STUDY HABITS INVENTORY

Guide: S.Karpagam

            Lecture in Psychology

            Adi Sankara  Trainig College Kalady

INTRODUCTION

Looking to the importance of good study habits,it was thought to construct and standardise an inventory to find out what typesof study habits the  secondary school pupil have.For this some students were interviewed and questions were asked about how they study at home whether they plan their work,what time they devote to different subjects;why they devote different time to different subjects etc.The answer were recorded and used to frame ststements to the list.The statements that are prepared thus,fall into the following seven areas:

·        Home environment  and planning of work.

·        Reading and note making

·        Planning of subjects

·        Habits of concentration

·        Preparation for exam

·        General habits and attitudes

·        School Environment

The list was finalised and it was decided to scale each statement on five point scale with a view to  getting more exact responses from students.The  five pouintare:

·        Always

·        Often

·        Sometimes

·        Hardly

·        Never

In case of the item depicting good study habits the, student is to give 5 marks if he puts a tick inthe column of always.Four,three,two and one marks are to begiven if he puts the tick mark in the column of often,sometimes,hardly and never,respectively.

In case of the statement depicting bad study habits,the score is to be assigned in reverse order that is always one marks,often two marks,sometimes three marks,hardly four marks and never fivemarks.Thus the high score on the inventory will indicate good study habits and validity.

The present study habits inventory consists of 45 statements.Out of these 45 statements,some of them depict good habits while some of them depict poor habits of study.Therefore it is very important to understand the scheme of marking of statements depicting good habits.For example "i work according to the time table".This statement depicts good study habits,therefore the tick placed in the first column be given five marks.

Give four marks if it is in second column.If it is in third column give three marks..Give two and one marks if the tickmark is in the fourth and fifth column respectively.In the same way if the statement indicates bad study habits,give marks in the reverse order.For example"I study only that subject  I am interested in".

STUDY HABITS INVENTORY

School Name :- M.A.H.S.Thuravoor

Standard  :-IX

Section :-A

Date :-16-02-2016

Boys :- 13

girls :-9

no.	Name  of  Student	Home Environment	Reading and note making	planning subjects	Concentration	Preparation  for exam	Habit and  aptitude	School  Environment	Total	Grade
1	Abin Shaju	26	36	17	11	24	34	19	167	c+
2	Akhil Babu	30	30	14	10	26	28	22	160	c+
3	Alfred Louis	28	29	18	9	18	24	26	152	c+
4	Aquilas k.saji	18	34	16	7	19	21	28	143	D
5	Ashik p.Jose	16	32	21	8	28	19	19	143	D
6	Athul Suseelan	26	31	22	16	14	17	18	144	D
7	Bristo joy	25	24	20	18	15	28	24	154	c
8	Dhinoop Biju	34	23	19	9	19	30	28	162	c+
9	Ebin Shaju	35	19	13	10	27	16	26	146	D
10	Jeffin Thomas	24	25		10	26	22	24	144	D
11	Jibin Johnson	23	32	18	14	30	25	19	161	C+
12	M.John	24	21	16	18	11	21	14	125	E
13	Nevin John	29	24	24	9	18	24	15	143	D
14	Abhirami k.s.	20	36	22	7	17	22	28	152	C
15	Anila Shaju	26	40	25	12	24	35	24	186	c
16	Anitta Antony	30	42	25	14	25	38	28	202	A+
17	Anu Sajeev	29	44	20	20	28	31	29	201	A+
18	Arsha Mariya	27	46	19	18	21	29	22	182	B+
19	Elsa Eldho	28	41	17	19	28	36	29	198	A
20	Deena Paul	35	39	18	12	26	34	25	189	A
21	Krishna priya	33	34	24	18	25	38	27	199	A+
22	Rosemariya D.	33	34	24	18	25	38	27	199	A+
	Total	600	591	418	274	496	608	519	3652
	Percentage	77.9	59.6	76	62.2	75.1	69.09

CONCLUSION

The study habit inventory was given to the students of class IX.The inventory consist of 45 statements consisting of 7 areas.The  questions are collect from the students.statements were made to found out total marks related to the areas.Further it was picturised into bar diagram & pie chart.From this above calculation I conclude that in my classroom 77.9% of the students are superior in home environment.The children need to concentrate on reading and note makintg.The teacher suggested the childrens to concentrate on reading and note making,habbit of  concentration,habbit and aptitude.It was also told to their parents.
Key Words: Study Habit Inventory