CONTENTS
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TITLE
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
1.1
Education
1.2
Aims and objectives of Education
1.3 1.3 Structure of Education in India
Primary Education
1.3.1
1.3.2
Secondary education
1.3.3
Higher Secondary Education
1.3.4
Higher education
1.4
Adolescence
1.5
Intelligence
1.6
Intrapersonal Intelligence
11
1.7
Self-confidence
14
1.8
Significance of the study
15
1.9
Statement of the topic
16
1.10
Operational definition
16
1.11
Objectives of the study
17
1.11.1
General objectives
17
1.11.2
Specific objectives
17
1.12
Null hypotheses
20
1.13
Population for the study
23
1.14
Sample
23
1.15
Delimitations
23
2
3
CHAPTER - II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1
Introduction
24
2.2
Importance of Related Literature
24
2.3
Significance of related literature
25
2.4
Purpose of review
25
2.5
Classification of the related literature
26
CHAPTER - III
METHODOLOGY
3.1
Introduction
48
3.2
Methods of educational research
48
3.2.1
Historical method
49
3.2.2
Survey method
49
3.2.3
Experimental method
49
3.3
Methods adopted for the present study
49
3.4
Survey method
49
3.4.1
Nature of survey method
50
3.4.2
Purpose of the survey method
50
3.4.3
Importance of survey method
50
3.4.4
Steps in survey methods
51
Tools used in the present study
52
3.5.1
Personal data sheet
53
3.5.2
Description of Intrapersonal Intelligence Questionnaire
53
3.5.3
Description of Self-confidence questionnaire
54
3.6
Administration of the tool
56
3.7
Population and sample
56
3.8
Statistical technique used
58
3.5
CHAPTER - IV
ANALYSIS OF DATA
4.1
Introduction
63
4.2
Analysis of data
63
4.3
Percentage analysis
64
4.4
Hypotheses testing
67
CHAPTER V
FINDINGS, INTERPRETATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1
Introduction
91
5.2.
Findings
91
5.2.1
Findings based on percentage analysis
91
5.2.2
Findings from null hypotheses
91
5.2.3
Correlation analysis
94
5.3
Interpretations
94
5.4
Recommendations
96
5.5
Suggestions for further study
97
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE
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3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
TITLE
Scoring key-Intrapersonal Intelligence
distribution of the Self-confidence questionnaire
Scoring key Self-confidence
School wise distribution of the sample
Level of Intrapersonal Intelligence of IX standard students
Level of Intrapersonal Intelligence of IX standard students with respect
to background variables
Significant difference between a) boys and girls b) rural and urban school
c) days scholar and hosteller f) nuclear and joint family IX standard
students in their Intrapersonal Intelligence
Significant difference among boys, girls, co-education ix standard
students in their Intrapersonal Intelligence
Significant difference among government, private, aided, IX standard
students in their intrapersonal Intelligence
Significant association between fathers education, fathers occupation,
and fathers monthly income of IX standard students in their
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Intrapersonal Intelligence
Significant association between mothers education, mothers
4.7
occupation, mothers monthly income and intrapersonal intelligence of
74
4.8
IX standard students
Level of Self-confidence of IX standard students
Level of Self-confidence of IX standard students with respect to
76
4.9
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
4.14
background variables
Significant difference between a) boys and girls b) rural and urban school
c) Tamil and English d) rural and urban e) days scholar and hosteller f)
nuclear and joint family in their Self- confidence of IX standard students
Significant difference among boys, girls, co-education IX standard
students in their self-confidence
Significant difference among government, private, aided, IX standard
students in their Self-confidence
Significant association between fathers education, fathers occupation,
fathers monthly income of ix standard students in their Self-confidence
Significant association between mothers education, mothers occupation
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and mothers monthly income of IX standard students in their Selfconfidence
4.15
4.16
Significance relationship between Intrapersonal Intelligence and Selfconfidence of IX standard students
significant relationship between Intrapersonal Intelligence and Selfconfidence of IX standard students with respect gender and locality of
school
88
89
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE
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Level of Intrapersonal Intelligence of IX standard students
4.1
with respect to background variables
Significant different between gender and nature of family IX
66
4.2
Standard students in their Intrapersonal Intelligence
Level of Self-confidence of IX standard students with respect
69
4.3
to background variables
Significant difference between medium of instruction, locality
78
4.4
of school, and Residence of IX standard students in their Self-
81
confidence
Significant difference among boys, girls, co-education IX
4.5
standard students in their Self- confidence
Significant difference among government, private, aided, IX
82
4.6
standard students in their self-confidence
83
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ANOVA
Analysis of Variance
BC
Backward Caste
df
Degrees of Freedom
MBC
Most Backward Caste
Number
NS
Not Significant
OC
Other Caste
PG
Postgraduate
Significant
SC
Scheduled Caste
S.D
Standard Deviation
UG
Undergraduate
