scholarly journals Forms of Bullying and Associations Between School Perceptions and Being Bullied Among Finnish Secondary School Students Aged 13 and 15

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona Markkanen ◽  
Raili Välimaa ◽  
Lasse Kannas
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Older Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Being Bullied ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
School Perceptions

AbstractThe study aimed to examine the extent to which Finnish secondary school students experience bullying, how they are bullied, and whether being bullied is associated with school perceptions. The analyses were based on data from the Finnish part of the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, and were obtained from 4262 students aged 13 and 15. The sample was nationally representative. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the associations between school perceptions and being bullied. Younger students reported being bullied more often than older students. Among younger students, boys were more often bullied than girls of the same age. There was no significant difference between the genders among the older students. The most common form of being bullied was verbal teasing. Boys tended to be bullied in physical ways, while girls were bullied in more indirect ways. Students with low levels of school engagement, students with poor relations with peers, and students who reported better teacher-student relations were more likely to be bullied. Feelings of loneliness and lower family affluence were also associated with being bullied. Improving the perceptions of school, and of the school experience as a whole, might have an effect on bullying at school.

scholarly journals Survey among Middle and Secondary School Students about their Attitudes toward Esthetics and Perception of the Desired Treatment to Improve Dental Appearance: A Crosssectional Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-143
Author(s):  
Nabila Ahmed Sedky
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Older Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Dental Crowns ◽  
Anterior Teeth ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Dental Appearance ◽  
Oral Condition ◽  
General Appearance

ABSTRACT Objectives To assess disparities in attitudes concerning importance of dental appearance in middle and secondary school students, to evaluate students’ satisfaction with their current dental esthetic and to determine preferred dental treatment to improve appearance. Materials and Methods Eighteen self-administered anonymous questionnaire was randomly administered to 2250 middle and secondary school students in Buraidah city, Qassim Province, with a response rate of 100%. All statistical analyses were carried out at p < 0.05 and 0.01. Results The majority of secondary school students registered higher responses to the four statements asking about importance of dental appearance. Dissatisfaction with oral condition and general appearance of teeth was reported by 39.47% of total number of participants. Older students registering higher levels of dissatisfaction (50.42%) with a significant difference between both groups (p < 0.01). Dissatisfaction with dental appearance was mainly related to teeth color, poor alignment/ crowding of teeth, anterior teeth protrusion, caries, fractures and non-esthetic fillings. Teeth whitening, orthodontic treatment, and esthetic fillings represented the high majority of treatments perceived more by secondary school students, while dental crowns were more demanding by middle school students. A strong correlation was found between level of education and satisfaction with oral condition, the reasons for dissatisfaction with general appearance and perception of desired treatment to improve dental appearance. Conclusion Older students were more concerned about the significance of dental appearance. Secondary school students were more dissatisfied with their dental appearance. Displeasure with tooth color was correlated with increased desire for tooth whitening. Dental crowns were more required by younger students. How to cite this article Sedky NA. Survey among Middle and Secondary School Students about their Attitudes toward Esthetics and Perception of the Desired Treatment to Improve Dental Appearance: A Cross-sectional Study. J Contemp Dent 2015;5(3):136-143.

STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmood Alam
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Senior Secondary

The present study was conducted to ascertain the environmental awareness across gender, locale, type of schools and academic stream among senior secondary school students. The sample of the study comprised of 300 11th class students studying in different government and non- government senior secondary schools of Sambhal district (U.P.) of Moradabad region. Environment Awareness Ability Measure (EAAM) by Praveen Kumar Jha (1998) was used to collect the data for the purpose. The data were analyzed using descriptive (Mean, Standard Deviations) and inferential (‘t’- test) statistics. The findings of the present study revealed that there is significant difference in environmental awareness of senior secondary school students across gender (boys and girls), type of schools (government and non-government) and academic stream (science and arts). However no significant difference is found in case of rural and urban sample. The reason for this result may be the rampant illiteracy in the district. Stakeholders should, therefore, ensure that the curriculum relating to environmental education is transacted as a core curriculum. Other activities related to environmental education viz., curricular, co- curricular and literary activities should also be organized to infuse environmental awareness among students.

Influence of Family, Peers, and School on Senegalese Adolescents

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Vandewiele
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Staff ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Item Questionnaire

From responses to a 6-item questionnaire, given to 815 secondary school students, were inferred interactions of authority exerted by parents, school staff, and friends on students. Generally the influence of teachers on decisions made by students outside school is as important as that exerted by peers, while parents' authority remains strongest. Scarcity of affective teacher-student contacts led to less reliance on them for advice than on parents and friends.

scholarly journals Teacher–student interaction and lower secondary school students’ situational engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanni Pöysä ◽  
Kati Vasalampi ◽  
Joona Muotka ◽  
Marja‐Kristiina Lerkkanen ◽  
Anna‐Maija Poikkeus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Interaction

scholarly journals Repetition without Repetition or Differential Learning of Multiple Techniques in Volleyball?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10499
Author(s):  
Julius B. Apidogo ◽  
Johannes Burdack ◽  
Wolfgang I. Schöllhorn
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Retention Test ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Group ◽  
Differential Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Repetitive Learning

A variety of approaches have been proposed for teaching several volleyball techniques to beginners, ranging from general ball familiarization to model-oriented repetition to highly variable learning. This study compared the effects of acquiring three volleyball techniques in parallel with three approaches. Female secondary school students (N = 42; 15.6 ± 0.54 years) participated in a pretest for three different volleyball techniques (underhand pass, overhand pass, and overhead serve) with an emphasis on accuracy. Based on their results, they were parallelized into three practice protocols, a repetitive learning group (RG), a differential learning group (DG), and a control group (CG). After a period of six weeks with 12 intervention sessions, all participants attended a posttest. An additional retention test after two weeks revealed a statistically significant difference between DG, RG, and CG for all single techniques as well as the combined multiple technique. In each technique—the overhand pass, the underhand pass, the overhand service, and the combination of the three techniques—DG performed best (each p < 0.001).

scholarly journals A Study of Academic Anxiety of Secondary School Students With Relation To Their Gender and Religion

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvindgiri K. Aparnath
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Academic Anxiety ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Stable Characteristic

The present study is based on Academic anxiety. The aim of the study is to find out the difference between religion and gender, regarding academic anxiety for the purpose of the study, 120 School children were chosen from different school at Kapadwanj town, Gujarat, for data collection in all 120 student, 60 being boys (30 Hindu +30 Muslim ) and 60 girls (30 Hindu + 30 Muslim ). Generally anxiety can be either a trait anxiety or a state anxiety. A trait anxiety is a stable characteristic or trait of the person. A state anxiety is one which is aroused by some temporary condition of the environment such as examination, accident, punishment, etc. Academic anxiety is a kind of state anxiety which relates to the impending danger from the environments of the academic institution including teacher, certain subjects like Mathematics, English, etc. I have used ‘Academic Anxiety Scale for children’ (AASC Scale) by Dr. A. k. Singh & Dr. (km) A.  Sen Gupta. The obtained data analyzed through Mann-Whitney ‘ U ‘ test. The result shows that there was no significant difference between the Academic anxiety of Muslim boys & girls and Hindu girls & Muslim girls. There is more Academic anxiety in Hindu girls then Hindu boys and more Academic anxiety in Muslim boys then Hindu boys.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Cognitive Restructuring in the Management of Mathophobia Among Secondary School Students in Khana L.G.A of Rivers State, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (32) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Ernest-Ehibudu Ijeoma Regina ◽  
Wayii Augustine Lezorgia
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
And Control

This study was developed and conducted to test the effect of cognitive restructuring in the management of mathophobia (that is, Mathematics anxiety) among secondary school students in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. To guide the study, two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated for testing at 0.05 level of significance. In executing the study, the pre-test, post-test, and control group experimental research design was adopted using a randomized sample of 120 SS2 students drawn from three public secondary schools only. The researchers developed an instrument titled “Mathematics Diagnostic Questionnaire” (MDQ) which was adequately assessed for validity and reliability and was used in collecting pre-test and post-test data for the cognitive restructuring and control groups. Data analysis was done using mean, and standard deviation for the research questions, while independent sample and paired sample t-test were used for the hypotheses. The result obtained showed that the cognitive restructuring was significantly effective in the management of mathophobia among secondary school students. There is a slight reduction in the effect of cognitive restructuring during follow-up; there is a statistical significant difference in the mathophobic level of students treated with cognitive restructuring and those in the control group. Based on the major findings, recommendations were made among which is that functional guidance and counselling centers be established at all educational levels and be manned by professional counsellors who are competent in cognitive restructuring techniques to assist those who have mathophobia and other maladaptive behaviours. Suggestions for further study were made.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Secondary School Students’ Anxiety Levels According to Parameters of Gender, Grade Level, Socioeconomic Level and Reading Frequency

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Yusuf GENÇER ◽  
Sercan DEMİRGÜNEŞ
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Socioeconomic Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Reading Anxiety ◽  
Reading Frequency ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Anxiety Levels

The aim of this study is to examine the reading anxiety levels of secondary school students according to parameters of gender, grade level, socioeconomic level and reading frequency. The total number of participants of the study is 598 who are students in a secondary school from different grade levels. In this study, reading anxiety scale and personal information form is used. The collected data is analyzed by using independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient. Just as the first result of the study, it has been found that the reading anxiety levels of secondary school students are low. No significant difference has been found between the levels of students’ reading anxiety and the levels of gender and grade. However, the students’ reading anxiety levels has differed significantly in favor of those with high socioeconomic level. According to the latest finding obtained from the study, the reading anxiety levels of the students has differed significantly in favor of those who have low reading frequency. Therefore, students reading less have more reading anxiety. These results obtained from the study are discussed as stated to the literature.

scholarly journals Analysis on math success of secondary school students playing and not playing chess (Sakarya province sample)

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1689
Author(s):  
Enes Işıkgöz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Screening Model ◽  
Math Success ◽  
Math Scores ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The City

The aim of this research is to analyze the contribution of the secondary level chess in the success of math lesson by comparing end-year math scores of the secondary school students playing and not playing chess. The research is a relational screening model and the research data are composed of end-year math scores in promotion sheets of the students. Thereby, the research group is composed of totally 274 students - 200 males and 74 females - studying at 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades in 5 secondary schools selected from the central districts of the city of Sakarya at the end of 2014-2015 school years. SPSS 22.0 statistical software package was used and the significance level was taken as p< 0.05. The obtained data was handled within the scope of descriptive and inferential statistics, and t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. A significant difference was found out between the end-year math scores of the students playing and not playing chess in favor of the playing ones. No significant difference was found between the end-year math scores of the students playing chess in relation to their genders and grades.

scholarly journals Resilience and Gender as Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions among Secondary School Students in Kwara State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-160
Author(s):  
Umar Talatu Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
And Gender

The purpose of this study was to investigate resilience and gender as determinants of entrepreneurial intentions among secondary school students in Kwara State, Nigeria. Descriptive research design of ex-post-facto type was used in the study. Five hundred respondents were selected randomly from 5 Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria. The respondents were measured with validated scale and the data obtained was analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistical analysis. Two research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05level of significance. The result showed that there was significant relationship between the resilience and entrepreneurial intentions among secondary school students (r = 0.817; p < 0.05) and there no significant difference in the entrepreneurial intentions of male and female secondary school students (t = 0.71; p > 0.05). In view of these findings, the study recommended that the entrepreneurship training should be made compulsory at all levels of learning from primary schools to the tertiary institutions and curriculum should be tailored towards learning the skills for starting businesses after graduation from school, thus changing the orientation of the students at an early stage towards entrepreneurship.

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