Academic Achievement In Relation To Resilience, Conformity And Learning Style Of Adolescent School Students In Sri Lanka

Abstract

The present study aimed to find out the relationship between academic achievement and the independent variables such as resilience, conformity and learning style of the adolescent schools students in Sri Lanka. Survey method with stratified random sampling technique has been followed for the present study. The sample consists of 740 students studying Grade-13 in the selected schools of Sri Lanka. The researcher collected the academic achievement scores of the students from the school to measure the academic achievement of the students. Resilience scale constructed and validated by the investigator (2024); conformity inventory constructed and validated by the Krishnadevi(2018); and the learning style questionnaire standardized by Calvin, E.(2006) have been adapted to measure the resilience, conformity and learning style of the students respectively. The present study shows that the academic achievement is not significantly correlated with resilience, and tactile learning style. There is significant and negative relationship found between academic achievement and conformity. It further shows that there is significant and positive relationship found between academic achievement and the learning style such as, visual learning style and auditory learning style.