ROLL OF STUDY HABITS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF DIFFERENT STREAMS OF B.ED., STUDENTS

In the era of globalization and technological revolution, education plays vital role in the acquisition of knowledge and skills that enable a person to increase the productivity of the nation and improve the quality of life. The social and economic development of a country is linked with student academic performance. The student performance plays an important role in producing best quality graduates who will become great leaders and give manpower for a country thus are responsible for the country's economic and social development. (Ali et. al., 2009). The present study was carried out to determine the role of study habits on academic achievement of B.Ed. students of different streams. A sample of 400 B.Ed. students was taken from two govt. colleges and two private colleges of Bhiwani and Palwal district. Results indicate that a positive correlation exists between academic achievement and study habits, science students are better than commerce and arts students in their study habits. Female science students are even better than male science students. A students learning is determined by the grade a student earns for a period of learning. Greater the grade of the student means that the student has learned a lot and hence, greater the academic achievement of the student. Academic achievement of the student is not related with only one variable. Academic achievement of the student is also related with age, year level, parents' educational attainment, social status, number of siblings, birth order, IQ, gender, study attitude and study habits. Personal and environmental factors are responsible for academic achievement. Many studies say that learning is better acquired and mastered as soon as the learner attends to it. Gestalt psychology mentions the Law of Proximity referring to the way in which he tends to form groups according to the way they are spaced, with the nearer one's being grouped together (Tria. et. al., 1998). As applied to learning, this refers to the closeness in space or in time. Further more, it explains why it is easier to remember recent events and hence more easily joined with the interest of the present in a common, Gestalt (Tria. et.al., 1998). In learning process, immediate and continuous drill work tend to enhance better academic achievement.