ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AS CORRELATES WITH ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION, ACADEMIC RESILIENCE & EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION

In this competitive world, the quality of performance becomes the key factor for progress of students. The aim of the present investigation was to study academic performance of sr. sec. school students as correlates with academic resilience, academic procrastination and educational aspiration. Academic performance has taken as dependent variable while academic procrastination, academic resilience, & educational aspiration have been taken as independent variable. In the current investigation descriptive survey method was employed. 600 sr. sec. school students were chosen via random sampling technique. Academic performance measure, the researcher had to depend upon the school examination record of the respective school. Academic Procrastination Scale by Kalia and Yadav (2015); Academic resilience scale by Mallick and Kaur (2016) & Educational Aspiration Inventory (EAI) by Kumar (2012) were applied to gather the data. The obtained data was analyzed using Mean, SD, t-test and co-efficient of correlation (r). Findings of the study: 1) Significant but negative relationship was found between academic performance and academic procrastination of sr. sec. school students. 2) It was found that academic resilience was positively and significantly correlated with academic performance of sr. sec. school students. 3) It was found that educational aspiration was positively and significantly correlated with academic performance. 4) It was found that male students have higher academic performance than their female counterparts. 5) It was found that female students have higher academic resilience than their male counterparts. 6) It was found female students are belonging to high educational aspiration than their counterparts.

 

Keywords: Academic Performance, Academic Performance, Academic Resilience.


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