Studying the Role of Habits and Achievement Motivation in Improving Students’ Academic Performance

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to study the relation of achievement motivation and study habits to academic performance in high school student in Hyderabad. A sample of 400 students consisting of boys and girls were selected from 7^th and 8^th grade. The tools used in the present study to collect data were study habits inventory by M. N. Palsane (1989) and achievement motivation scale by Deo.mohan (1992). The data were collected in small groups. Later the data were analyzed by using mean score, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation and regression. The result indicated that there was significant positive relationship of achievement motivation and study habits to academic performance. The result also showed the extent of contribution of achievement motivation and study habits to academic performance. Therefore it can be concluded that achievement motivation and study habits have proved to be effective on academic performance of students and helped them for better performance and academic achievement.