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March 31, 2019EVALUATION OF STUDY SKILLS AMONG PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS
Pachaiyappan P
Associate Professor, GRT College of Education, Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to find out the study skills among prospective teachers with respect to Gender, Locality, Medium of Instruction and Type of Management. Survey method was adopted to collect the relevant data for the present study. Study skills of student-teachers were evaluated by using the Study Skills Scale developed by the investigator. 320 B.Ed. student-teachers were randomly selected in Government, Government Aided and Private Colleges of Education in Chennai and Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu. For analyzing the data mean, standard deviation, ‘t’-test and F-test are used. The major findings of the study are: (i) there is no significant difference between male and female B.Ed. Student teachers in their Study Skills, (ii) there is a significant difference between the rural and urban B.Ed. Student teachers in their Study Skills, (iii) there is no significant difference between Tamil medium and English medium B.Ed. Student teachers in their study skills, and (iv) there is a significant difference among B.Ed. student teachers from government, government aided and private colleges of education in their study skills.
Keywords
study skills, prospective teachers, student-teachers, study habits, teacher training.
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To cite this article
Pachaiyappan, P. (2019). Evaluation of Study Skills among Prospective Teachers. John Foundation Journal of EduSpark, 1(1), 31-40.