Abstract:

The 21st century is indeed a century of technological and scientific advancements. There is need to be scientifically literate and live our lives scientifically. This demands a scientific attitude which will help to shape our lives and to make informed decisions. This study was carried out to explore the scientific attitude of students at secondary school level. It was a qualitative research where survey method was employed. The respondent of this study were students of 8th,9th and 10th grades. The data was collected from 210 respondents. A standardized scientific attitude questionnaire was used to collect data. It had 36 items and the maximum score a student could score was 180. The data revealed that there is no role of gender in the scientific attitudes both male and female possessed same scientific attitude score. Similarly, there was no statistically significant difference in the scores of students studying in government and private schools. However, it is worth noting that the scientific attitude of students found to be decreased with the increase of their grades. It is recommended to develop scientific attitude of students even at higher grades so that they can think scientifically and apply their knowledge and solve their problems in a scientific manner. It is also recommended for teacher’s scientific orientation so that they can induce scientific attitude among students.

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