A STUDY OF SOCIAL ATTITUDE IN TECHNO-BASED MATHEMATICAL LEARNING AND NON-TECHNO BASED MATHEMATICS LEARNING OF 9TH STANDARD STUDENTS

Attitudes are associations between attitude objects (Virtually any aspect of the social world) and evaluations of those objects (Fazio & Roskos Ewolsen, 1994). More simply attitudes are lasting evaluations of various aspects of the social world-evaluations that are stored in memory (Judd et al, 1991). The study of social attitudes of people has gained prime importance. Attitudes us the governing tendencies of human behaviour, occupy a place of fundamental importance in the field of social psychology. A man’s total behaviour is the reflection of his deep underlying attitudes which are the controlling forces in all our motions. The psychologist, therefore, is rightly prompted to regard the study of social attitudes as the central problem of social psychology. Clark (1924), stated that the study of social attitudes “should become one of the primary objectives of social psychological effort”. The main purpose of Information and communication technology (ICT) in Education means implementing ICT Equipments and Tools in Teaching-Learning process as a media and methodology and to familiarize students with the use and workings of computers. Information and communication technology has connected the world including students throughout world and it has become the central drive for the evolution of a modern society. ICT are being used more and more as part of learning processes in both formal and informal settings. The Information and communication technology has witnessed a fast growth and has changed traditional form of libraries to digital form. Information and communication technology are a diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information. “Techno Pedagogy In Education” Institute of Education, Srinivas University 35 Communication and information are at the very heart of the educational process, consequently ICT-use in education has a long history. At present throughout world, the most popular source of information is the internet and ...