PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY AND SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS AS THE INFLUENTIAL FACTORS OF SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY
Abstract
The aim of the present investigation was to study the relationship of problem solving ability, science process skills and their interaction on scientific creativity of secondary school students. Survey method was used. The sample comprised of 158 students of Classes IX and X (mean age 14.8 years) studying in schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education in SBS Nagar district of Punjab. Standardized tools used to access the variables were Problem Solving Ability Test by L.N. Dubey, Science Process Skills Test by (TSP-MK) Karuna Shankar Misra and Majumdar Scientific Creativity Test by S.K. Majumdar (1982). The data was analyzed using ANOVA. Scientific creativity was found to be significantly related with problem solving ability and science process skills. However no interactional influence of problem solving ability and science process skills was found on scientific creativity.
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