Academic achievement of Indian adolescents and its correlates
Date of Publication
1990
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Counseling and Educational Psychology
Thesis Adviser
Concepcion Umali
Defense Panel Chair
Salud Evangelista
Defense Panel Member
Rose Marie Clemena
Flordeliza Reyes
Abstract/Summary
This study investigates the relationship between the dependent variables academic achievement (GPA) and independent variables, parents educational attainment, annual per capita income, self-concept, social caste and achievement motivation. The relationship between self-concept and caste was also investigated. The relation between GPA and the independent variables taken together was also determined by multiple correlation. The study also identified the best predictors of academic achievement by stepwise regression analysis. As hypothesized, all independent variables were found to be positively and significantly related to the dependent variable.
The relationship between self concept and caste, r = .44, p . 05, did not reach statistical significance. Therefore, the hypothesis that this is a positively significant relationship between self concept and caste was rejected. The combined relationship between GPA and the dependent variables taken together was found to be = . 591, explaining a variance of 33 percent. Fathers' educational attainment was found to be the best predictor of GPA followed by income, caste, self concept, sex code and achievement motivation. The findings of the study are discussed separately along with the conclusions and recommendations arising out of them are also given.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TG01722
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
169 p., 28 cm.
Keywords
Academic achievement; Prediction of scholastic success
Recommended Citation
Aquinas, T. (1990). Academic achievement of Indian adolescents and its correlates. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1249
