Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

A study of Gender, Habitation and Logical Thinking in Relation to Achievement in Science

Manpreet Kaur, Dr. Ram Niwas, Dr. V K Rai

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The purpose of present study was to found out differences among low, average and high logical thinking on achievement in science for rural male, urban male, rural female and urban female students. Using simple random sampling technique 200 students were selected from 5 higher secondary school of Sagrur District. Logical Thinking Scale by Sujeet Kumar and Shikha Tiwari and Science Achievement Test (SAT) by Dr. R.D. Singh were used to measure logical thinking and achievement in science, respectively. Analysis of variance was used to analyse data. Results of this study show that significance difference exist among low, average and high logical thinking on achievement in science in favour of high logical thinking for all groups (rural male, urban male, rural female and urban female) and total sample. This study suggested that classroom teachers and teacher institution should develop logical thinking of their students.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Manpreet Kaur, Dr. Ram Niwas, Dr. V K Rai A Study of Gender, Habitation and Logical Thinking in Relation to Achievement in Science Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 8 August 2015


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