N, Kumari. (1999). A study of Entrance Test Performance of B.Ed. Trainees as related to Psychological and Socio Demographic Variables. Unpublished. Ph.D., Education. Panjab University,Chandigarh.
The objectives of the study were: (1) To find out the effect of intelligence, creativity and self- concept on the entrance test performance of B.Ed. trainees. (2) To find out the interactional effect of intelligence, creativity and self-concept on the entrance test performance of B.Ed. trainees. (3) To find out the effect of socio-economic status, sex differences and domicile on the entrance test performance of B.Ed. trainees. (4) To find out the interactional effect of socio-economic status, sex and domicile on the entrance test performance of B.Ed. trainees.
The hypotheses of the study were: (1) The B.Ed. trainees with higher level of intelligence will show better performance in entrance test than the B.Ed. trainees with lower level of intelligence. (2) The B.Ed. trainees with higher level of creativity will show better performance in the entrance test than the B.Ed. trainees with lower level of creativity. (3) The B.Ed. trainees with higher self-concept will show better performance in the entrance test than the B.Ed. trainees with lower self-concept. (4) The interaction of intelligence, creativity and self-concept will yield significant effect on the performance of B.Ed. trainees in entrance test. (5) The B.Ed. trainees with higher level of socio-economic status will show better performance in the entrance test than the B.Ed. trainees with lower socio-economic status. (6) Female B.Ed. trainees will show better performance in the entrance test than male B.Ed. trainees. (7) Urban B.Ed. trainees will show better performance in the entrance test than rural B.Ed. trainees. (8) The interaction of socio-economic status, sex and domicile will yield significant effect on the performance of B.Ed. trainees in entrance test.
The sample comprised of 651 B.Ed. Trainees taken randomly from Five Colleges of Education affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.
Group Test of General Mental Ability by Tandon, Verbal Test of Creative Thinking by Mehdi, Self-Concept Questionnaire by Saraswat, Socio-economic Status Scale by Kulshreshta, and Entrance Test Performance taken from Gazette Notification of Kurukshetra University were used as tools in the study.
A Survey Method was used in this study.
The data were analyzed using Mean, S.D. and t – test.
The findings of the study were: (1) There is significant difference in the entrance test performance of high intelligence group and low intelligence group. (2) The creativity is found to be significantly affecting the entrance test performance of high creative and low creative groups. (3) Insignificant difference in the mean value of entrance test performance between high self-concept group and low self-concept group was obtained. High self-concept group secured higher than low self-concept group but the difference is not statistically significant. (4) Significant difference in the mean values is obtained between high intelligence high creative and high intelligence low creative groups. Also significant difference is obtained in the mean values of low intelligence, high creative and low intelligence, and low creative groups. Also significant mean differences obtained between low intelligence high creative, high self-concept and low intelligence, high creative and low self-concept groups. (5) Significant differences in the mean score of high socio-economic status group are obtained. (6) A comparison of male and female B.Ed. trainees on the entrance test performance clearly shows that two groups differ significantly from each other. (7) There exists significant mean difference between entrance test performance of urban and rural B.Ed. trainees. The performance of urban students is more as compared to rural students. (8) Various interacting groups i.e. high S.E.S. male urban and high S.E.S. male rural groups; high S.E.S. female urban and high S.E.S. female rural groups; low S.E.S. male urban and low S.E.S. male rural groups; low S.E.S. female urban and low S.E.S. female rural groups show significant difference in their mean entrance test performance.
Keyword(s): Entrance Test, Performance, B.Ed. Trainees, Psychological, Social Variables , Demographic Variables, Teacher Behaviour