INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH PEDAGOGY AND TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION AND MOVEMENT SCIENCES (IJEMS) PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG THE STUDENTS BELONGING TO SCHEDULED TRIBE AND SCHEDULED CASTE CATEGORIES

ABSTRACT ______________________________________________________________________________ of Psychology, University of Agra was administered to all of them individually and regarding the academic achievement, the investigator obtained annual examination marks of previous two classes (VIII and IX). The marks were pooled together, added and then percentages found in order to obtain academic achievement index scores of boys and girls belonging to scheduled tribe and scheduled caste categories. The data was analyzed by using two-way analysis of variance technique (ANOVA). The results revealed that Sex and Caste had significant impact on the problem solving ability of students. Sex had no significant impact on the academic achievement of students. Caste had significant impact on the academic achievement of students. However, no interactional effect of sex and caste was found on the problem solving ability and academic achievement of students