Relationship Between Students Personality Traits and Their Academic Achievement
Relationship between Students’ Personality Traits and their Academic Achievement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Dr. Safdar Rehman Ghazi drsrghazi@yahoo.com Assistant Professor/Director Institute of Education & Research UST Bannu (KPK)
Mr. Gulap Shahzada gulap_786@yahoo.com Institute of Education & Research UST Bannu (KPK)
Saif Ullah saifullah45@hotmail.com Institute of Education & Research UST Bannu (KPK)
Theoretical framework of this study based on Big Five Personality Trait Theory (Cattell’s & Eysenck’s 1973). Objectives of the study were: i) to find out different personality traits (as described in five factor theory) of secondary school students ii) to identify the relationship between students different personality traits and their overall academic achievement iii) to give recommendations in order to improve the situation and for further research. Descriptive survey design was used for this study. All the 12009 students of secondary schools constituted the population of the study, 800 students were selected through multistage random sampling method using proportional allocation technique as a sample of the study. A self developed questionnaire was used as a research instrument. Personally collected data was entered in SPSS-16. Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were applied as statistical tests to achieve the objectives of the study.
Results of the study revealed that no significant relationship was found between the students personality traits and their academic achievement. The researcher recommended other variables like mother and father educational qualifications, mother tongue, medium of instruction and family type for further research studies in order to know their effect on students personality traits and academic achievement.
Keywords: Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Extroversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness to Experience
Introduction Personality is not a
Dr. Safdar Rehman Ghazi drsrghazi@yahoo.com Assistant Professor/Director Institute of Education & Research UST Bannu (KPK)
Mr. Gulap Shahzada gulap_786@yahoo.com Institute of Education & Research UST Bannu (KPK)
Saif Ullah saifullah45@hotmail.com Institute of Education & Research UST Bannu (KPK)
Theoretical framework of this study based on Big Five Personality Trait Theory (Cattell’s & Eysenck’s 1973). Objectives of the study were: i) to find out different personality traits (as described in five factor theory) of secondary school students ii) to identify the relationship between students different personality traits and their overall academic achievement iii) to give recommendations in order to improve the situation and for further research. Descriptive survey design was used for this study. All the 12009 students of secondary schools constituted the population of the study, 800 students were selected through multistage random sampling method using proportional allocation technique as a sample of the study. A self developed questionnaire was used as a research instrument. Personally collected data was entered in SPSS-16. Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were applied as statistical tests to achieve the objectives of the study.
Results of the study revealed that no significant relationship was found between the students personality traits and their academic achievement. The researcher recommended other variables like mother and father educational qualifications, mother tongue, medium of instruction and family type for further research studies in order to know their effect on students personality traits and academic achievement.
Keywords: Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Extroversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness to Experience
Introduction Personality is not a
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