• Dr. Madhuri Hooda
• Rani Devi

The present study was undertaken to study the effect of problem solving ability and gender on self-confidence of secondary school students. The variable, self-confidence was treated as dependent variable, while problem solving ability and gender were treated as independent variables. A sample of 400 secondary school students was selected through multi-stage random sampling technique. Problem Solving Ability Test for school students (PSA) by Dubey (2011) [7] and Self-Confidence Inventory (PSCI) developed by Pandey (2007) [10] were used to collect the data. The obtained data were analyzed using Two Way ANOVA with 3×2 factorial design. Levene’s Test of Homogeneity of Variance was also applied to test the assumption of homogeneity of variance for ANOVA. Main effect of problem solving ability and gender on self-confidence of secondary school students was found to be significant. Similarly, significant interaction effect of problem solving ability and gender was also reported on self-confidence of secondary school students. Thus, the more emphasize on development of problem solving ability in the school curriculum is considered important because of its impact on developing effective self-confidence among students. School authorities need to take steps to diagnose the crucial difficulty areas in basic education. For this purpose, the school teachers are required to be trained for use of diagnostic and criterion based evaluation procedures to make teaching-learning process more effective as well as child centered to enhance level of problem solving ability.

Problem Solving Ability, Gender and Self-Confidence

"Self-Confidence among Secondary School Students: An Analysis on the Basis of Problem Solving Ability (PSA) & Gender", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.114-121, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808495.pdf

"Self-Confidence among Secondary School Students: An Analysis on the Basis of Problem Solving Ability (PSA) & Gender", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp114-121, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808495.pdf