International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research

Authors
E S Uma Maheswari

Abstract
In the present study, an attempt has been made to find out the academic motivation and problem-solving skills of engineering college students in the Theni region, Tamil Nadu, India. Theni region is located in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. Among the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, the researcher selected the district of the Theni region for data collection. The questionnaire method was adopted for the collection of needed data. Statistical techniques of Arithmetic Mean and Standard deviation were used to analyze the collected data for testing the stated hypotheses. The outcome exposed that boys and girls students of engineering colleges of the Theni region had significant differences in respect of their academic motivation and problem-solving skills.But government and private engineering students, rural and urban area engineering students had no significant difference in respect of their academic motivation and problem-solving skills.