Influence of Personal Causes of Low Achievers on Perceptions Towards their Low Achievement in Biological Science
Abstract
In the modern world Biological Science plays a major role in developing scientific thinking, scientific attitude and interest etc. have undergone enormous changes. The acquirement of scientific temper is one of the most important out-come of science. The development of scientific curiosity makes the pupil open minded, helps to make critical observations, develops intellectual honesty, curiosity, unbiased and impartial thinking etc. Achievement of students depends on the scientific thinking and other factors. The present study provides the crucial role played by personal factors of pupils on the causes for low achievement in Biological Sciences. Random sampling was used to select the sample of low achievers from secondary schools. The data collected was coded, categorized and then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of SPSS. As a part of qualitative analysis, the investigator used percentage analysis of scores obtained on different items of the scale under personal areas. The findings of the study indicate influence of personal factors on the achievement of students. Key words: Low achievers, Perception, Biological Science, Personal area, Secondary school.
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