Volume : 6, Issue : 5, May - 2017

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY AND APTITUDE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE STUDENTS

Dr. Jayasree P. G. , Anju James

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The present study is an attempt to examine the relationship between creative problem solving ability and aptitude of engineering college students. Sample for the study includes 302 engineering college students in Ernakulam District. In selecting the sample, due representing was given to gender, locality and type of management. Normative survey method was used to collect the data. Two tools were used for collecting the data. Creative problem solving ability test, developed and standardised by B.K. Passi and Usha Kumar (1996) and Engineering Aptitude Test Battery, standardised by Dr. Swarn Pratap (1998). The data collected were analysed by suing Pearson‘s product - moment coefficient of correlation, t-test and regression analysis. The study revealed significant relationship between creative problem solving ability and aptitude of engineering college students. Findings also showed a significant difference in the aptitude of engineering college students based on different levels of creative problem solving ability.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>