Vol. 10, Issue 2 (2021)

Author(s):
Arti Kumari and Sheela Sangwan

Abstract:
Present study is an attempt to assess gender differences in academic motivation among elementary school students. A sample of 400 students (200 males and 200 females) of 6^th and 8^th class were collected from urban and rural areas of Haryana and Bihar. The study used mean differences with a sample students selected via random sampling form 16 schools. Objective of study was to assess the gender differences in the academic motivation among elementary school students. Academic Motivation Scale was used as measuring instruments. The instruments were administered to the participants in a classroom seating position and the data was analyzed using Z test. In case of academic motivation the difference between means scores of male and female sample in rural and urban area of both states which is found non-significant at .05 level of significance. The results showed that there was an academic motivation means score in rural and urban area of Haryana and Bihar was more in male elementary school children as compared to female children that indicated males performed significantly better than females in academic motivation.