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SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE IN RELATION TO FAMILY ENVIRONMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

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Dr. (Mrs.) Harsh Batra
Mrs Ritu Sharma

Abstract

The study aims to see the relationship between Scientific Attitude and Family Environment of Secondary School Students. The sample was selected at two stages -first the school was selected out of the total number of existing government schools in Chandigarh by lottery method and then 100 students of 9th class comprising of 50 boys and 50 girls were selected by lottery method from the selected schools. Scientific Attitude Scale by Bajwa and Mahajan (2009) and Family Environment Scale by Bhatia and Chadha (1993) were used as tools for the study. The results highlight that there is significant relationship between Scientific Attitude and Family Environment of Secondary School Students. Further analysis of the data shows that there is no significant difference between scientific attitude and Family Environment of boys and girls of secondary schools.
Keywords: Scientific Attitude, Family Environment, Secondary School Students