A STUDY OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF 10+1 STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR METACOGNITION
Dr Babita Chaudhary
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Noida College of Physical Education, G.B Nagar, India
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Education is the process of developing the capacities and potentialities of individual so as to prepare that individual to be successful in a specific society or culture. From this perspective, education is serving primarily as an individual development function (Kumar, 2013). Human beings are positive assets and precious natural resources, which needs to be cherished, nurtured and developed with care and dynamism. Education is an important factor that helps in bringing about various changes in human beings and also to the society. Education is meant to make one’s life civilized, cultured and progressive in real sense. It helps a person to draw the best out of one’s mind and spirit. It makes a person rational, innovative, constructive, right thinker, intelligent, independent and creator of new values. Education is the process of developing the capacities and potentialities of the individual so as to prepare that individual to be successful in a specific society or culture. It imparts one with all the power of necessities in making a noticeable mark in any of the field. It is generally seen as the foundation of society which brings economic wealth, social prosperity and political stability. Education is the major aspect of development of any modem society, since if there is a deficit of educated people then society will stop its further progress. Education should not be limited to teaching subjects as one can learn history, math, science and other subjects and be a “book-smart”. But education must be equipped with knowledge and skills which are needed to participate effectively as member of society. In our society academic achievement is considered as a key criterion to judge one’s total potentialities and capacities. Hence academic achievement occupies a very important place in education as well as in the learning process. An information and technology based society requires individuals, who are able to think critically about complex issues, analyze and adapt to new situations, solve problems of various kinds and communicate their thinking effectively. Thus, there is a need to make systematic educational efforts primarily aimed at influencing attitudes, behavior, values and personality of individuals to manage their growth and development well.
Keywords:
education; academic achievement; metacognition
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