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Papers by Ali Imam

IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013

This study explored the effects of gender, attitude towards mathematics, socioeconomic status, us... more This study explored the effects of gender, attitude towards mathematics, socioeconomic status, use of computer, television watching, school type, school climate and medium of instructions on mathematics achievement. A convenience sample of 1944 students, 975 males and 969 female from thirty six schools of SouthEast Bihar (India) was used for study. The Mathematics Attitude Scale, Mathematics Achievement Test and School Climate Scale were used for data collection, while t-test, F-test followed by Duncan's Mean Test and correlation techniques were used for statistical analysis. The results revealed that there was a significant difference between mathematics achievement of boys and girls. The results of analysis showed that the males hold more positive attitude towards mathematics, school climate than female students. Moreover the students of central government schools and private managed schools had higher mathematics achievement in comparison to minority managed schools and state government schools. Further this study showed a positive correlation of attitude towards mathematics and school climate with mathematics achievement.

The present study examined the effect of gender, location of school and medium of instructions on... more The present study examined the effect of gender, location of school and medium of instructions on the academic achievement of secondary school students in Magadh region of Bihar. The samples selected through random sampling method including 1000 students (533 urban and 467 rural students). The data collected were analyzed using SPSS package. The results of the study showed that gender had no significant effect on the academic achievement of secondary school students in Magadh region of Bihar. Further the result showed that location of school and medium of instructions had no significant effect on the academic achievement of secondary school students in Magadh region of Bihar.

Paripex Indian Journal Of Research, 2016

This study examined the influence of gender, parental education, and parental occupation on mathe... more This study examined the influence of gender, parental education, and parental occupation on mathematics achievement. The population of this study consists of 793 males and 334 females from 14 secondary schools of Central Uttar Pradesh (India). The Mathematics Achievement Test and A Personal and Familial Background assessment Questionnaire were used for data collection, while t-test used for statistical analysis. The results of the analysis showed that the male students as well as female students were equally good in mathematics achievement. In this study parental education is found to be an important factor of children achievement in math. Children from highly educated parents are likely to have significantly higher math achievement scores as compared to the children of less educated parents. It has been found that father’s occupation is related to their children achievement in math. The nature of father’s occupation is important for their children’s math achievement. Children of pr...

International Journal of Academic Research and Development, 2017

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Education and Research, 2016

Sai Om Journal of Commerce & Management: A Peer Reviewed National Journal, 2015

The collaboration between TVET System and industrial sector is vital to guide the economics van o... more The collaboration between TVET System and industrial sector is vital to guide the economics van of a country in right direction. The developed nations were fast enough to understand the significant impact of TVET education on the prosperity of the lives of their people, hence they have developed it into a system of links and relationships between various stakeholders. The under developing countries too are now realizing its importance and planning to strengthen the cooperation of various stakeholders. The TVET System inherited by Pakistan at the time of independence was carrying weak liaison with the industry and could not paid attention to develop of its TVET System due to political instability and internal issues. In this research study effort has been made to review the TVET system in the country in comparison with developed nation with the view to explore the level of quality of skilled manpower being produced by the TVET system and its liaison with the industry. Through this s...

Paripex Indian Journal of Research, Feb 1, 2015

This study explored the effects of mental health on job satisfaction . A convenience sample of 50... more This study explored the effects of mental health on job satisfaction . A convenience sample of 500 school teachers, males and female from rural and urban private and government schools. The Job Satisfaction Scale by Meera Dixit and, Mental health check list by Pramod Kumar were used for data collection, while t-test, was used for statistical analysis. The results revealed that male and female primary teachers are almost similar on the measure of job satisfaction.. The results show that high mental health and low mental health primary school teachers are differ significantly on the measure of job satisfaction.. The analysis also showed that high mental health male and high mental health female primary school teachers are not differ significantly on the measure of job satisfaction. Further the results showed that low mental health male and low mental health female primary school teachers are not differ significantly on the measure of job satisfaction. The results show that high mental health male and low mental health male primary school teachers are not differ significantly on the measure of job satisfaction . Further the results showed that high mental health female and low mental health female primary school teachers are not differ significantly on the measure of job satisfaction.

The study proposes and confirms a set of independent variables (School Type and Parental Educatio... more The study proposes and confirms a set of independent variables (School Type and Parental Education) and its effect on dependent variable is mathematics anxiety. The sample size is limited to 500 secondary school students. The tool used in theMathematics anxiety scale (MAS) and A Personal and Environmental Factors Assessment Questionnaire and the data was analyzed using computation of means and standard deviation, computation of standard error and use of t –test for measuring the significant of the difference between the means. Students studying in government schools are found to be more anxious than those studying in private schools. There was significant difference found in anxiety levels between students of government schools and that of private schools. There was significant difference found in anxiety levels of students having parents with different levels of education. In case of both father and mother, the children whose parents that are not educated or less education are mor...

International journal of applied research, 2016

This study examined the effect of gender, family size and extracurricular activities, on drop out... more This study examined the effect of gender, family size and extracurricular activities, on drop out of class I-VIII students of Central U.P. The study consists of 520 male and 497 female students of fifty schools of Central U.P. The Socio Economic status made by R. L. Bharadwaj, school information questionnaire and school absenteeism schedule self made test were used for data collection. While t-test, correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. The result showed that male and female students had equal drop outs. Teacher's student relation gives more impact on student. If relation is good then potential Drop-out decreases and if relation is bad then chance of potential Drop-out increases.

International Journal of Scientific Research, 2012

This study examined the influence of gender, exposure to media; time spent at home work in Scienc... more This study examined the influence of gender, exposure to media; time spent at home work in Science and medium of instructions on Science achievement. A convenience sample of 2006 students, 1080 males and 926 female from twenty one schools of central U.P. was used for study. The Science Achievement Test and Personal and Environmental background assessment Questionnaire were used for data collection, while t-test, and correlation techniques were used for statistical analysis. The results revealed that there was a significant difference between science achievement of boys and girls. The results of analysis showed that the school types had not influenced science achievement of secondary school students the medium of instructions. Further this study showed that the exposure to media and time spent with Science homework had influenced the science achievement of secondary school students.