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DISSERTATION TOPIC

A study of science achievement of secondary school students in

relation to their attitude toward science.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY :

The objectives of this research study is to find out secondary school

students attitude towards science and their achievement it in. And also to
find out whether there is any difference in attitude and achievement
scores of science in relation to school type and gender. For this the
following research questions are raised by the investigator.

I. Do students of government and private school differ in their attitude

towards science?
II. Is there any difference between male students of (government and
private schools) on the basis of their attitude towards science?
III. Do male and female students of government schools differ in
attitude towards science?
IV. Do the male students of private schools and female students differ
in their attitude towards science?
V. Is there any difference between the students of government and
private school in their achievement scores in science?
VI. Is there any difference among male students of government and
private schools and female students of government and private
school on their achievement scores in science?
VII. Do male and female students of government school differ in their
achievement scores in science?
VIII. Do male students of government school and female students of
private schools differ in their achievement scores in science?
HYPOTHESES OF THE STUDY :

1. There is no significant difference among students of

governments and private schools in their attitude towards
science.
2. There is no significant difference among male students
(Government and private schools) and female students
(Government and private schools) in their attitude towards
science.
3. There is no significant difference between male and female
students of government schools in their attitude towards
science.
4. There is no significant difference between male students of
private schools and female students of private schools in their
attitude towards science.
5. There is no significant difference among students of
governments and private schools in their achievement scores
in science.
6. There is no significant difference among male students
(Government and private schools) and female students
(Government and private schools) in their achievement scores
in science.
7. There is no significant difference between male and female
students of Government school in their achievement scores in
science.
8. There is no significant difference between male students of
Government schools and female students of private schools in
their achievement scores in science.

STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES (Appropriate)

1. Means(m)
2. Standard deviation(S.D)
3. Standard error of means(SEM)
4. t.test (to see the significance difference between the two means )