http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58921 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:04:23 GMT 2026-10-20T02:04:23Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58928 Title: Scientific Temper among Secondary School Students Authors: BISWAL, PROF. ASHUTOSH; PANDEY, ADITI Abstract: The skill of analysing and evaluating information is very important in the 21st century knowledge economy. Scientific temper is such a bent of mind which helps one in this skill by thinking rationally and logically. Scientific temper is considered as one of the fundamental duties which is also identified as the most important 21st century skill in the National Education Policy, 2020. Hence, it is expected that the present youth comprising school and college should have scientific temper as per the need of the time. It is also important to know the level of scientific temper among our school and college going students so that required measures can be taken up to develop this skill. The present study is an attempt to find out the scientific temper among secondary school students. Descriptive survey method was adopted for this purpose. 272 IX standard students were taken as the sample from the schools of Vadodara District using convenient sampling method. A scale was prepared, validated and used by the researchers to measure the scientific temper. Mean, SD and Mann Whitney U test were used for statistical analysis of data. The findings of the study revealed an above average level of scientific temper among secondary school students as a whole and in all the eight components of scientific temper with high deviation. No significant differences were observed between the mean scores of secondary school boys and girls in scientific temper as a whole and in all the eight components. Page(s): 149-163 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58928 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58927 Title: Print Media Coverage of ISRO Missions/Launches: A Ten Year (2011-2020) Study of Selected English Dailies Authors: UMMER, REHANA; RAJGOLI, IQBALAHMAD U Abstract: The reporting of research and development is very important for any organisation as it is not only simple reporting to keep the general public updated on the developments but as it also involves critical evaluation of different programmes and activities. The present study is the quantitative analysis of 2382 unique news items, related to 59 ISRO missions launched during the period 2011-2020, retrieved from the Bangalore edition of four popular English print newspapers namely Deccan Herald, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, and The Times of India. The collected data was further categorised into different missions based on their applications for analysis. By applying one full credit for each mission covered in the news items, a total of 3729 news items were found. Of all the ISRO missions launched during the period of study, GSLV-MkIII-M1/Chandrayaan-2 had the highest news coverage with 742 (19.89 per cent) news items followed by PSLV-C25/Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) with 601 (16.12 per cent) news items. The study further observed that there is no uniformity in reporting and coverage among the selected newspapers. Page(s): 164-183 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58927 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58926 Title: Prevalence of waterborne diseases and drinking water quality in the tribal’s areas of Garhwal Himalayas Uttarakhand, India: An awareness programme and mitigation approaches Authors: UNIYAL, D.P.; KHATRI, SHAKUNTALA; DOBHAL, RAJENDRA; ASWAL, J.S.; CHANDER, VIKAS; SINGH, PRASHANT; SINHA, VINAY SHANKAR Abstract: The livelihood strategies of the tribal communities are diverse from other communities as the ecological surrounding area, population size, language, physical features and level of development vary in the scheduled tribe’s categories. A tribal population in Uttarakhand resides in long Tarai and far-flung remote hilly regions, where livelihood and development are a matter of hardship. In fact, the basic health facilities, sensitization about quality drinking water and many more are in adequate. The tribe’s areas are most neglected and highly vulnerable to diseases with a high degree of malnutrition, morbidity and mortality. Their misery is compounded by poverty, illiteracy, ignorance of the causes of diseases, hostile environment, poor sanitation, lack of safe drinking water and blind beliefs, etc. Water from the different sources is being polluted by different means such as domestic waste, weathering of rocks, anthropogenic activities and sewage effluents, etc., which affect the physicochemical and biological properties of water, which ultimately create havoc among the tribes by many water-borne diseases. Page(s): 184-206 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58926 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58925 Title: Can Images with Isolated Looped Motion or “Cinemagraphs” Improve Science Communication Design? Authors: KHAN, FARHAT BASIR Abstract: Science communication is not a new concept; scientists have been trying to communicate their scientific findings and theories to the general population for centuries. The communication meant for non-scientists is particularly complex, considering their limited understanding of the subject and weak grasp of certain concepts. Visual communication design has been used in the form of infographics, photographs and illustrations for the popularisation of science. The use of cinemagraphs or images with isolated looped motion could present an interesting option to communicators to convey focused visual messages. A survey was conducted to see if a group of students (n=120) and teachers (n=28) of a science & technology university saw any value in the use of cinemagraphs. The cinemagraph was deemed to be 42% more informative than the still image by the students and 29% more informative by the teachers. The participants also found the cinemagraphs to be more useful and attractive than the other formats. Different kinds of motions were defined in the cinemagraphs. participants preferred “small slow subtle motion”, “large intermittent motion” and “dispersed localized motion” over the still images and the videos by a wider margin. While making cinemagraphs, picking the right subject to highlight and using the right kind of motion can be used to improve focus and convey messages in a more attractive and useful manner and this could be crucial in improving science communication, especially for the non-scientists. Page(s): 207-224 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/58925 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z