Scientific Attitude among secondary school students of Kohima town

Abstract

The current study was designed to assess the scientific attitude among secondary school students of Kohima town, which is the capital of Nagaland with respect to their gender and management. The sample was selected through stratified random sampling technique. There is equal representation of the samples drawn from both the sectors. Data were collected using a scientific attitude scale developed and validated by Gakhar, SC and Amandeep Kaur. The total sample was 357 with 170 male and 187 female students from secondary students. The data were analyzed with percentage analysis, median percent, and Chi-square for hypotheses testing at 0.05 level of significance. It is found from the hypothesis testing that there is no significance difference of scientific attitude between boys and girls and between private and government schools. The current study reveals that the level of scientific attitude of secondary school student is average with respect to gender as well as management.

Keywords: Scientific attitude, secondary school student, management.