ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ADOLESCENTS IN RELATION TO ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND STUDY HABITS

The present study aimed to find the significance of relationship in academic achievement as well as achievement motivation and study habits.The sample of the study was 200 students in  the four Government Senior Secondary Schools of Ludhiana city.Correlation approach was adopted to ascertain the relationship between academic achievement of adolescents in relation to  academic motivation and study habits.Significance of relationship between means was worked out to know the difference between boys and girls adolescents regarding academic achievement of adolescents in achievement motivation and study habits. In this study marks of 10th class board examination were taken as Academic Achievement.Deo Mohan Achievement Motivation scale(2002).Study Habit Inventory (2002) Revised version by Mukhopadhya & Sansanwal.The study concludes that there is significance of relationship between Academic Achievement of Adolescents their Achievement Motivation and their study Habits. Achievement Motivation and Study Habits conjointly predict Academic Achievement significantly higher as compared to their separate prediction for Adolescents.The Academic Achievement can thus be improved by developing good Study Habits and by proper Achievement Motivation