LEARNING STYLE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS STUDIES OF CLASS X STUDENTS IN RELATION to SOCIAL CATEGORY GENDER AND LOCALITY

Abstract

The study entitled LEARNING STYLE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS STUDIES OF newlineCLASS X STUDENTS IN RELATION TO SOCIAL CATEGORY, GENDER AND newlineLOCALITY was conducted following descriptive survey method with the following newlineobjectives: newline(i) To explore how students of Class X vary with respect to their Learning Style. newline(ii) To explore how students of Class X vary with respect to their Attitude towards newlinestudies. newline(iii) To analyse the Learning style of Class X students in relation to Social category, newlineGender and Locality. newline(iv) To analyse the Attitude of Class X students towards studies in relation to Social newlinecategory, Gender and Locality. newline(v) To find out the relationship between Learning Style and Attitude towards studies of newlineClass X students. newline(vi) To examine the contribution of variables like Attitude towards studies, Social newlinecategory, Gender and Locality in determining Learning Style of students. newline The study consists of to two dependent variables such as Learning Style and Attitude newlinetowards studies of 300 Class X students of Odia medium High Schools of Cuttack district newlineselected from three blocks such as Cuttack, Kantapada and Niali covering 10 schools. The newlinesample consists of 101 General students, 99 OBC students and 100 SC students. Gender-wise newlinethere are 150 boys and 150 girls and locality-wise there are 157 rural students and 143 urban newlinestudents selected by through stratified random sampling procedure. The independent variables newlinein the study are Social category, Gender and Locality. newline In this study Grasha-Reichmann s Student Learning Style Inventory (1974) for newlineanalyzing the learning style of Class X students has been used. The scale has been adapted in newlineOdia language through expert views and piloting. Different learning styles in the scale newlinemeasured are; independent, avoidant, collaborative, dependent, competitive and participant. newline To analyze the attitude of Class X students towards studies in relation to social category, newlinegender and locality, in determining newlineLearning style of students.