Study Skills and Educational Aspiration among Undergraduate Students from Different Disciplines

Abstract

The study aims to discuss the study skills and educational aspiration of undergraduate students from different disciplines. The descriptive survey method is used to collect data on 188 undergraduate students of colleges of Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar district. The students of arts, science and commerce discipline were considered for study. The study skill measuring tool was constructed by researcher with reliability 0.90. For educational aspiration, a standardized tool constructed by Sharma and Gupta (2011) was used. ANOVA was used to compare the study skills and educational aspirations of students of B.A., B. Com. and B.Sc. The findings of the study showed that the arts and commerce streams students significantly differ in study skills. Students of science and arts streams differ in educational aspirations.