	NO. OF STUDENTS	% OF STUDENTS
A	0	0
B	3	6.25
C	5	10.42
D	24	50
E	16	33.33
TOTAL	48	100

·        GENDER WISE CLASSIFICATION

		BOYS			GIRLS
GRADE		No. Of Students	% of students		No. Of Students	% of students
A		0	0		0	0
B		1	4.17		2	8.33
C		1	4.17		4	16.67
D		10	41.66		14	58.33
E		12	50		4	16.67
TOTAL		24	100		24	100

The result is graphically shows below

FINDINGS

Ø No students have very good study habits.

Ø Only 3 students have good study habit ie 2 girls and 1 boy.

Ø Majority of students shows below normal or poor study habit ie 50%.

Ø 16 students out of 48 students have very poor study habit.

Ø Majority of girls 58.33% shows below normal study habits.

Ø Majority of boys ie 50% shows very poor study habit.

Ø Girls have a better study habit than the boys.

CONCLUSION

The study shows that majority of the students have no good study habit. They lack concentration in studies. The reason for this low study habit may be lack of proper guidance, lack of knowledge about good study habits or importance of study habits. The study habits can be improved through proper guidance and practices. We can develop a good study habits among students by understanding their actual study habits. This study helps students as well as teacher to improve the study habits.