Effect of Gender Difference on Scientific Attitude of School Going Adolescents: A Comparative Study

Science is the greatest invention of mankind. It is the systematic process of gathering knowledge about the universe. The major contribution of science is to impart scientific attitude among the learners. Scientific attitude is the attitude of being objective in observation and thinking. An individual with scientific attitude, revive himself/herself in accordance with the new findings. Scientific attitude of a person never allows himself/herself to belief blindly without having complete evidences. It is the tendency to test everything in the light of convincing proof. Scientific attitude is the attitude of being logical. Science is changing our life in a faster way. This study explored the effects of gender on scientific attitude of secondary level adolescents of district Shamli in Uttar Pradesh. A sample of 200 students (100 males and 100 females) from 20 schools of district Shamli in Uttar Pradesh was used for the study. The scientific attitude scale questionnaire was used for data collection, while t-test was used for statistical analysis. The result of analysis showed that there was no significant difference between scientific attitude of adolescent boys and girls. Gender difference was found to have no effect on scientific attitude of school going adolescents.