Author(s):
P. Rajendran, R. Anandarasu
Email(s):
rajendhp@gmail.com
DOI:
10.52711/2321-5828.2021.00009 
Address:
P. Rajendran1, Dr. R. Anandarasu2
1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Education, Tamil University, Thanjavur - 613010. Tamil Nadu, India.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tamil University.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 12,
Issue - 2,
Year - 2021
ABSTRACT:
The study was intended to find out the level of Scientific Attitude and academic achievement of B.Ed., trainees. This study involves a survey method. The size of the sample in the study was 941 B.Ed., trainees who were selected through the simple random sampling technique. The main objectives of the study are to the level of Scientific Attitude and academic achievement of B.Ed., trainees. To find out the significant difference in the Mean Scores of the level of scientific attitude and academic achievement of B.Ed., trainees with respect to the Demographic variables such as Gender, Year of Study, Subject, Locality of College. To find out whether there is any significant relationship between the Scientific Attitude and Academic Achievement of B.Ed., Trainees. The Statistical procedures used in this study were; Mean, Standard Deviation, ‘t’ test, and correlation to analyze the data. The Major findings of the study were; i) The level of Scientific Attitude and academic achievement of B.Ed., trainees is above average. ii) Female B.Ed., Trainees are a significantly higher level of Scientific Attitude and Academic Achievement than the Male B.Ed., Trainees. iii) Second-year B.Ed., Trainees are a significantly higher level of Scientific Attitude and Academic Achievement than the First-year B.Ed., Trainees. iv) The B.Ed., Trainees of Language Subject is significantly Higher Scientific Attitude than the Science Subject and Arts Subject. At the same time, the Science Subject is significantly having a higher level of Scientific Attitude than the Arts Subject. v) Urban B.Ed., Trainees are significantly higher levels of Scientific Attitude than the Rural B.Ed., Trainees. vi) There is a significant indifferent or negligible positive relationship between the Scientific Attitude and Academic Achievement. It's my conclusion that the present study reveals that there is several B.Ed., trainees who are having an above-average of the scientific attitude. However, the Academic Achievement of B.Ed., trainees are quite high.
Cite this article:
P. Rajendran, R. Anandarasu. Study on Scientific Attitude and Academic Achievement among B.Ed. Trainees. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2021; 12(2):51-8. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2021.00009
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P. Rajendran, R. Anandarasu. Study on Scientific Attitude and Academic Achievement among B.Ed. Trainees. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2021; 12(2):51-8. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2021.00009 Available on: https://rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2021-12-2-1
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