Hubungan sikap dan penglibatan pelajar dalam kegiatan kokurikulum dengan prestasi PMR pelajar-pelajar sekolah menengah Daerah Kubang Pasu

This research is undertaken to identify the attitude and level of involvement of students in cocurriculum and its relationship with academic achievement. Five attitudes have been identified, namely, Self-Confidence, Beneficial Involvement, Pride In One's Self, Effects of Stress and Negative Assumptions. This research presents 7 items to look at the level of students' participation in co-curricular activities, be active, moderate or inactive. The result of the research shows significant differences in the attitude and involvement level at p = 0.004, whereas there are significant differences level at p = 0.047 in male and female students in the field of cocurriculum. There is also a significant relation between the involvement of male students in cocurriculum with their academic achievement at their PMR examination for grades B, C and D. There is also a significant relation in the involvement of female students in co-curriculum with their academic achievement at the PMR examination for grades B, C and D. Findings from this research show that male and female students who are actively involved in co-curriculum are not significantly affected in their academic achievement in the PMR examination. Two final research questions are to assess relationships between students' attitudes and academic achievement. The result shows that on some male and female students, there exist a significant link at level p =0.05 between their attitudes towards co-curriculum and their academic achievement in the PMR examination