Profiling secondary school students in mathematics and German language arts using learning-relevant cognitive and motivational-affective characteristics

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 101434
Author(s):  
Christian Kosel ◽  
Ilka Wolter ◽  
Tina Seidel
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
German Language ◽  
School Students ◽  
Affective Characteristics

Ethnolinguistic Identity and Television Use in a Minority Language Setting

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake Harwood ◽  
Laszlo Vincze
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
German Language ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ethnolinguistic Vitality ◽  
Ethnolinguistic Identity ◽  
Television Use

Based on the model of Reid, Giles and Abrams (2004 , Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 16, 17–25), this paper describes and analyzes the relation between television use and ethnolinguistic-coping strategies among German speakers in South Tyrol, Italy. The data were collected among secondary school students (N = 415) in 2011. The results indicated that the television use of the students was dominated by the German language. A mediation analysis revealed that TV viewing contributed to the perception of ethnolinguistic vitality, the permeability of intergroup boundaries, and status stability, which in turn affected ethnolinguistic-coping strategies of mobility (moving toward the outgroup), creativity (maintaining identity without confrontation), and competition (fighting for ingroup rights and respect). Findings and theoretical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Polish Secondary School Students Learning German: Motivation, Orientations and Attitudes

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Okuniewski
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
German Language ◽  
Learning Behavior ◽  
School Students ◽  
Parental Encouragement

Polish Secondary School Students Learning German: Motivation, Orientations and Attitudes The study investigates the German language learning motivations of Polish secondary school students. Questionnaire data were collected from 100 students aged 16-18 years. Using the AMOS 18 package, structural equation modeling was run to analyze how language learning goals, attitudes, self-related beliefs, and parental encouragement interact in shaping motivated learning behavior. The results of this study reveal that the important factor which exerts the most influence on motivated learning behavior is an integrative attitude, i.e. openness to and interest in the community using the language, as well as the culture, customs and international status. Another important factor in this model is parental encouragement, as it affects the German language community, learning and instrumental values.

scholarly journals Age and Gender Effects on Motivation and Attitudes in German Learning: The Polish Context

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan E. Okuniewski
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Gender Effects ◽  
German Language ◽  
School Students ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
And Gender

ABSTRACT The research investigates the German language learning motivations of Polish secondary school students and university students. Questionnaire data were collected from 247 students (126 from secondary school and 121 from university). The aim of this research was to examine the relationships among language attitudes, instrumental, cultural interest, integrative, L2 self and motivated learning. The results show the existence of age and gender difference in variables under consideration. Relationships were found between age and gender to the motivational attitudes: older and female students had a more integrative attitude than younger and mail students and experienced more intensive motivation.

scholarly journals Discovering My Left Hand: Conducting Language Arts Research in Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 513-533
Author(s):  
Alexander Essien Timothy
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
School Students ◽  
Initial Attempt ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Senior Secondary

Having been nurtured in the counting culture in Nigeria, my discovery of qualitative research methodology was as novel and subversive as using my left hand, which is considered a taboo in many Nigerian homes. This paper relates my initial attempt to deploy a qualitative methodology, especially art as a research tool, in investigating why Nigerian senior secondary school students and teachers hated Oral English. That study provided a canvas for the exhibition of art in my inquiry.

Evaluation of a Summer-School Program for Highly Gifted Secondary-School Students: The German Pupils Academy

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Neber ◽  
Kurt A. Heller
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Summer School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
School Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Regulatory Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Framework

Summary The German Pupils Academy (Deutsche Schüler-Akademie) is a summer-school program for highly gifted secondary-school students. Three types of program evaluation were conducted. Input evaluation confirmed the participants as intellectually highly gifted students who are intrinsically motivated and interested to attend the courses offered at the summer school. Process evaluation focused on the courses attended by the participants as the most important component of the program. Accordingly, the instructional approaches meet the needs of highly gifted students for self-regulated and discovery oriented learning. The product or impact evaluation was based on a multivariate social-cognitive framework. The findings indicate that the program contributes to promoting motivational and cognitive prerequisites for transforming giftedness into excellent performances. To some extent, the positive effects on students' self-efficacy and self-regulatory strategies are due to qualities of the learning environments established by the courses.

Smart Girls, Dumb Boys!?

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Latsch ◽  
Bettina Hannover
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
School Students ◽  
Compensatory Strategies ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
Stereotype Lift ◽  
The Media

We investigated effects of the media’s portrayal of boys as “scholastic failures” on secondary school students. The negative portrayal induced stereotype threat (boys underperformed in reading), stereotype reactance (boys displayed stronger learning goals towards mathematics but not reading), and stereotype lift (girls performed better in reading but not in mathematics). Apparently, boys were motivated to disconfirm their group’s negative depiction, however, while they could successfully apply compensatory strategies when describing their learning goals, this motivation did not enable them to perform better. Overall the media portrayal thus contributes to the maintenance of gender stereotypes, by impairing boys’ and strengthening girls’ performance in female connoted domains and by prompting boys to align their learning goals to the gender connotation of the domain.

Gender and Age Changes in Math Mindset in Urban Sample of Elementary and Secondary School Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beijia Tan ◽  
Jenee Love ◽  
Leigh Harrell-Williams ◽  
Christian E. Mueller ◽  
Martin H. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Age Changes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Urban Sample
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