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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
* 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.

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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 stulevels of achievement motivation in students. dents from the different schools by Multistage samObjectives: pling method. 1) To study the effect of area on the Mathematical Tools: Achievement scores of IX standard students of The researcher used Achievement MotivaAhmedabad 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. Table - 1 t-test of IX standard students having high Research Method: achievement motivation Survey method is used for this research. Area N Mean S.d T-value Signif icance Hypothesis: 6.12 8.59 0.01 level Ho1: There will be no significant difference between Urban 81 37.58 Rural 44 28.30 5.64 the mean scores of mathematical achievement of IX 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 - 2 t-test of IX standard students having low achievement motivation Urban and Rural Areas Area N Mean S.d T-value Significance Urban 13 37.62 5.82 5.34 0.01 level Rural 32 27.47 6.33 Table- 2, show that t-value which is calculated i.e. tcal=5.34 is more than t0.01=2.58 at 0.01 level. Hence, the hypothesis rejected at 0.01 level.It further indicates that the IX standard students of urban and rural areas of Ahmedabad having low achievement motivation differ in their mathematical achievement Ho3: Table - 3 t-test of IX standard boys and girls having high achievement motivation Gender N Mean S.d T-value Significance Girls 72 33.79 7.41 0.938 N.S. Boys 53 35.02 7.16 Table- 3 shows that t-value which is calculated i.e. tcal=0.938 is less than t0.05=1.96 which indicate that tcal is not significant. Hence, the hypothesis accepted. It further indicates that the boys and girls of IX standard having high achievement motivation do not differ significantly in mathematical achievement. Ho4: Table - 4 t-test of IX standard boys and girls having low achievement motivation Gender N Mean S.d T-value Significance irls 17 27.65 6.26 2.07 0.05 level Boys 28 32.07 8.04

Table- 4 shows that t-value which is calculated i.e. tcal=2.065 which is more than t0.05=1.96 difference is significant at 0.05 level. Hence, the hypothesis is accepted. It further indicates that the boys and girls of IX standard having low achievement motivation differ significantly in their mathematical achievement. Findings : 1. The IX standard students residing in urban and rural areas of Ahmedabad having low achievement motivation differ significantly in their mathematical achievement. 2. The IX standard students residing in urban and rural areas of Ahmedabad having low achievement motivation differ significantly in their mathematical achievement. 3. The boys and girls of IX standard having high achievement motivation do not differ significantly in their mathematical achievement. 4. The boys and girls of IX standard having low achievement motivation differ significantly in their mathematical achievement. Conclusion: The independent variable of area is found to have a significant effect on the mathematical achievement of the IX standard students, however it has been observed that the other independent variables like gender and do not have significant effect on the mathematical achievement score.

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