A STUDY ON THE PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHENNAI DISTRICT

Author Name: 1Dr. D. Sumathi Desinguraj, Ph.D., 2 S. Mohankumar

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/01.2021-53527464/UIJIR

Affiliation:

¹Assistant Professor, School of Education, Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, India 

²Ph.D Research Scholar, Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, India

ABSTRACT

The present investigation was under taken for higher secondary school students studying in 11th Standard. Problem solving is a skill and a process. As a tool, it is helping you to solve a problem or achieve a goal. Survey method is applied in this study. Researcher has used simple random sampling technique and mean, S.D., t value and correlation were computed for gender and locality of the school of the students. The findings of the study are,there is no significant difference between boys and girls in respect of problem solving ability at higher secondary level students. There is no significant relationship between gender of academic achievement and problem solving ability at higher secondary level students.

Key words: Problem Solving Ability, Academic Achievement, Higher Secondary Students.