Lateral thinking is closely related to creativity. But whereas creativity is too often only the description of a result, lateral thinking is the description of a process. One can only admire a result but one can learn to use a process. Lateral thinking is concerned with the generation of new ideas. Lateral thinking involves restructuring, escape and the provocation of new patterns. Liberation from old ideas and the stimulation of new ones are twin aspects of lateral thinking. There are three practical situations which encourage the use of lateral thinking and they are: description, problem solving and design. The present study deals with how lateral thinking develops problem solving ability using English as a language. This research attempts to find out the relationship between lateral thinking and achievement of IX standard students in East Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. The researcher randomly selected 300 samples from 12 schools. The study reveals that there is significant relationship between lateral thinking and achievement in English of IX standard students. The finding of the study was that girls of IX standard are better achievers and are better in Lateral Thinking than boys.
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Volume - 6 (2020)
Lateral Thinking and Achievement in English of Ix Standard Students
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Lateral thinking
Problem solving
Achievement
Provocative statements
Puzzles
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