Psychological characteristics of the personality of primary school students with different levels of academic performance

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of an actual psychological and pedagogical problem, namely, the problem of school performance. In particular, the psychological characteristics of the personality of primary school students, which can affect the level of academic performance, are considered. The motivation for learning and anxiety were selected as psychological features. The section Introduction indicates the relevance, purpose, and hypothesis of the study. The theoretical analysis of literary sources has shown that personal qualities affect the academic performance of schoolchildren. In the Methods section, the object and methods of the study are indicated. The object of the study was the students of the primary school (4th grade) of Lyceum No. 27. It was attended by 72 both girls and boys. The study was conducted in the fall of 2020. Research methods: testing "Focus on the acquisition of knowledge" (E. P. Ilyina, N. A. Kurdyukova) and the scale of expressed anxiety SMAS (A. M. Parishioners). The Results section includes the data obtained by the authors. The empirical part of the study obtained the following results: student motivation is associated with academic performance, that is, the higher learning motivation, the higher the level of the student, level of anxiety is not associated with academic performance; there was also an inverse relationship between the level of motivation to learn and anxiety, that is, the higher the anxiety, the lower the motivation to learn. The hypothesis was partially confirmed. In the section Discussion of the obtained results, the author talks about several areas for further research. It was planned to develop recommendations for teachers.