STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE IN RELATION TO SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE AND SCIENTIFIC APTITUDE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The objective of the study is to analyze the influence of scientific attitude and scientific aptitude on the academic achievement of secondary school students based on a survey. The research consisted of 200 science students (100 Male and 100 Female) in 9th grade. The scientific attitude scale developed by Dr. S.C Gakhar and Dr. Amandeep Kaur and the scientific aptitude scale developed by Dr. Nagappa P. Shahapur and Dr. C.R. Rao were used in the research. In order to analyze data obtained from the survey, various statistical tools were used such as t-test, etc in order to reach the final conclusion.