Under Achievement In Science

ISBN-13: 9783659238796 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 52 str.

Shalu Jindal; Satwant Bajwa

Opis

The present study was conducted employing descriptive method. The independent variables were intelligence and socio-economic status and dependent variable pertained to underachievement in science. Regression equation was used to identify underachievement in science. To study the main effects and interaction effects of independent variables of intelligence and socio-economic status on the dependent variable of under achievement in science, statistical technique of analysis of variance was employed.Our results suggests that intelligence is positively and significantly related to underachievement in science. Teachers and parents should consider the fact that children who are underachievers may be due to low intelligence. So child should not snub or punished without his own fault. Teachers should give more attention to these students. Home work, assignments or other study material should be provided to these students according to their abilities. Further results show that socio economic status is positively and significantly related to underachievement in science. To raise this status of child, financial help should be given the children of poor economic background.

O autorze

Dr. Shalu Jindal and Dr. Sukhwant Bajwa (Prof. at Panjab University Chandigarh) have an experience of 10 and 20 years of teaching and research respectively. They have about 40 Publications in various National and International Journals of repute to their credit. They have also published one Manual on Responsible Environment Behavior.