STUDY HABITS IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT BIRTH ORDINAL POSITIONS AMONGST THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Abstract

Present study focuses on finding out the relationship between study habits a student develops during undergraduate level and role of his/her birth ordinal position in choosing a particular type of study habit. To fulfill this objective Study Habit Inventory Scale (SHI-PS) developed by M. N. Palsane and Anuradha Sharma was applied on a sample group of 100 students belonging to different birth ordinal positions. Students learn as per own individuality. Some like to study during day time, some night time, some while listening music while some in pin dropped silence. Study habit is an action such as reading, taking notes, holding study groups which the students perform regularly and habitually in order to accomplish the task of learning. It is same as other forms of habit we develop to fulfill certain needs such as waking up early for office or school, walking for fitness. As development of other forms of habits depends on gender, family circumstances and facilities received at home there is a possibility that birth ordinal positions, type of family can act as a factor in determining type of study habit adopted. In this paper this probable relation has been questioned and efforts were made to bring forth the truth.