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School Variations in Academic Motivation of Higher Secondary Students


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The purpose of present research is to explore the implication of school culture on academic motivation. A total number of 300 students of both gender studying in class XI of different private and government Schools in a Raipur city participated in the present study. First of all , 5-5 co-ed higher secondary schools were selected from government and private sector schools. Then, equal numbers of boy and girl students (n=15-15) were randomly selected from each school. Academic motivation was dependent variable and government and private sector schools, boys & girls were independent variable and, so the proposed research design was 2x2 factorial designs. The main effect of gender was not significant, F ratio was found to be 2.26 which is insignificant. Girls scores apparently higher (M=15.09, SD = 2.52) than boys (M = 14.61, SD = 3.06) counterpart. Similarly interaction effect of gender and type of school was found to be insignificant. It demonstrate that gender did not interfere with the effect of type of schools on accomplishing thing dimension.

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Academic Motivation, Government and Private Sector Schools, Boys & Girls Gender.
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Putul Kumari
Department of Psychology, MATS University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract


The purpose of present research is to explore the implication of school culture on academic motivation. A total number of 300 students of both gender studying in class XI of different private and government Schools in a Raipur city participated in the present study. First of all , 5-5 co-ed higher secondary schools were selected from government and private sector schools. Then, equal numbers of boy and girl students (n=15-15) were randomly selected from each school. Academic motivation was dependent variable and government and private sector schools, boys & girls were independent variable and, so the proposed research design was 2x2 factorial designs. The main effect of gender was not significant, F ratio was found to be 2.26 which is insignificant. Girls scores apparently higher (M=15.09, SD = 2.52) than boys (M = 14.61, SD = 3.06) counterpart. Similarly interaction effect of gender and type of school was found to be insignificant. It demonstrate that gender did not interfere with the effect of type of schools on accomplishing thing dimension.

Keywords


Academic Motivation, Government and Private Sector Schools, Boys & Girls Gender.

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