A STUDY ON THE STATUS OF INTELLIGENCE AND REASONING ABILITY OF NINTH STANDARD STUDENTS

Intelligence and reasoning ability involve the ability to think, solve problems, analyse situations and comprehend social values. Both intelligence and reasoning ability is powerful tool for problem solving behaviour (Chaube, 2005). It is essential for the development of any human being. So, it is necessary to identify the level of intelligence and reasoning ability of the students at the initial stage of education. At the initial stage of education (primary education), mathematics is an important subject in our curriculum. There is a strong relation among intelligence, mathematics and reasoning, because the main aim of mathematics is to develop different reasoning abilities and I.Q of students. The present study is a survey in nature to find out reasoning ability and intelligence among higher secondary students. The samples of the study consist of 100 students. Statistical techniques such as mean, Standard Deviation, t test and ‘r’ value were calculated to interpret the data. Reasoning ability test constructed and standardized by Ramellind Kynta was used. The findings of the study revealed that 12% of the student’s exhibit high Intelligence level, 60% student’s exhibit average and 28 % of the students exhibits low Intelligence level. Similarly, 31 % students showed low reasoning ability, 11% students showed high and, 58% students showed average level reasoning ability. Study also showed that there was a significant difference between boys and girls in terms of intelligence and reasoning ability. The study proved that there was a relationship between intelligence and reasoning ability.