IJRSS Volume 3, Issue 2 ISSN: 2249-2496 _________________________________________________________ A Quarterly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gage, India as well as in Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences http://www.ijmra.us 134 May 2013 COMPARISON OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SCAFFOLDING BASED SELF- REGULATED LEARNING SYSTEM AND FORMAL SYSTEM OF LEARNING AT HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL Dr. Safdar Rehman Ghazi  Uzma Syeda Gilani Mr. Gulap Shahzada ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating the comparison of Scaffolding based self- regulated learning system and Formal learning system at higher education level. This research was experimental in nature; Equivalent comparison group design was adopted. BCS and MCS students studying the subject of Database in IT department at Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat and in Virtual University Campus, Kohat constituted the population of this study. Sample of the study comprised 50 BCS and MCS students i.e. 25 each from Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat and Virtual University campus, Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. To make the groups equivalent, a pre-test was developed and conducted for the participants of both universities. On the basis of results, three sub-groups of low, average and high achievers from both learning systems were formed. A post-test was conducted to compare the academic achievement of students of different groups of both learning systems. The collected data was entered in SPSS-16 and paired sample t-test was applied to analyse the data. Significant differences were found in academic achievement of the high, average and low achievers groups after taking post-test in both learning systems. A significant improvement in  Institute of Education & Research UST, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan