International Journal of Peace, Education and Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

A study on problem solving ability of government secondary School students in Aizawl City with reference to gender

IGNOU Centre, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Republic Veng, Aizawl, Mizoram, India

*Corresponding author: dr.zuali@gmail.com

Online published on 19 September, 2020.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study the problem-solving ability among Government secondary school students in Aizawl city. For this purpose, the sample was selected from different secondary school within Aizawl City. The sample consisted of 90 students. Out of 46 students male students and 44 female students were taken. Problem Solving Ability Test (PSAT) developed by L.N. Dubey was used as a tool for data collection. Mean and t-test were used to analysed the data. The findings of the study reveal that no significant difference was found in relation to gender and there is high ability of problem-solving ability of Government secondary school students.

Keywords

Problem solving ability, Government school, Gender