scholarly journals The Influence of Stream Selection with the Interest, Attitude and Perception of Form Three Students on Physics Subjects/ Pengaruh Pemilihan Aliran dengan Minat, Sikap Dan Persepsi Pelajar Tingkatan Tiga Terhadap Mata Pelajaran Fizik

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noorzana Khamis ◽  
Fatin Aliah Phang
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Rasch Model ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Students Attitudes

The decline in the percentage of students into science streams and subsequently taking physics subjects is a critical issue in the country. This study aims to identify the level of interest, attitude, and perception of Form 3 students in learning Physics and the influence of these variables on the post Form 3 stream enrolment selection. A total of 112 students in the district of Johor Bahru responded to a set of questionnaires on students’ interests, attitudes, and perceptions towards physics. The validity and reliability of the instrument were analyzed using Rasch model analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were computed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 15.0 software to determine the means, standard deviations and t-test results. Results show that the level of students’ interest in Physics is moderate (mean = 3.52, SD = 0.64), while the level of students’ attitudes toward Physics is high (mean = 3.89, SD = 0.67) and the students' perceptions on the teaching and learning of Physics is also high (mean = 3.80, SD = 0.60). There are significant differences between the stream selection with interest, attitude, and perception on Physics (interest (t=5.135), attitude (t=4.798) and perception (t=3.664)). Therefore, the research findings show that these variables influence the Form 3 students' stream selection in Form 4. This shows that students' involvement in science and physics can reach a 60:40 ratio for science to non-science, with higher interest, positive attitudes and perceptions towards physics.

The Implementation Of Make A-Match Model In Social Science Learning To Improve Student Learning Outcomes In Class IV SDN 115 Manado

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 2 Nomor 2 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Design Activity ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Match Model ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Improve Student Learning

There is a tendency in the education field today to return to the idea that children will learn better if the environment is created naturally. Learning will be more meaningful if children "experience" themselves what they are learning, not 'knowing' it. Target-oriented learning of material mastery proves to be successful in short-term 'remembering' competitions, but fails to equip children to solve problems in long-term life. The problems that would to be studied in this study are: (a) how is the improvement of Social Science learning outcomes by applying the Make A-Match Model to it? (b) how does the Make A-Match Model apply towards the learning motivation? The objectives of this study are: (a) want to know the improvement in Social Science learning achievement after the implemetation of the Make A-Match Model. (b) want to know the effect of Make A-Match Model towards students’ motivation of the subject after it is applied. This research is used two rounds of action research. In each round consists of four stages, namely: design, activity and observation, reflection and revision. The target of this research is the fourth grade students of Mongodow. The data obtained in the form of formative test results, observation sheets of teaching and learning activities. From the results of analysts obtained student achievement has increased from cycle I to cycle II namely, cycle I (65%), cycle II (83%). The conclusion of this research is the Make A-Match Model of Social Science learning could positively influence the motivation of learning of central students, and this learning model could be used as an alternative to Social Science learning.

scholarly journals GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS MOBILE LEARNING AT KING KHALID UNIVERSITY (SAUDI ARABIA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Education Data ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Students Attitudes

Mobile Learning (mLearning) has become an influential educational technology in higher education. With the internet and other technological developments, mLearning makes it possible for students to learn, collaborate, and share ideas with each other. However, mLearning student acceptance is critical to its effectiveness. Attitudes toward learning is a vital factor in deciding whether or not students are ready to use mLearning for academic purpose. Student attitudes may identify strengths and weaknesses of mLearning and facilitate development of the technology. This qualitative study aims to investigate graduate students’ attitudes and perceptions toward using mLearning in education. Data were collected by conducting interviews with fourteen graduate students enrolled in masters and doctoral programs in the College of Education at King Khalid University (KKU), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Generally, graduate students in education disciplines had positive attitudes toward mLearning and expressed a desire to use it in their future educational settings. Students perceived mLearning to be valuable for academic purposes, noting the convenience of being able to access course materials, the ease of communicating with other students and professors at their own pace, and the flexibility mobile devices offer over desktop or laptop computers. However, students identified a few usability issues like small screen size and keyboards, and additional cost of mobile devices and the corresponding cost of Internet access as constraints for using mobile devices for learning.

Community of Inquiry in Adult Online Learning

2010 ◽  
pp. 474-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zehra Akyol ◽  
D. Randy Garrison
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Adult Online Learning

The adult education literature emphasizes communitybuilding in order to increase effectiveness and success ofonline teaching and learning. In this chapter theCommunity of Inquiry Framework that was developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) has been introduced as a promising theory for adult learning in onlineenvironments. The chapter discusses the potential of the CoI framework to create effective adult online learning communities by utilizing the research findings from anonline course. Overall, the research findings showed that students had positive attitudes toward the communitydeveloped in the course and that their perception of constituting elements of the community of inquiry was significantly related to perceived learning and satisfaction.

scholarly journals Attitudes toward English phonetics learning: a survey on Indonesian EFL learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-217
Author(s):  
Sri Ayu Istiqomah ◽  
Alies Poetri Lintangsari ◽  
Widya Caterine Perdhani
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Phonetic Learning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Attitudes Toward English ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
English Literacy

Indonesian EFL learners face challenges in comprehending English phonemes as it becomes one of the significant predictors of English literacy. Hence, the English Phonetics subject is considered one of the most difficult ones, making the teaching and learning process less effective. Addressing Indonesian EFL learners’ attitudes toward English phonetics teaching is significant to improve phonetics teaching, yet, research on this has not received much attention. This present study was conducted to explore EFL learners’ attitudes toward English phonetic learning. A quantitative approach with survey design was employed involving 112 Indonesian EFL students. The researchers identified students’ attitudes using an adapted questionnaire from Lintunen and Mäkilähde (2015). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 was utilized to analyze the data. The results indicate that Indonesian EFL students perform positive attitudes toward English phonetic learning, although they confess that phonetics is challenging. It implies that phonetics learning is potential and promising to support their English fluency; hence, lecturers need to make phonetics Learning more enjoyable, easier and participating in drawing the students' full engagement by considering their preferences and attitude toward phonetics learning.

scholarly journals Attitudes towards English Medium Instruction Courses among Second Language Learners in Relation to Learning Anxiety and Learning Achievement

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Farhani Binti Che Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Learning Anxiety ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Students Attitudes

The purpose of this paper was to examine second language learners’ attitudes towards English Medium Instruction (EMI) courses at University of Selangor (UNISEL) in Malaysia affectively, behaviorally and cognitively. This study also investigated students’ learning anxiety and students’ learning achievement towards EMI courses. This study employed ABC Model of Attitudes (1998) as guidelines to investigate learners’ attitudes towards EMI courses. 100-degree students form Faculty of Science and Information Technology (FSIT) participated in the study by completing a questionnaire of English Medium Instruction courses. A quantitative method was employed to analyze the collected data, performing statistical procedures of descriptive statistic and Pearson correlation using SPSS. The major findings of the study were as follows: (1) most participants demonstrated positive attitudes towards English medium Instruction courses affectively, behaviorally and cognitively, (2) there was no significant relationship between students’ learning anxiety and students’ learning achievement towards EMI courses. It was due to the ways lecturers delivering EMI courses to the students. This situation happened when the way their lecturers conducted the lesson in English medium setting might help the students reduce their learning anxiety of the lesson. In other words, the level of their anxiousness in learning EMI courses depends on how their lecturers deliver the subject during teaching and learning process. Finally, some pedagogical implications that would help tap the students’ attitudes and achievement were demonstrated.Keywords: English Medium Instruction, attitudes, learning anxiety, learning achievement

scholarly journals Examining the Existence of “Teaching to the Test” at SSC Level in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aixa Hafsha
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Test Results ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Test Technique ◽  
Teacher Interview ◽  
Teaching To The Test ◽  
Teaching Context ◽  
Research Findings

The paper aims at examining the influence of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) English language test on teaching in the existing CLT-based teaching context in Bangladesh. It is a fact that SSC test results continue to influence the total educational career of a student including his admission into Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) level and subsequently at tertiary level study. Later on, SSC result is one of the vital determinants of his employment. As a result, the washback effect i.e. effect of test (SSC EFL tests) on teaching and learning of this high stakes test cannot be ruled out. The overwhelming use of test results in different academic and professional affairs in the context of Bangladesh has made the effect of washback a distinctive educational phenomenon. This study presents preliminary research findings on the SSC EFL test’s influence on teaching in Bangladesh by applying various methodological techniques such as classroom observation and teacher interview in sampled schools located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The analysed data revealed that SSC EFL test technique is one of the driving forces that shape teaching. Teachers’ teaching is confined to only those tasks and activities which are commonly set in the tests. Now it is difficult to deny that that teaching to the test is a harsh reality at SSC level classrooms in Bangladesh.

Incorporating Diversity in Marketing Education: A Framework for Including All People in the Teaching and Learning Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reynaldo G. Rivera ◽  
Angel Arrese ◽  
Charo Sádaba ◽  
Luis Casado
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Learning Potential ◽  
Marketing Manager ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes

The management of diversity and inclusion is a major challenge for businesses in developing inclusive products and marketing strategies focused on people with disabilities. Universities can foster positive attitudes toward inclusiveness if they facilitate student recognition of differences as assets and enable them to appreciate the creation of communities where different individuals are valued. This study analyzes the experience of an innovative undergraduate seminar on inclusive marketing based on social learning theory. Designed and conducted by a former marketing manager with visual impairment, together with university scholars, the course develops the learning potential of inclusive marketing strategies and tactics through role-playing exercises and case studies. By presenting the inclusive marketing seminar theoretical framework, syllabus, and impact on students’ attitudes, this research analyzes an approach to training future marketing professionals and leaders to understand people with disabilities as important stakeholders and provides key insights for universities, companies, and governments in the application of inclusive marketing and communication strategies.

scholarly journals SURVEYS ASSESSING STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD STATISTICS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-123
Author(s):  
MEAGHAN M. NOLAN ◽  
TANYA BERAN ◽  
KENT G. HECKER
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Statistics Education ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Statistics ◽  
Students Attitudes

Students with positive attitudes toward statistics are likely to show strong academic performance in statistics courses. Multiple surveys measuring students’ attitudes toward statistics exist; however, a comparison of the validity and reliability of interpretations based on their scores is needed. A systematic review of relevant electronic databases yielded 532 citations, 78 of which were reviewed, and 35 included in a final analysis. Fifteen instruments were identified; however, evidence of validity and reliability has only accumulated for the Statistics Attitude Scale, Attitudes Toward Statistics Scale, and Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (two versions). In conclusion, a number of surveys exist, but there is a paucity of peer-reviewed validity and reliability evidence. First published November 2012 at Statistics Education Research Journal: Archives

scholarly journals Portuguese Medical Students’ Interest for Science and Research Declines after Freshman Year

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1357
Author(s):  
Margarida Pereira ◽  
Gustavo Correia ◽  
Milton Severo ◽  
Ana Veríssimo ◽  
Laura Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Freshman Year ◽  
Medical Curricula ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Science And Research

The integration of scientific research into medical curricula remains insufficient despite its advantages for medical students’ professional development and the advancement of medicine. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of first-year medical course attendance on medical students’ attitudes and perceptions towards scientific research and clinical practice, while also assessing the contribution of sociodemographic and academic factors. Two hundred and thirteen medical students self-administrated a questionnaire at the beginning and at the end of the first school year. Their responses were compared and two regression models were calculated to assess factors influencing students’ attitudes and perceptions. After freshman year, students displayed significantly lower positive attitudes towards science and research. Their motivation to perform research and to integrate it into the curriculum also decreased, while the importance attributed to research skills for clinical practice increased. Motivation to perform research and negative attitudes were positively and negatively associated with grade point average (GPA), respectively. Female students and those who attended public secondary schools attributed greater importance to communication skills. This study reinforces the need to early develop research skills and positive attitudes in medical students, motivating them to become physician-scientists. Additional follow-up studies may offer further contributions to the integration of research into medical curricula.

Community of Inquiry in Adult Online Learning

2010 ◽  
pp. 52-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zehra Akyol ◽  
D. Randy Garrison
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Adult Online Learning ◽  
Community Of Inquiry Framework

The adult education literature emphasizes community building in order to increase effectiveness and success of online teaching and learning. In this chapter the Community of Inquiry Framework that was developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) has been introduced as a promising theory for adult learning in online environments. The chapter discusses the potential of the CoI framework to create effective adult online learning communities by utilizing the research findings from an online course. Overall, the research findings showed that students had positive attitudes toward the community developed in the course and that their perception of constituting elements of the community of inquiry was significantly related to perceived learning and satisfaction.

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