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STUDY HABITS, ACADEMIC SELF -CONCEPT AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AS PREDICTORS OF STUDENT TEACHERS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Dr. Darshana Sharma

Volume: 4 Issue: 4 2014

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This study attempted to investigate the validity of student teachers’ achievement motivation, study habits and academic self-concept in predicting their academic performance. In all 500 randomly selected students (male, 284 and female, 216) who were pursuing B.Ed. programme through the directorate of distance education, University of Jammu, responded to four research instruments:1) Achievement Motivation Scale, 2) Study Habits Inventory: 3) Academic Self-concept Scale: 4) Achievement Tests in four core papers of B.Ed. programme.

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