Problem Solving Ability and Academic Achievement among the Students Belonging to Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Categories

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Gupta, Renu
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	_____________________________________________________________________________ The present study was conducted to ascertain the main and interactional effects of Sex and Caste on the problem solving ability and academic achievement of students. A random sample of 200 students (Boys and Girls) belonging to scheduled tribe and scheduled caste categories was selected from govt. high schools of urban areas of Jammu District. Problem Solving Ability Test prepared and standardized by Dr. L.N. Dubey, Professor Deptt. of Psychology, University of Agra was administered to all of them individually and regarding the academic achievement, the investigator obtained annual examination marks of previous two classes (VIII and IX). The marks were pooled together, added and then percentages found in order to obtain academic achievement index scores of boys and girls belonging to scheduled tribe and scheduled caste categories. The data was analyzed by using two-way analysis of variance technique (ANOVA). The results revealed that Sex and Caste had significant impact on the problem solving ability of students. Sex had no significant impact on the academic achievement of students. Caste had significant impact on the academic achievement of students. However, no interactional effect of sex and caste was found on the problem solving ability and academic achievement of students.
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