Relationship Between Cognitive Flexibility And Academic Achievement Of Higher Secondary Students

Abstract

The present study aimed to study the “Relationship between Cognitive Flexibility and Academic achievement, of higher secondary students”. Objectives of the study is to study the relationship between cognitive flexibility and academic achievement of higher secondary students with respect to gender, type of management and course of study. Normative survey method was adopted for the present study. The present study was conducted in Puducherry Union Territory, India. A sample of 807 higher secondary students studying in XII standard in Puducherry region by adopting random sampling technique. Cognitive Flexibility Scale constructed and validated by the investigators (Santhi. S & Dr. S. Veena, 2022) and achievement scores from the school record was used as the research instrument. Achievement marks were collected from school records. Descriptive and differential analysis were applied for further analysis. Findings of the study revealed there exist a positive and significant relationship between cognitive flexibility and academic achievement. It was also found that the is no significant difference in cognitive flexibility based on gender, type of management and course of study.