scholarly journals Low-Ability Secondary School Students Show Emotional, Motivational, and Performance Benefits when Reading to a Dog Versus a Teacher

Anthrozoös ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-518
Author(s):  
Olivia Barber ◽  
Leanne Proops
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Low Ability

Family Environment, Educational Aspiration and Performance in St. Vincent

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy L. Austin
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Father Absence ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Harmful Effects

Father-absence occurs with unusual frequency among people of African descent in the Caribbean. Yet concern over possibly harmful effects of this condition to children and society which is most obvious in the United States is not informed by scientific findings from this region. The present study yielded no evidence that father-absence retards the aspiration or performance of secondary school students in St. Vincent, West Indies, although twelve different groupings of the available cases were analyzed. Findings from this and some American studies suggest that father-absence is not harmful if it is not strongly condemned by the culture with which youths identify.

scholarly journals A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF A SELF-REGULATION-BASED ESL WRITING INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON MALAYSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ESL WRITING PERFORMANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (43) ◽  
pp. 156-168
Author(s):  
Jacinta Karen Juin ◽  
Wardatul Akmam Din ◽  
Ameiruel Azwan Ab Aziz ◽  
Suyansah Swanto
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Esl Writing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Instructional Module ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Performance

Self-regulation is a necessary component of developing skilled writers. Self-regulation, on the other hand, is rarely discussed in Malaysian ESL contexts, particularly in terms of ESL writing. This quasi-experimental study evaluated an ESL writing instructional module based on self-regulation with the goal of improving secondary school students' narrative writing. This study, which was conducted as part of a larger study, presented the results of the pilot study. The findings indicated statistically significant improvements in the students' overall writing performance and in each of the four components of writing, namely content, communicative appropriateness, organisation, and language. The findings indicated that the self-regulation-based writing instructional module was effective at improving students' overall writing performance and performance in each of the four writing aspects. Future studies should include a larger sample size, extend the duration of the intervention, and investigate additional variables such as gender and level of proficiency.

«Når noko rart blir naturleg» Ungdomsskuleelevar si oppleving med deltaking i eit kunstnarisk danseprosjekt.

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
Reidun Nerhus Fretland
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Creative Dance ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Democratic Teaching ◽  
Professional Dance ◽  
And Performance

Abstract In this article, the focus is on creative dance in school, democratic teaching and co-determination. Teaching dance in Norway has a low standing and corresponds to a small fraction of the curriculum’s intentions and goals. However, research indicates that students have a desire for greater involvement. The study, therefore, investigates what happens when secondary school students participate in an artistic dance project led by professional dance instructors. The students were expected to be active participants in the creation and performance of dance art. There was a particular focus on whether the students experienced co-determination, whether the pedagogical approach could be characterised as democratic teaching as well as what this meant for the students’ learning in the process. The methodological approach was qualitative, comprising personal interviews with 17 students who participated in the project. The analysis shows that most students had little experience with creative dance prior to the start of the project. They experienced the project as «strange and unusual» at first and «natural, fun and educational» thereafter. All students experienced co-determination. The dance project can be an example of democratic teaching, whereby students express an enhanced sense of opinion and attitude towards dance as an art form. It also indicates a possible way in which to realize the curriculum’s goals and intentions regarding dance as creative and aesthetic expression.

Gender Differences in Mathematics: Trends in Performance

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Taylor ◽  
G. H. Pollard ◽  
G. C. Leder ◽  
W. J. Atkins
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Performance Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Performance Differences ◽  
And Performance

Longitudinal entry and performance data for the Australian Mathematics Competition, which in 1992 attracted over 500,000 entries from secondary school students, are presented in this paper. Male and female patterns are of particular interest. Examination of data over the 10-yr. period from 1983 to 1992 showed that the number of females in the postcompulsory years of education electing to enter the competition increasingly approaches entry figures for males. Performance differences between females and males are also decreasing for most of the categories of questions found in the paper. However, the opposite effect was observed in questions categorized as algebraic. The implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Impact of Flipped Classroom on Mathematics Learning Outcome of Senior Secondary School Students in Lagos, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
Semiu Olawale Makinde
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Impact

This study examined the impact of the flipped classroom on the learning outcome of secondary school students in mathematics in Lagos, Nigeria. It examined the impact of a flipped classroom package (FCP) on post-test performance (PP) and retention performance (RP) of students in Mathematics; it also sought to determine the influence of gender on PP and RP of students towards learning mathematics in the flipped classroom (FC). This is in response to the search for means to reverse the poor performance of students in mathematics O’level West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations. The flipped classroom, an innovative teaching technique, was introduced as a possible corrective that could produce effective student learning engagement and performance. A Quasi-experimental design was adopted and 275 Senior secondary school (SSS) 2 Students, 147experimental and 128 as control (conventional) intact classes, constituted the purposive sampled population for the study. Three research instruments: Flipped Classroom Package, Lesson Note and Performance Test were validated by expects and used for the study. The instruments were also checked for reliability; and the inter-rater reliability coefficient of a developed FC package was 0.79; lesson note, 0.83; and test instrument 0.85. Four hypotheses were raised and tested after 6 weeks of the experiment. The results of the findings indicated that the flipped classroom encourages good performance in mathematics and should, thus, be encouraged in schools for being a student centred learning approach. The study concluses among others that teachers should be encouraged to attend seminars and workshops on the use of the approach for effective performance of the learners.   

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