IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES ON THINKING STYLE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Generally styles are classified as cognitive style, learning style and thinking style. Cognitive styles are
the ways of organizing information. Learning styles are about the ways of learning something and thinking
styles describe how one prefers to think. It is foremost important for the teachers to focus their attention on
students’ favored thinking style before imparting the subject matter. Various researchers found that students
taught through their preferred thinking styles results in increased and improved attitudes towards learning.
Style of Thinking scale by Venkataraman was administered on 250 secondary school students studying in 10+1
standard randomly selected from 8 schools in Amritsar District. Gender, stream of study, management category
and locality of schools are taken as demographic variables to be studied as independent factors. Various
researchers found that students taught through their preferred thinking styles results in increased and improved
attitudes towards learning.