ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR LEARNING STYLES

Getting motivated is the driving force that leads to achievement. The style adopted by the learners play a significant role towards achievement. Subsequently, achievement motivation is a consistent striving force of an individual to achieve success to certain standard of excellence in competing situation. In this study an attempt is made to study the effect of Learning Styles on the Achievement Motivation of Secondary School Students in Chennai City. With the aim to determine the relationship between achievement motivation and learning style the investigator drew samples at a random from 200 Secondary students located in Chennai. Tools constructed and validated by Deo and Mohan 1985 to assess the Achievement Motivation and O'Brien Learning Style 1985 questionnaire was adopted in this present study. The finding shows that the Secondary School Student have moderate level of Achievement Motivation and it was found there exist no Gender difference in Achievement Motivation, Learning Style of Secondary School Students Further, it was observed that there is significant relationship between Achievement Motivation, Learning Style of Secondary School students.