A Correlation Study of Scientific Attitude and Scientific Interest of class IX Students

Abstract

Science has brought about revolutionary changes in every walk of life. Its impact is visible everywhere and in every aspect of our existence i.e. vocational, social, economic, political and cultural. Science attitude refers to an individual’s outlook towards life. It means willingness to adopt scientific approaches and procedures for resolving issues / assessing ideas or information. Science attitude denotes interest or feeling towards studying science. The main objective of the study was to study the correlation between Scientific Attitude and Scientific Interest of class IX students. To obtain the above objective normative survey method has been used. 320 students were selected from government and private school for the study. The finding of the study reveals that there is high positive correlation (0.73) found between the Scientific Attitude and Scientific Interest of class IX students.