SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY IN RELATION TO GENDER AND TYPE OF SCHOOL
Keywords:
Creativity, intellectual trait, data collectionAbstract
Scientific creativity as a kind of intellectual trait or ability producing or potentially producing a certain product that is original and has social or personal value, designed with a certain purpose in mind, using given information. In this study the scientific creativity of Secondary School Students of Block Fatehabad of District Fatehabad based on a selected demographic variable (Sex and Type of School) is being studies. The sample of the study comprised with 100 Secondary School Students. A standardized tool named VERBAL TEST FOR SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY developed by Dr. V.P. Sharma and Dr. J. P. Shukla (1971) is used for data collection. The findings of the study illustrates that there was significant difference between scientific creativity of students in relation to Gender as well as type of school.
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