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CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS APTITUDE AND THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL IN KHANEWAL DISTRICT

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).08      10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).08      Published : Mar 2022

Correlation between Students' Aptitude and their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level in Khanewal District

Abstract

    Students' aptitude is an important factor that determines the students' success in the summative assessment. Similarly, teachers play an important role in the development of scientific attitudes in the personality of students. The main objective of this study was to find out the relationship between students' aptitude and their academic performance at the secondary level. In the same way, it was also investigated what the role of teachers in developing the students' personality attitudes is. The population of this study was the secondary school teachers in district Khanewal. The sample of this study was 200 teachers selected through convenience sampling. The sample was selected in a proportional way on the basis of various demographics so that the findings of this research study may be generalized to various variables. In order to collect primary data survey method was applied. The findings of this study revealed that there was a significant difference in the perception of male and female teachers regarding students' aptitude.

    Students' Aptitude, Academic Achievement, Secondary Level

    (1) Rukhsana Khan
    M. Phil Scholar Education, Leadership and Management, Superior University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Muhammad Aamir Hashmi
    Associate Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Rehana Khan
    Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khan, R., Hashmi, M. A., & Khan, R. (2022). Correlation between Students' Aptitude and their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level in Khanewal District. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(I), 67 - 73. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).08

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khan, Rukhsana, Muhammad Aamir Hashmi, and Rehana Khan. 2022. "Correlation between Students' Aptitude and their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level in Khanewal District." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I): 67 - 73 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).08

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHAN, R., HASHMI, M. A. & KHAN, R. 2022. Correlation between Students' Aptitude and their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level in Khanewal District. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 67 - 73.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khan, Rukhsana, Muhammad Aamir Hashmi, and Rehana Khan. 2022. "Correlation between Students' Aptitude and their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level in Khanewal District." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 67 - 73

MLA

    MLA : Khan, Rukhsana, Muhammad Aamir Hashmi, and Rehana Khan. "Correlation between Students' Aptitude and their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level in Khanewal District." Global Educational Studies Review, VII.I (2022): 67 - 73 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khan, Rukhsana, Hashmi, Muhammad Aamir, and Khan, Rehana (2022), "Correlation between Students' Aptitude and their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level in Khanewal District", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I), 67 - 73

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khan, Rukhsana, Muhammad Aamir Hashmi, and Rehana Khan. "Correlation between Students' Aptitude and their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level in Khanewal District." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 67 - 73. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).08