MATHEMATICAL CURIOSITY AS A CORRELATE OF MATHEMATICSPERFORMANCEAMONG HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS

Abstract

In this study, Joyous Exploration, Deprivation Sensitivity, Stress Tolerance, Thrill Seeking and Social (General and Covert) Curiosity are the factors were used for investigation among higher secondary students to identify theMathematical Curiosity relationship with their Mathematics Performance on the specific dimensions of Matrix, Calculus, Probability and Algebra. Six hundred samples (Girls -300 & Boys -300) of higher Secondary students from different types of school (govt., govt-aided and private) were taken for the study using random sampling technique.The Five-Dimensional Curiosity Scale Revised (Kashdan.et.al 2020) was used to collect Mathematical curiosity and for Mathematics Performance researcher developed the tool based on Mathematics syllabus of higher secondary contains 60 questions. The result revealed that the relationship between mathematics performance and mathematical curiosity are related, which is notable for further to develop the Mathematical curiosity among the students.