Impact of Students’ Attitude on Geography Learning Outcomes in Secondary Schools of North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal

Abstract

Students’ attitude plays a crucial role in shaping their learning experiences and outcomes. A positive attitude towards a subject can spark curiosity, motivation and engagement, leading to deeper understanding and better academic performance. Negative attitude can lead to disengagement and poor learning outcomes. Geography at secondary level helps students to understand world around them including physical features, different cultures, environments and economics. The present study investigates the impact of students’ attitudes on Geography learning outcomes of North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. A descriptive survey research design followed by the statistical analysis mean, standard deviation, t-test, correlation to analyse the data. One hundred students from class IX of secondary schools of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal were selected randomly. A ‘Geography Attitude Scale’ followed by 5 point Likert Scale was presented before the students for data collection. The result shows that girls and boys do not differ in their attitude in learning Geography and they do not show any significant difference in Geography learning outcomes. A positive correlation between students’ and Geography learning outcomes encourages that positive attitude is a significant predictor for learning outcomes and educators should focus on it.