psychological testing

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ADOLESCENCE CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING TEST (A-CUT) FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The progress and development of any country or society are intrinsically tied to the growth and well-being of its youth. Adolescence, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the period between ages 10 and 19, is a crucial stage of life characterized by significant physical, mental, and emotional changes. This paper presents the findings for the process of developing and validating the Adolescence Conceptual Understanding Test (A-CUT) which can be used to measure the conceptual understanding of the adolescents.

To Study effect of physical Education-sports on Anxiety and academic achievement of undergraduate students in Gandhinagar district

Regular physical activity, in addition to reducing stress level, has beneficial effect on body as well as mind. This beneficial effect on mind is assessed in terms of academic performance. This research was done to study the the effect of Physical education – sports on anxiety and academic achievement of undergraduate students in Gandhinagar district. Anxiety is considered as one of the greatest problem of modern trends in daily life of every individual.

A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDE OF TEACHER TRAINEES TOWARDS MODERNIZATION

The present study was conducted to investigate the attitude of teacher trainees towards modernization of teacher trainees . A sample of 99 teacher trainees was selected from Bavisgam B.Ed. College of Anand district using cluster sampling method. Among them 37 were boys and 62 girls were selected. The researcher has used MAI (Modernization Attitude Inventory) developed by Dr. M.T. Patel under a project of UGC. It is a 91 item Likert instrument consisting of eight sub scales. The data were analyzed using t-test.

Standardization of Achievement Test in Gujarati Language for Secondary School Students in context to some Selected Variables

Mother tongue has an important place in human life. One’s mother tongue contributes a lot in thinking habits, learning of subjects and imagination etc. to any person. Students have to attain knowledge of different subjects by the medium of their mother tongue. Vernacular language has remained in root of any other language which is to be learnt, so evaluation of knowledge of mother tongue by using tests is of equal importance. Present research had been aimed at construction and standardization of the Achievement Test of Gujarati language for standard IX.

A STUDY OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO CERTAIN VARIABLES

The present study was conducted to investigate the emotional intelligence of higher secondary school students of Anand district. A sample of 820 participants was selected from secondary school of Anand district using stratified random sampling method. Among them 471 were boys and 349 girls were selected. Emotional Intelligence scale constructed and standardized by Dr. Pallaviben Patel and Dr. Hiteshbhai Patel was used to measure Emotional intelligence of the students. The data were analyzed using t-test. The urban students were having high emotional intelligence than the rural students.

PEOPLE’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY: A STUDY IN SYLHET CITY

Now-a-days disability is a burning issue in the society. Children with disability (CWD) are the most vulnerable and underprivileged section of the population. The main objective of the study is to explore the attitude of the people towards CWD. The study is conducted on the basis of qualitative method. Both in-depth qualitative interviews and FGDs are arranged to collect authentic data. Ten children with disability and their parents are purposively selected for individual interviews.