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Curiosity among Children of Primary Section Studying Inhindi and English Medium Schools


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1 Department of Human, Development Family Studies, School for Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, U.P., India
2 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
     

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Curiosity is an emotion related to natural inquisitive behaviour such as exploration, investigation and learning, evident by observation in human and many animal species. Human beings are most curious species on the earth and childhood is the stage where curiosity among individual is at its peak. Curiosity is often described as natural and notable characteristic of young children. The main objective was to study the curiosity among primary level children studying in different medium school. The research design was descriptive in nature. Sample was collected from south city and Rajanikhand area of Lucknow city using purposive random sampling technique. The total sample size was 120. Findings of the study revealed that 95 per cent respondents studying in English medium and 85 per cent respondents studying in Hindi medium had high curiosity level. Chi-square value was found significant when calculated for frequency of curiosity level with gender.

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Curiosity Level, Primary Section Children, Medium
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Authors

Sarla Devi
Department of Human, Development Family Studies, School for Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, U.P., India
Shalini Agarwal
Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Abstract


Curiosity is an emotion related to natural inquisitive behaviour such as exploration, investigation and learning, evident by observation in human and many animal species. Human beings are most curious species on the earth and childhood is the stage where curiosity among individual is at its peak. Curiosity is often described as natural and notable characteristic of young children. The main objective was to study the curiosity among primary level children studying in different medium school. The research design was descriptive in nature. Sample was collected from south city and Rajanikhand area of Lucknow city using purposive random sampling technique. The total sample size was 120. Findings of the study revealed that 95 per cent respondents studying in English medium and 85 per cent respondents studying in Hindi medium had high curiosity level. Chi-square value was found significant when calculated for frequency of curiosity level with gender.

Keywords


Curiosity Level, Primary Section Children, Medium

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