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Investigator
N.KARTHIGAI SELVI
Reg.No.M 1311271
Research Supervisor
Mrs. A. Sowmiya,
Asst. Professor in Education
MAY 2014
INTRODUCTION
NEED FOR THE STUDY
For some children, school with its strict teachers, lunchroom bullies and
insurmountable piles of homework inspires a fear of weekdays instead of a love of
learning. Many students view education as an obligation rather than a privilege, and fail
to fully engage in their studies as a result. By promoting a positive attitude toward
school, we can help student gain enthusiasm for their scholastic journey, acquire a
passion for knowledge and ultimately become lifelong learners. Hence the researcher
wants to know the level of attitude towards schooling among truant and non-truant high
school students and how attitude affects achievement among truant and non-truant high
school students as a valuable study.
BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM
Investigator had studied educational psychology in B.Ed. and M.Ed. course and
had experience in school teaching and interactions with the students to know the level
of attitude towards their schooling and also during her teaching practice some students
were not attending the school regularly. So the researcher wants to know the level of
attitude towards schooling among truant and non-truant high school students and how
attitude affects achievement among truant and non-truant high school students Hence
the present investigation is entitled ATTITUDE TOWARDS SCHOOLING AND
ACHIEVEMENT
OF
TRUANT
AND
NON-TRUANT
HIGH
SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Attitude towards schooling
Achievement
Truant students
Non-truant students
: Male / Female
2. School kind
: Unisex / Co- Ed
3. School locality
: Rural / Urban
4. Medium of Instruction
: Tamil / English
5. School Management
: Government / Self-financing
6. Attending School
7. Intimate Friends
: Few / Many
8. Parents Employment
: Descriptive
Method
: Normative
Technique
: Survey
SAMPLE
A sample of 300 students studying in high schools in Madurai District
served as the subjects of the study.
TOOLS USED
A) Personal Information Schedule
B) Scale on Attitude towards schooling (Constructed and Standardized by
Sukumaran, S., (2010))
STATISTICAL TREATMENT
1. t test between the large independent samples.
2. Pearsons Product Moment Correlation
HYPOTHESES VERIFICATION
1. High School Students have above the average level of attitude towards
schooling. Accepted.
2. Truant students have below the average level of attitude towards schooling.
Accepted.
3. Non-truant students have above the average level of attitude towards schooling.
Accepted.
4. High School Students have above the average level of achievement. Accepted.
5. Truant students have below the average level of achievement. Rejected.
6. Non-truant students have above the average level of achievement. Accepted.
7. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among truant
students in terms of sex. Rejected.
8. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among truant
students in terms of school kind. Accepted.
9. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among truant
students in terms of school locality. Rejected.
10. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among truant
students in terms of medium of instruction. Accepted.
11. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among truant
students in terms of school management. Rejected.
12. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among truant
students in terms of intimate friends. Accepted.
13. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among truant
students in terms of parents employment. Rejected.
14. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among nontruant students in terms of sex. Accepted.
15. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among nontruant students in terms of school kind. Accepted.
16. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among nontruant students in terms of school locality. Rejected.
17. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among nontruant students in terms of medium of instruction. Accepted.
18. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among nontruant students in terms of school management. Accepted.
19. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among nontruant students in terms of intimate friends. Rejected.
20. There is a significant difference in the attitude towards schooling among nontruant students in terms of parents employment. Accepted.
21. There is a significant positive relationship between Attitude towards schooling
and achievement among the students. Accepted.
22. There is a significant negative relationship between Attitude towards schooling
and achievement among the truant students. Accepted.
23. There is a significant positive relationship between Attitude towards schooling
and achievement among the non-truant students. Accepted.
CONCLUSIONS
1. Attitude towards schooling among the students is above the average level.
2. Attitude towards schooling among the truant students is below the average level.
3. Attitude towards schooling among the non-truant students is above the average
level.
4. Attitude towards schooling of the truant students is dependent upon
a. School kind
b. Medium of instruction
c. Intimate friends
5. Attitude towards schooling of the truant students is independent upon
a. Sex
b. School locality
c. School management
d. Parents employment
6. Attitude towards schooling of the truant students in favour of the students
a. Who are studying in unisex schools
b. Who are studying in Tamil medium schools
c. Who are having many friends
7. Attitude towards schooling of the non-truant students is dependent upon
a. School kind
b. Medium of instruction
c. School Management
d. Parents employment
8. Attitude towards schooling of the truant students is independent upon
a. Sex
b. School locality
c. Intimate friends
9. Attitude towards schooling of the truant students in favour of the students
a. Who are studying in unisex schools
b. Who are studying in Tamil medium schools
c. Who has single parent employed
10. Achievement among the students is above the average level.
11. Achievement among the truant students is below the average level.
12. Achievement among the non-truant students is above the average level.
13. There is a significant positive relationship between attitude towards schooling
and achievement of students.
14. There is a significant negative relationship between attitude towards schooling
and achievement of truant students.