scholarly journals The Efficacy of a Gambling Prevention Program Among High-School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 573-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipa Calado ◽  
Joana Alexandre ◽  
Liah Rosenfeld ◽  
Rafaela Pereira ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
School Students ◽  
Problem Gamblers ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control

Abstract Youth problem gambling has become an emergent public health issue, and adolescents constitute a vulnerable age group for the development of gambling-related problems. Although there is research concerning the risk factors of youth problem gambling, rigorous evaluations of the effectiveness of preventive initiatives is still rare. The present study evaluated the efficacy of an integrative intervention to prevent youth problem gambling based on a multidimensional set of factors including gambling-related knowledge, misconceptions, attitudes, gambling frequency, amount of money spent, total hours spent gambling per week, and sensation seeking. A pre- and post-test design was performed with 111 Portuguese high-school students randomly assigned to two groups (experimental and control). The findings demonstrated that the intervention was effective in improving correct knowledge about gambling, reducing misconceptions and attitudes, and in decreasing the total hours spent gambling per week. The intervention was also effective in reducing the number of at-risk/problem gamblers during the study period. Furthermore, these findings were stable after a 6-week follow-up. Overall, the intervention program appeared to be effective in correcting some gambling-related behaviours, and provides suggestions for future interventions.

The Effect of Using Humor on High School Students’ Grammar Performance and Motivation

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Kavandi ◽  
Reza Kavandi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Group A ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Teaching in high schools needs specific techniques, methods and skills in order to motivate the students (Ss) properly. In this study, the aim was to explore the effect of humor on students' grammar performance and their motivation. The study was designed as true-experimental research-randomized control experimental group, pre-test, post-test design. The participants were second grade high school students (120 students) in four classes. So, the researcher gave them a Nelson test in order to homogenize them. Out of 120 Ss, only 60 Ss who could get 50% percent of score were selected. Then, the Ss randomly were assigned one member of each pair to the experimental group and the other to the control group containing 30 Ss male in each cause-effect relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Then, the data analysis was done by SPSS version 21. The results indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the gained scores in the groups, namely experimental group in comparison to the control group. A questionnaire was also given to the participants to gather their opinions about humor and its effect on their motivation. The finding showed that a large number of students agree of using humor, because it is enjoyable and motivator. It can be concluded that there is significance relationship between using humor and the Ss grammar performance, and their motivations. . Then, through giving the treatment and placebo to the experimental and control groups, respectively, the researcher tried to observe the direct

scholarly journals An analysis of the effect of peer mediation training on high school students’ conflict resolutions, empathic tendency and aggression levelsAkran arabuluculuk eğitiminin lise öğrencilerinin çatışma çözme becerileri, empatik eğilim ve saldırganlık düzeyleri üzerindeki etkisinin incelenmesi

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1589
Author(s):  
Fulya Türk ◽  
Abbas Türnüklü
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Peer Mediation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediation Training ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of peer mediation training on conflict resolution skills, empathic tendency and aggression levels on high school students. The research was conducted with 57 students at high schools in Denizli. The students in the experimental group were trained peer mediation training. The peer mediation training consists of ten sessions. İndependent variable of the study is peer mediation training. Dependent variables of the study are conflict resolution skills, empathic tendency and aggression levels. According to findings the study were analyzed, there is a significant increase in the levels of conflict resolution of the students in the experimental group. Similarly aggression levels were significantly lower in the students in the experimental group who received the peer mediation training. In contrast, when the levels of pre-test post-test empathic tendency of the students in the experimental and control groups, the difference between the two groups was not significant. Finally, peer mediation training can be said to be effective in developing conflict resolution skills of high school students and in reducing levels of aggression. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı, akran arabuluculuk eğitiminin lise öğrencilerinin çatışma çözme becerileri, empatik eğilim ve saldırganlık düzeyleri üzerindeki etkisini incelemektir. Ön test son test kontrol gruplu deneysel desenin kullanıldığı araştırma, Denizli ilinde iki lisede dokuzuncu sınıfta okuyan 57 öğrenci ile yürütülmüştür. Deney grubunda yer alan öğrencilere on oturumluk akran arabuluculuk eğitimi verilmiştir. Araştırmanın bağımsız değişkeni akran arabuluculuk eğitimi, bağımlı değişkenleri ise çatışma çözme becerileri, empatik eğilim düzeyleri ve saldırganlık düzeyleridir. Araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlara göre akran arabuluculuk eğitimi alan lise öğrencilerinin yapıcı çatışma çözme becerilerinde anlamlı düzeyde bir artış olduğu saptanmıştır. Benzer biçimde bu eğitimi alan lise öğrencilerinin saldırganlık düzeylerinde anlamlı bir düşme olduğu görülmektedir. Buna karşın akran arabuluculuk eğitimi alan ve almayan lise öğrencilerinin empatik eğilim düzeylerinde anlamlı bir farka rastlanmamıştır. Sonuç olarak, akran arabuluculuk eğitiminin yapıcı çatışma çözme becerileri geliştirmede ve saldırganlığı azaltmada etkili bir yol olduğu ifade edilebilir.

scholarly journals Short-term effect of a hamstring stretching program in hamstring extensibility and sagittal spinal curvatures in high school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (43) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Pelvic Tilt ◽  
Trunk Flexion ◽  
School Students ◽  
Spinal Curvatures ◽  
Pelvic Inclination ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Straight Leg Raise

Hamstring shortness and postural deformities are frequent in adolescents. For this reason, the purpose of this study was to analyse the influence of a shortterm stretching program in hamstring extensibility and sagittal spinal curvatures in high school students. Sixty-two male high school students aged 14-17 years old performed a 70 seconds hamstring stretching program (3 exercises) twice a week for five weeks during their physical education classes. Hamstring extensibility was measured by the straight leg raise test and sit-and-reach test. Thoracic and lumbar curves and pelvic inclination were measures in relaxed standing and in the sit-and-reach test. These measures were assessed before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the intervention program. Significant increases in the sit-and-reach score (d= 0.23) and in the straight leg raise angle (d= 0.85-0.90) were found. Sagittal spinal curvatures in standing showed no differences between pre- and post-test. In the maximal trunk flexion position during the sit-and-reach was detected a lower thoracic kyphosis and posterior pelvic tilt (p < 0.05) in post-test although with a low size effect (d=0.02-0.22). A hamstring muscle stretching program with a volume of 2 sessions per week (70 seconds each session), for 5 weeks, improves hamstring extensibility in adolescents and slightly reduces the thoracic bending and posterior pelvic tilt in trunk flexion postures with extended knees.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Nomophobia Therapy on Self-Esteem and Nomophobia Symptoms in High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasrin Mohammadi Nasab ◽  
Gholamreza Manshaee ◽  
Mohammad Ali Nadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Background: High mobile-phone dependency may cause cognitive, emotional, and academic impairments among students; hence, proper therapies should be performed to prevent the risk. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the nomophobia therapy package on self-esteem and nomophobia symptoms in high school students. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design and a control group. The statistical population included all the students showing nomophobia symptoms who were in high schools in Isfahan in the academic year of 2018 - 2019. Using purposive sampling, we selected 30 students willing to participate in the project and randomly divided them into experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The research instrument included Nomophobia Questionnaire and Self-Esteem Questionnaire. The experimental group underwent eight sessions (75-minute sessions per week) of nomophobia therapy. The follow-up was performed after two months. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics, such as mean, standard deviation, and repeated measures ANOVA. SPSS version 23.0 was further used to analyze the data. Results: The mean ± SD of the post-test scores of self-esteem and nomophobia symptoms were (19.26 ± 3.34) and (50.60 ± 5.07) in the experimental group and (13.46 ± 2.47) and (71.63 ± 8.47) in the control groups. The difference between the scores of the experimental and control groups in the pre-test was not significant (all P-values were > 0.05). Also, the post-test scores did not have a significant difference from the follow-up scores (all P-values were > 0.05). Nomophobia therapy effectively increased self-esteem in students with nomophobia symptoms in the experimental group (P = 0.0001). The training intervention sessions decreased the nomophobia symptoms of high school students in the experimental groups compared to the control group (P = 0.0001). Conclusions: According to research findings, nomophobia therapy was an efficient therapy for improving self-esteem and reducing nomophobia symptoms in students who suffer from the syndrome.

scholarly journals The Use of Digital Guessing Game to Improve Students’ Speaking Ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Ai Hayati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Senior High School Students

This study was investigated the effects of Digital Guessing Games strategy on students?  speaking ability of Islamic Senior High School students as well as to find out their perceptions of using it. In doing so, the subjects consisted of 44 students who were in tenth grade. Then they were divided into two equal experimental and control groups randomly (N=22). This study used explanatory sequential mixed-method whereas pre-test and post-test were administrated to collect quantitative and questionnaire was given to collect qualitative data.The experimental group was taught speaking using DGG application, whereas the control group using conventional guessing game. Analyzing the data through the independent sample t-test revealed the effectiveness of DGG application, the experimental group out performed the control group of speaking narrative text. Furthermore, an Islamic Senior High School students in Tasikmalaya had a positive attitude toward utilization of DGG application. 

scholarly journals ¿El nivel basal de motivación autodeterminada hacia la Educación Física influye en la mejora de la resistencia cardiorrespiratoria? Un estudio de intervención controlado (Does baseline self-determined motivation toward Physical Education influence cardio

Retos ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 344-350
Author(s):  
Daniel Mayorga-Vega ◽  
Jorge Montoro-Escaño ◽  
Santiago Guijarro-Romero ◽  
Jesús Viciana
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Fitness Program ◽  
And Control ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Endurance ◽  
Experimental Group

El objetivo del estudio fue examinar la influencia del nivel basal de motivación autodeterminada hacia la Educación Física sobre la eficacia de un programa de intervención para la mejora de la resistencia cardiorrespiratoria en estudiantes de Educación Secundaria. Noventa y siete estudiantes de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria fueron asignados aleatoriamente (por clases) al grupo experimental y control. Durante las clases de Educación Física, los estudiantes del grupo experimental realizaron un programa de acondicionamiento físico. Antes y después del programa de intervención, la resistencia cardiorrespiratoria de los estudiantes se midió mediante el test Course Navette. Los estudiantes del grupo experimental con un nivel basal moderado-alto de motivación autodeterminada hacia la Educación Física incrementaron estadísticamente su resistencia cardiorrespiratoria con respecto a los del grupo control (p < 0,001). No se encontraron diferencias entre los estudiantes del grupo experimental con baja motivación y los del grupo control (p > 0,05). Un programa de acondicionamiento físico durante las clases de Educación Física solo parece incrementar la resistencia cardiorrespiratoria de estudiantes con un nivel basal moderado-alto de motivación autodeterminada hacia la Educación Física.Abstract. The purpose of the present study was to examine the influence of baseline self-determined motivation toward Physical Education on the effectiveness of an intervention program for improving cardiorespiratory endurance in high-school students. Ninety seven high-school students were randomly assigned (by classes) to the experimental and control groups. During Physical Education classes, the experimental group students performed a physical fitness program. Before and after the intervention program, students’ cardiorespiratory fitness was measured using the Course Navette test. The experimental group students with a moderate-high baseline of self-determined motivation toward Physical Education statistically improved their cardiorespiratory endurance compared with the control group students (p < .001). However, no statistically significant differences between the experimental group students with low motivation toward Physical Education and control group students were found (p > .05). A physical fitness program during Physical Education classes only seems to improve cardiorespiratory endurance in students with moderate-high baseline of self-determined motivation toward Physical Education.

EFEKTIVITAS METODE DEMONSTRASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN PADA PENGAJARAN SISTEM KOLOID

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Hamda Situmorang ◽  
Manihar Situmorang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Abstract Concept ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Colloid System ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Control

Abstract Implementation of demonstration method in the teaching of chemistry is assigned as the right strategy to improve students’ achievement as it is proved that the method can bring an abstract concept to reality in the class. The study is conducted to vocational high school students in SMKN1 Pargetteng getteng Sengkut Pakfak Barat at accademic year 2013. The teaching has been carried out three cycles on the teaching of chemistry topic of colloid system. In the study, the class is divided into two class, experiment class and control class. The demontration method is used to teach students in experimental class while the teaching in control class is conducted with lecture method. Both are evaluated by using multiple choise tests before and after the teaching procedures, and the ability of students to answer the problems are assigned as students’ achievements. The results showed that demonstration method improved students’ achievement in chemistry. The students in experimental class who are taughed with demonstration method (M=19.08±0.74) have higher achievements compare with control class (M=12.91±2.52), and both are significantly different (tcalculation 22.85 > ttable 1.66). The effectivity of demostration method in experimental class (97%) is found higer compare to conventional method in control class (91%).

scholarly journals Bystander Intervention Efficacy to Reduce Teen Dating Violence Among High School Youth Who Did and Did Not Witness Parental Partner Violence: A Path Analysis of A Cluster RCT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelise Mennicke ◽  
Heather M. Bush ◽  
Candace J. Brancato ◽  
Ann L. Coker
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Teen Dating

AbstractYouth who witness parental intimate partner violence (IPV) are at increased risk of teen dating violence (DV). This analysis of secondary data investigated whether a bystander intervention program, Green Dot, was effective at reducing physical and psychological DV victimization and perpetration among youth who had and had not previously witnessed parental IPV. The parent RCT assigned 13 schools to control and 13 schools to the Green Dot intervention. Responses from 71,797 individual surveys that were completed by high school students were analyzed across three phases of a 5-year cluster randomized control trial. Multigroup path analyses revealed that students in intervention schools who witnessed parental IPV had a reduction in psychological (p < .001) and physical DV (p < .01) perpetration and psychological DV victimization (p < .01) in Phase 2 of the intervention, while those who did not witness parental IPV had a significant reduction in psychological DV victimization (p < .01). Individuals in the intervention received more training (p < .001), which was associated with lower levels of violence acceptance (p < .001). Violence acceptance was positively associated with DV victimization and perpetration (p < .001), especially for individuals who previously witnessed parental IPV. Green Dot is an effective program at reducing DV victimization and perpetration among the high-risk group of youth who previously witnessed parental IPV, largely operating through violence acceptance norms. This underscores the bystander intervention approach as both a targeted and universal prevention program.

scholarly journals The Mathematics Learning Attributes Valued by Students in Eastern China

2020 ◽  
pp. 209653112093024
Author(s):  
Hengjun Tang ◽  
Wee Tiong Seah ◽  
Qiaoping Zhang ◽  
Weizhong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Control ◽  
Senior High School Students

Purpose: Research has confirmed that students’ mathematics values significantly affect their mathematics learning. Accordingly, understanding how students’ values form and change, especially during different learning stages, is an important topic. Design/Approach/Methods: This study administered a questionnaire to investigate the values of primary, junior high, and senior high school students in Eastern China. A principal component analysis was conducted to investigate the factor structure of the students’ learning values. Then, paired sample t-tests were used to examine the differences in the two continuous categories ranking of each group, and a one-way analysis of variance with a Brown–Forsythe test was used to test the differences in the ranking of each dimension by the different grade-level groups. Findings: We found that students’ mathematics learning values consist of seven elements: culture, memorization, technology, objectism, practice, understanding, and control. Students placed different degrees of importance on these seven elements at different learning stages. Additionally, we found that junior high school is a critical period of change in students’ values. Originality/Value: These findings will be invaluable to teachers and educators as they reflect on their teaching approaches. Moreover, the findings that students’ values undergo changes in the course of their schooling are important information for educators seeking to foster students’ learning.

scholarly journals The impact of the use of student guide bag on the trends and professional tendencies of high school students who have learning difficulties in Riyadh city. (Experimental study)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maysaa Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Ayadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
School Students ◽  
Riyadh City ◽  
Guidance Programs ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Impact

The objective of the current research is to identify the effect of using the student's guide bag on the attitudes and professional tendencies of high school students who have learning difficulties in Riyadh city. The researcher used two tools: the student's guide bag and the vocational awareness scale. After the data were collected and statistically analyzed by calculating the arithmetic mean to identify the differences between the pre-test and post-test of the occupational awareness scale, and the ETA box (2). The study found that there are statistically significant differences At a level of significance less than (0.05) among the average responses of secondary school students who have learning difficulties in the tribal and post-application of the vocational awareness scale. There is a high impact on the effectiveness of the student's student bag program to improve vocational awareness among high school students who have learning difficulties To study the need to pay attention to vocational guidance and support materially and morally, and to participate students who have learning difficulties themselves in planning guidance programs.

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