Concentration, Memory and Gender - A Case Study on High School Students

Authors

  • Sankara Pitchaiah Podila  Psychologist and Professor of Geology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRST1962161

Keywords:

Concentration, Memory, Gender, High School Students.

Abstract

Concentration and memory are considered as sisters. Without classroom concentration, students cannot memorize the subject matter. Even a student has a good concentration, without memory it may not be useful. The present study was observed the level of concentration and memory in 8th to 10th studying high school students. A total of 2132, students from 9 High schools were selected for the study. Out of them, 1352 are male and 780 are female. Using simple questions, student's response was taken. The study revealed that high percent of male students expressed concentration and memory problem compared to female students.

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International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology

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Published

2019-04-30

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Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April-2019

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Research Articles

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Sankara Pitchaiah Podila, " Concentration, Memory and Gender - A Case Study on High School Students, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp.756-760, March-April-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST1962161