The Role of Study Skills in Academic Achievement of Students: A Closer Focus on Gender

The study aimed at identifying various study skills used by the learners, to ascertain which study skill is more related to academic achievement and to compare the use of study skills between girls and boys. The sample consisted of 300 intermediate students (173 girls, 127 boys) taken from 10 colleges of Abbottabad, Pakistan. Modified version of Scale for Study Habits and Attitudes (Ansari, 1983) was used to identify study skills. Academic...