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A STUDY OF LEARNING STYLES AND ACADEMIC STRESS IN HIGH, AVERAGE AND LOW ACHIEVING B.ED. STUDENTS

    1 Author(s):  MANOHAR LAL

Vol -  3, Issue- 2 ,         Page(s) : 52 - 61  (2012 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among learning styles and academic stress in High, average and Low achieving B.Ed. students. In the present study the sample consisted of 200 students of B.Ed. colleges of government managed and privately managed institutions of Jind. Random cluster method of sampling was used to draw the sample. Analysis of data collected from 200 students found small to moderate correlations between learning style, academic achievement and academic stress. In conclusion we found that there is no significant difference in learning styles of high average and low achieving college students. There were significant difference in academic stress of high, average and low achieving college students. Average and low achieving students had higher magnitude of student than high achieving students. However average and low achieving students had similar level of stress.

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