STUDY SKILL OF PROSPECTIVE SECONDARY GRADE TEACHERS

‘Study skill’ is an umbrella term that includes any skill that helps the learner to learn better and understand faster resulting in acquiring knowledge. This study attempts to find out thelevel of a selected set of study skills and the differences between (i) male and female prospective secondary grade teachers, (ii) prospective secondary grade teachers studying in rural and urban institutes, and (iii) in girl’s institute and co-education institutes.Survey method was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used for collecting a sample of 665 secondary grade teacher trainees from 12 institutes in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu State. Percentage analysis and ‘t’ test were employed in statistical analysis. The results revealed that (i) the level of study skill among the prospective secondary teachers is moderate; (ii) The male prospective secondary grade teachers are found to  be better in study skill in total (M=173.57), and in the dimensions textbook reading (M=26.83), concentration (M=36.70), and time management (M=18.22) than the female prospective teachers.(iii) No significant difference between the prospective secondary graded teachers studying in (a) rural and urban, and (b) girl’s and co-education institutes was found out.