A Study Of Scientific Attitude Of Primary School Students In The Context Of Type Of Schools And Achievement Of Students Of Ahmedabad District In Gujarat

Abstract

Scientific attitude is generally associated with the mental process of scientists. These habits are important not only for the scientist but for everyone in everyday life and thinking. In present research, the researcher studied scientific attitude of upper primary school students in the context of type of schools and students’ academic achievement. For present study, the researcher also used descriptive survey research method. The researcher selected 3170 upper primary school students from Ahmedabad district. The researcher visited the principals of each selected school and gave Scientific Attitude Scale. The research revealed that the students of self-finance schools have more scientific attitude than students of grant-in-aid schools. The research also revealed that the having high academic achievement have more scientific attitude than students having low academic achievement.