Study Habits in Relation to Types of School and Biographic Variables of Ninth Grade Students

In this paper an attempt was made to study 'Study Habits' in relation to Types of School and some selected biographic variables of class 9th students. The sample consisted of 300 students of class 9th selected by employing cluster random sampling technique from the Senior Secondary Schools situated in Nawanshahr District. Study Habits were assessed with the help of 'Study Habit Inventory' developed by Prof. M. Mukhopadhyaya (New Delhi) and Prof. D.N. Sansanwal ( Indore). Cognitive Styles of the students were assessed with the help of 'Group Embedded Figures Test' developed by Herman A. Witkin, Philip K.Oltman, Evelyn Ruskin Stephen A.Karp. Personality of the students was assessed with the help of ' M.P.I.' by S.S. Jalota and S.D.Kapoor. 2x3 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the data. The results of the study revealed that students belonging to Private schools were found to possess better Study Habits than students belonging to Government Schools. More over study habits were found to be independent of Personality. Field - Independent students were found to be significantly superior than Intermediate Cognitive Style students in respect to Study Habits.