SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE AND PROBLEMSOLVING ABILITY AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The aim of education is the cultivation of a scientific attitude and problem-solving ability mindset.Scientific attitude and problem-solving ability are interdependent facets of human development.Scientific attitude is helpful for enhancing the level of curiosity,not to believe in superstitions,suspended judgment and intellectual honesty seeking to adopt different planed procedures in solving the problem, to have the respect of scientific experiments.These are important to study and which are necessary in day-to-day life of higher secondary school students.The present study found that students with a strong scientific attitude,curiosity,critical thinking,open-mindedness,and a willingness to engage with complex problems demonstrated significantly better problem-solving abilities. Now days, the knowledge about the scientific attitude and problem-solving ability among higher secondary school students is very essential.