A Study on Problem Solving Ability of Higher Secondary School Students in Puducherry region

Abstract

Problem Solving ability is one important and essential skill for every individual to be successful in education, career and personal life. It also helps an individual to solve a problem or achieve a goal. In this paper, the researcher made an attempt to study the problem solving ability of Higher Secondary School students. For this purpose, 300 Higher Secondary School students were randomly sampled from 6 Higher Secondary Schools in Puducherry region and were subjected to the L.N. Dubey’s Standardized Problem Solving Ability Test. The data collected was statistically analyzed using SPSS version 21 package. The findings revealed that the Higher Secondary School students’ problem solving ability is very low also the problem solving ability of male students, private higher secondary school students, students from rural areas, and science stream students is high compared to the arts stream students.