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Attitude towards Science and Personality Dimensions of Student Teachers
Xavier, R. D. S. A., & Prakash, S.
ABSTRACT
This paper reports on the attitude towards science and personality dimensions of student teachers.
The sample consists of 1080 student teachers of Madurai revenue district. A scale on attitude toward
science was used to collect the data. Percentage analysis, t-test, chi-square test, and Pearson product-
moment correlation were used for data analysis.
The results show that there is a positive correlation between attitude toward science and personality
dimensions of student teachers.
Keywords: Attitude towards Science, Personality Dimensions, Student Teachers, Correlation,
Madurai District, Educational Research, t-Test, Chi-Square Test, Pearson Correlation.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction
in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Xavier, R. D. S. A., & Prakash, S. (2013). Attitude towards science and
personality dimensions of student teachers. Indian Educational Researcher, 6(2), 2–9.
Received: June 09, 2013;
Revision Received: July 10, 2013;
Accepted: July 20, 2013.
Responding Author: Xavier, R. D. S. A. @ xavier@gmail.com
Article Overview: ISSN: 0974-2123 |
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