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Prospective Teachers
Gender
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Abstract
Study habits are very important to learners as well as teacher educators. An individual's success is determined by his or her study habits. It refers to the continuous inclinations and practices that one exhibits while acquiring knowledge through studying. Nowadays the importance of study habits is vitally recognized not only for students but also for teachers. The present study aims to assess the study habits among prospective teachers with reference to gender. In the study, the descriptive survey method was used and data was collected from a sample of 204 prospective teachers of Gaya district through a judgmental sampling technique. The study habits inventory by Saroj Sahu and Dr. Partha Sarathi Mallik, 2023 has been employed in the study. For analyzing the data chi-square (χ2) test was used. The present study revealed that there is a significant association between gender and study habits of prospective teachers with respect to duration of study, exam preparation mechanism, and classroom note taking but there is no significant association between gender and study habits of prospective teachers with respect to absenteeism, routine study, study time, study hours, study preference, study material, purpose of study, revision after study, self-testing after study and use of library for study.
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