ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN PUDUCHERRY REGION

The present study has been carried out to examine the academic achievement in
mathematics of higher secondary students. Normative survey method was adopted
on a sample of 927 higher secondary students from Puducherry region using
stratified random sampling technique. To measure academic achievement in
mathematics, the investigator developed the achievement test based on Bloom’s
Taxonomy (1956). The study revealed that there exists significant difference in
academic achievement in mathematics with respect to Type of management and
Type of school and not significant in the case of gender and locality.