Volume : 4, Issue : 2, FEB 2018

A STUDY ON ACHIEVEMENT IN BOTANY AND ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

A. KALAVATHI, P.KARNAN

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between achievement in botany and environmental knowledge of higher secondary school students in thiruvallur district. This study adopted normative survey of research. Participant were 300 higher secondary school students randomly selected from various higher secondary schools in Thiruvallur district. The research instrument used for data collection was Environmental Knowledge Questionnaire constructed and standardized by investigator tested at 0.05 and 0.01 level of significance. The findings indicated that there is significant relationship between Achievement in Botany and Environmental Knowledge Of Higher Secondary School Students. There is no significant impact with respect to gender, locality, type of management, parental education, community of higher secondary school students.

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