Comparative Evaluation Of Scientific Temper And Academic Achievement Among Adolescent Students (J&K)

Abstract

The present research work entitled "Comparative evaluation of Scientific Temper and Academic Achievement among adolescents in Jammu & Kashmir” was carried out with the objectives to study and evaluate the scientific temperament and academic achievements among adolescents in J & K (Anantnag). A group of 180 adolescents (100 boys and 80 girls) was recruited from both government and private institutions in the study via a stratified random sampling technique. The data were collected using a scientific attitude questionnaire and analysed using mean, S.D and t-test. The findings of the study indicated that the scientific attitude and academic achievement of the boy and girl students (gender) as well as the students from rural and urban areas (locality) and from government and private institutions differed significantly.  Boys were found to be a more efficient scorer than girls (p<0.05). Adolescents from urban areas were found to be more efficient than rural ones (p<0.05). Adolescents belonging to Private colleges showed better mean score than government colleges (p<0.05). Recommendations were made upon the conceptualization of scientific temper as well as a plan of action to promote it in better academic achievements among all adolescents. The present paper attempts how to develop a ''Scientific Temper'' in the Indian context, and how to achieve the innovativeness and achieved in a period of stress and strain through a proper guidance.