Factors affecting the development of pupil attitudes toward school subjects

1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. McMillan
Keyword(s):  
Attitudes Toward School ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
School Subjects

Academically Unpredictable School Children: Their Attitudes Toward School Subjects

1984 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 273-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert C. Richards ◽  
Donna Gaver ◽  
Heidi Golicz
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Attitudes Toward School ◽  
School Subjects

Attitudes toward Computers: Validation of a Computer Attitudes Scale

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
George G. Bear ◽  
Herbert C. Richards ◽  
Paul Lancaster
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Computer Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
Attitudes Toward School ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Preliminary Version

A preliminary version of a scale to measure attitudes toward computers, the Bath County Computer Attitudes Scale (BCCAS), was developed and piloted on 398 students in grades 4 through 12 who were attending three rural schools in western Virginia. This instrument consisted of thirty-eight Likert items. The scale was judged to be unidimensional and internally consistent. With the aid of an item analysis, the number of items was reduced to twenty-six. The revised BCCAS was administered to 551 students whose demographic make-up was similar to those who participated in the pilot study. The BCCAS scores were found to be predictably related to computer experience and usage, educational and career plans, choice of favorite school subject, and attitudes toward school subjects. In general, the data supported the validity of the BCCAS as a measure of computer attitudes.

scholarly journals Determination of the Factors Affecting High School Students’ Preferences of and Satisfaction with Choosing Biology as an Elective Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Nazihan Ursavas ◽  
Adem Kesimal
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
New Development ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course

School subjects are divided into two as compulsory and elective courses. Compulsory courses are the basic courses that students must take in order to graduate, while elective courses are the ones that students are at liberty to take. In Turkey Biology course was taught as compulsory under the name of common courses in all levels of high schools.  With the new amendment Biology is started to taught as elective under the name of “Advanced Biology” in Anatolian High Schools and “Biology Applications” in Science High Schools at grade eleven and twelve. This new development has brought to mind what the reasons are for choosing and not choosing biology. In order to reveal this aim 135 volunteered students were questioned from two different schools located in the northeastern Turkey. An open-ended question test was used for data collection. The information received from the students was subjected to content analysis. The factors that lead students to choose biology or not to choose biology are identified as future orientedness on both categories. Students want to change their decisions because of course related and exam-orientation reasons. Future studies can utilize larger samples, in terms of gender differences and in the contexts of other elective courses.

scholarly journals An enquiry into the factors affecting the child's preference for school subjects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
R. L. Middleweek
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teaching Career ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Large Town ◽  
Teacher Assistant ◽  
Better Than

During a teaching career extending over twenty years in which the Writer has taught as a sole teacher, assistant in large town schools, headteacher of Maori school, as an itinerant instructor in Agriculture, and as an Education Officer with the Armed Forces, he has been struck by the frequency with which sweeping generalisations are made by many members of the teaching profession. Among these most frequently made are such as, "Boys like handwork better than do girls"; "Clever children prefer arithmetic to handwork." Such statements have aroused his interest in the matter of the child's alleged likes and dislikes for school subjects. If such likes and dislikes do ,in fact, exist, then it is felt that as teachers we should know what these are.

scholarly journals Factors affecting learning disabilities in mathematics: a study of central region of Nepal

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Dr. Ramjee Prasad Pandit
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Quality Of Instruction ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Intellectual Potential

The students whose achievement lagged behind their intellectual potential presents a serious problem to the parents, society and finally to the nation; instead of being the contributing members they turn out to be social problem and get involved in the most common social malaise-student on rest. Describing groups who have average or above average intelligence continuously failing to maintain normal progress in school subjects as learning disabled students, the teacher education programs in western countries like U.S.A. and Europe started the identification, diagnosis and serve them since 1963. But in developing countries, for example, in Nepal and India, although the efforts are directed towards this direction, no the considerable progress has yet been observed. So the present investigation was concerned with the identification of the causes of primary school children learning disabilities in mathematics (CLDM). 58 LD boys and 46 LD girls from 29 rural and 15 urban schools situated in different parts of central region of Nepal participated in this study. The analysis of these 104 LD students' bio-data revealed that the factors related to the children with learning disabilities in mathematics were the poor instruction, parents' adverse behavior to them, teacher's negligence in the class. It was suggested that the quality of teaching strategies and quality of instruction in the schools must be improved. Further research is needed for the generalization of the findings throughout the nation. Tribhuvan University Journal 2004/1 pp. 13-19

scholarly journals An enquiry into the factors affecting the child's preference for school subjects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
R. L. Middleweek
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teaching Career ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Large Town ◽  
Teacher Assistant ◽  
Better Than

During a teaching career extending over twenty years in which the Writer has taught as a sole teacher, assistant in large town schools, headteacher of Maori school, as an itinerant instructor in Agriculture, and as an Education Officer with the Armed Forces, he has been struck by the frequency with which sweeping generalisations are made by many members of the teaching profession. Among these most frequently made are such as, "Boys like handwork better than do girls"; "Clever children prefer arithmetic to handwork." Such statements have aroused his interest in the matter of the child's alleged likes and dislikes for school subjects. If such likes and dislikes do ,in fact, exist, then it is felt that as teachers we should know what these are.

Ability Grouping, Attitudes toward School, and Self-Concept of Seventh-Grade Students

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Weiner ◽  
Elliot A. Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Ability Grouping ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Attitudes Toward School ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Ability Groups ◽  
Attitude Scales

This study investigated the effects of placement in ability groups on how 215 7th grade students felt about school and themselves. Past research has suggested that ability grouping has no consistent significant effects on attitudes toward school but that this procedure has appeared to have considerable effects on self-concept. Three inventories were administered to 215 7th grade students. The hypothesis of no difference between means of ability groups on each of the three attitude scales for each of four school subjects was tested, using an unweighted means solution for the analysis of variance, and was supported for attitudes toward school and self-concept.

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