THE EFFECT OF A PACKAGE OF SOME CURRICULAR STRATEGIES ON THE STUDY HABITS OF RURAL PRIMARY-SCHOOL STUDENTS - A YEAR LONG STUDY

An investigation was undertaken to study the composite effect of a package of certain curricular strategies on some cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics of rural primary school students. The present article lists the results pertaining to one variable, i.e. study habits. The sample consisted of three groups of class V students. One group was taught using the package programme while the other two were given instruction through their regular teachers found to teach without the effective use of selected curricular strategies. The results indicated that the experimental group exhibited a significantly increased level of study habits in comparison to control group I and control group II while the two control groups exhibited an equal level of study habits. Further, the experimental and control group I exhibited a significantly increased level of study habits at the end of the academic session as compared to the beginning of the session whereas there was no significant change in the level of study habits of control group II. © 1991, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.