Exploring the Relationship between Attitude and Achievement in Map Reading Skills among Higher Secondary Geography Students in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
Barun Ganai *
District Institute of Educational and Training (DIET), Pakur District of State of Jharkhand, Pakur, Jharkhand, India.
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Abstract
This study focused on the attitude and achievement towards map reading (Topographical Map) of Higher Secondary Geography students of Murshidabad District of West Bengal. Basically the study followed the descriptive survey research design. Simple random sampling was adopted for selecting two hundred (200) male and female students. In this study the population was considered all rural and urban Higher Secondary Geography students of Murshidabad District. The data was collected through questionnaire which is followed the 5point Likert scale made by investigator. For fulfilling the research objective, five hypothesis and one research question was applied. The data were analysed through MS Excel and SPSS 20.0 version software. The finding revealed that, locale of students had significant effect on their attitude and achievement towards topographical map reading but gender had no notable influence. There is a slight positive relation between two attributes towards map reading.
Keywords: Attitude, achievement, map reading, geography