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Research Paper - Education
A Study of Achievement Motivation of IX Standard
Students of Ahmedabad City In Relation To Their
Mathematical Achievement
* Dr. Ajay kumar J. Tiwari April , 2012
* In charge Principal, Smt. B.V.P.P. College of Education, Vadu. Kadi, Mehsana
A B S T R A C T
This study will help to target the reasons of low achievement motivation in students. It will be helpful in fine tuning the
interventions in improving the levels of achievement motivation in students. The population of the present study consists
of all the IX standard boys and girls studying in the Gujarati medium secondary schools and the sample will be 300 IX
standard students selected by Multistage sampling method. Survey method is used for this research. The researcher will
apply the Achievement Motivation scale prepared by Dr.R.S.Patel. The statistical techniques of t-test was used.
Keyword : Study, Achievement Motivation, IX Standard students, Mathematical Achievement.
Problem: A Study of Achievement Motivation of IX Standard Students of Ahmedabad City In Relation To
Their Mathematical Ho3: There will be no significant difference between
Introduction : the mean scores of mathematical achievement of boys
This study will throw a light on the factors and girls of IX standard students of having high level
affecting the proportion of Achievement Motivation of of achievement motivation.
boy and girl students in relation to their mathematical Ho4: There will be no significant difference between
achievement. Achievement Motivation plays an im- the mean scores of mathematical achievement of boys
portant role in the success levels of an individual. It and girls of IX standard students of having low level
plays a greater role in the life of young students as they of achievement motivation.
are on the threshold of choosing their careers. Since Population:
mathematics is very important in the present day and The IX standard boys and girls studying in
achievement motivation affects the performance of Gujarati medium secondary schools of Ahmedabad
students, this study will help to target the reasons of city.
low achievement motivation in students. It will be help- Sample :
ful in fine tuning the interventions in improving the The present study was 300 IX standard stu-
levels of achievement motivation in students. dents from the different schools by Multistage sam-
Objectives: pling method.
1) To study the effect of area on the Mathematical Tools:
Achievement scores of IX standard students of The researcher used Achievement Motiva-
Ahmedabad in relation to their achievement motiva- tion scale prepared by Dr.R.S.Patel.
tion. Method of Analysis :
2) To study the effect of gender on the Mathematical The statistical techniques of t-test was used.
Achievement scores of IX standard students of Testing of Hypothesis:
Ahmedabad in relation to their achievement motiva- Ho1:
tion.
Research Method: Table - 1 t-test of IX standard students having high
Survey method is used for this research. achievement motivation
Hypothesis: Area N Mean S.d T-value Signif icance
Ho1: There will be no significant difference between Urban 81 37.58 6.12 8.59 0.01 level
the mean scores of mathematical achievement of IX Rural 44 28.30 5.64
standard students residing in urban and rural areas of Table- 1 shows that t-value which is calculated i.e.
having high achievement motivation. tcal=8.59 is more than t0.01=2.58 at 0.01 Hence, rejected
Ho2: There will be no significant difference between at 0.01 level. It further indicates that the IX standard
the mean scores of mathematical achievement of IX students residing in urban and rural areas of Ahmedabad
standard students residing in urban and rural areas of having high achievement motivation differ in their
having low achievement motivation. mathematical achievement.
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Ho2: Table- 4 shows that t-value which is calculated i.e.
Table - 2 t-test of IX standard students having low tcal=2.065 which is more than t0.05=1.96 difference is
achievement motivation Urban and Rural Areas significant at 0.05 level. Hence, the hypothesis is ac-
Area N Mean S.d T-value Significance cepted. It further indicates that the boys and girls of IX
Urban 13 37.62 5.82 5.34 0.01 level standard having low achievement motivation differ
Rural 32 27.47 6.33 significantly in their mathematical achievement.
Table- 2, show that t-value which is calculated i.e. Findings :
tcal=5.34 is more than t0.01=2.58 at 0.01 level. Hence, 1. The IX standard students residing in urban and rural
the hypothesis rejected at 0.01 level.It further indicates areas of Ahmedabad having low achievement motiva-
that the IX standard students of urban and rural areas tion differ significantly in their mathematical achieve-
of Ahmedabad having low achievement motivation ment.
differ in their mathematical achievement 2. The IX standard students residing in urban and rural
Ho3: areas of Ahmedabad having low achievement motiva-
Table - 3 t-test of IX standard boys and girls having tion differ significantly in their mathematical achieve-
high achievement motivation ment.
Gender N Mean S.d T-value Significance 3. The boys and girls of IX standard having high
Girls 72 33.79 7.41 0.938 N.S. achievement motivation do not differ significantly in
Boys 53 35.02 7.16 their mathematical achievement.
Table- 3 shows that t-value which is calculated i.e. 4. The boys and girls of IX standard having low achieve-
tcal=0.938 is less than t0.05=1.96 which indicate that ment motivation differ significantly in their mathemati-
tcal is not significant. Hence, the hypothesis accepted. cal achievement.
It further indicates that the boys and girls of IX stan- Conclusion:
dard having high achievement motivation do not differ The independent variable of area is found to
significantly in mathematical achievement. have a significant effect on the mathematical achieve-
Ho4: ment of the IX standard students, however it has been
Table - 4 t-test of IX standard boys and girls having low observed that the other independent variables like gen-
achievement motivation der and do not have significant effect on the math-
Gender N Mean S.d T-value Significance ematical achievement score.
irls 17 27.65 6.26 2.07 0.05 level
Boys 28 32.07 8.04
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