Problem Solving Ability among Adolescents: A Gender Study

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to assess the problem solving ability among adolescents. The sample comprised of 50 adolescents (25 boys and 25 adolescent girls, age ranged 10-14 yrs). The sample was selected from Government schools of Lucknow city. Self- devised Sentence Completion Blanks were used to ascertain problem solving ability among adolescents. Content analysis of the data was done and percentages were computed. Results indicate that adolescent girls have higher level of problem solving ability than adolescent boys and it was also found that most of the boys used planning strategy in their problem solving.