Study of Achievement in Physics, Study Habits and Self Concept among Senior Secondary School Students

In Indian education system for senior secondary students of any board i.e., central, any university or any state board physics is a core subject. But besides being one of the most important subjects it remains one of the most difficult subjects at school curriculum. The difficulty of a subject may be due to several institutional, psychological, personal, familial, environmental or teacher related factors which effects a student's achievement in any subject. Among these factors, personal factors such as study habits and self-concept play a vital role and are great predicators of a student's achievement in any subject. As study habits include the habitual manners a student plans his study and self-concept is one's own perception about him-self, both could be good predictors of a student's achievement in subject physics as well. The present study is an attempt to study the relation of physics achievement with study habits and self-concept of senior secondary school students. A sample of 204 senior secondary school students comprising 100 boys and 104 girls was collected. Two standardized tools along with student's achievement in physics subject were used to collect data, and the results are analyzed by ANOVA and co-relational techniques.