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Achievement Motivation of Secondary School Students In Relation To Figural and Verbal Learning Styles and Academic Achievement in Mathematics

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Zahoor Ahmed,Mohd Akram

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The study examined achievement motivation of secondary school students in relation to figural and verbal learning styles and academic achievement in mathematics. 143 secondary school students were selected as sample by using Random sampling technique (73 boys & 70 girls). The population of this study consisted of all 9th graders from the government schools in District Rajouri. Mukherjee achievement motivation test and K.S.Mishra learning style inventory were used for data collection. t test used to compare the mean scores as statistical technique. Result of objective (1) revealed that highand low achievers in mathematics having high figural learning style do not differ significantly in their achievement motivation. Objective (2) showed that high and low achievers in mathematics having low figural learning style do not differ significantly in their achievement motivation. Objective (3) showed that high and low achievers in mathematics having high verbal learning style do not differ significantly in their achievement motivation. Last objective revealed thathigh and low achievers in mathematics having low verbal learning style do differ significantly in their achievement motivation.

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