An Analysis On Cognitive Ability And Academic Achievement Of High School Students

Mr. J. Arul Magi Raj, Dr. S. Komalavalli

Abstract


The main purpose of this paper is to assess the cognitive ability of high school students and its relationship with academic achievement. Sample of the study comprises of 250 high school students in Chennai District.  Normative survey method was adopted for data collection. Stratified Random sampling method was used to select the sample of the study. Cognitive Ability Test was developed and standardized by the investigator. ‘t’ test and Pearson product moment correlation was used to analyse the collected data. Results revealed that there is significant relationship between cognitive ability and academic achievement of high school students. Also, it was found that there is significant difference between boys and girls in cognitive ability and academic achievement.  But there was no significant difference found in cognitive ability and academic achievement with respect to type of family.


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Cognitive ability, Academic Achievement, Gender, Type of Family

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