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- Title
Role of Different School Systems in Cognitive Abilities & Academic Achievement of Adolescents.
- Authors
Iqbal, Sidra; Riaz, Mah Nazir
- Abstract
The present study compared cognitive abilities and academic achievement of adolescents studying in three different school systems namely Urdu medium schools, English medium schools, and Cambridge system schools. The sample comprised of 1001 secondary school student. Cognitive abilities were assessed by Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (1960) and marks obtained by the students in the last annual examination were used as an index of academic achievement. Results showed that cognitive abilities of the students were positively associated with academic achievement of the respondents. It was further found that cognitive abilities and academic achievement of students studying in Cambridge school system was better as compared to those studying in other systems. Post-hoc comparison revealed that level of academic achievement of Urdu medium schools was lower as compared to English medium and Cambridge system of schools. The findings suggest that difference in schooling system influenced cognitive abilities and academic achievement of the students. Results further demonstrated that gender was a significant predictor of academic achievement in both Urdu and English medium schools. Future implications of the study were also discussed.
- Subjects
ACADEMIC ability; SCHOOL districts; ACADEMIC achievement; UNIVERSITY of Cambridge; COGNITIVE ability; TEENAGERS
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
1016-0604
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.1.2