scholarly journals Promoting Mental Health in Italian Middle and High School: A Pilot Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Veltro ◽  
Valentina Ialenti ◽  
Manuel Alejandro Morales García ◽  
Emiliana Bonanni ◽  
Claudia Iannone ◽  
...  

Aim. In Italy, a handbook has been developed based on the principles of cooperative learning, life skills, self-effectiveness, and problem-solving at high school level. Early studies have shown the handbook’s effectiveness. It has been hypothesized that the revised handbook could be more effective in middle schools. Method. The study design is a “pre- and posttest” that compares the results obtained from 91 students of the high schools with those of the 38 students from middle schools. The assessment was made through “self-reporting” questionnaires of (a) learning skills including problem-solving and (b) perceived self-efficacy in managing emotions, dysfunctional beliefs, and unhealthy behaviours (i.e., drinking/smoking). Results. Significant improvements were observed in both groups with the exceptions of perceived self-efficacy in managing emotions. The improvement of dysfunctional beliefs and the learning of problem-solving skills were better in middle schools. Conclusion. The results confirm the authors’ hypothesis that the use of this approach is much more promising in middle school.

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Nurmalita ◽  
Nono Hery Yoenanto ◽  
Duta Nurdibyanandaru

An initial survey showed that school students at the Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri (SMAN; State Senior High School) level in the Sidoarjo Regency of East Java Province, Indonesia, suffered low levels of student engagement (SE).  This research examined the impact of subjective well-being, peer support, and self-efficacy on the student engagement of the students in the Class 10 of four SMAN in the Sidoarjo Regency. 328 students were involved in this research, filling in a survey related to the four variables of the study.  The results of regression testing indicated that subjective well-being, peer support, and self-efficacy had significant influence on increases in student engagement (SE). The implication of this research was that the efforts by the school, parents, and other parties was related to attention being given, outside of improvement in the quality of the academic atmosphere. Psychological well-being, peer support, as well as increases in self-efficacy, may assist students to become actively involved in the learning process.   Survey awal menunjukkan siswa di tingkat Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) Kabupaten Sidoarjo memiliki student engagement (SE) yang rendah. Penelitian ini mengkaji dampak dari subjective well-being, peer support, dan efikasi diri terhadap student engagement (SE) pada siswa kelas X yang berasal dari empat Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri (SMAN) di Kabupaten Sidoarjo. 328 siswa terlibat dalam penelitian ini dengan mengisi survei terkait empat variabel studi. Hasil uji regresi menunjukkan bahwa subjective well-being, peer support, dan efikasi diri memberikan pengaruh signifikan terhadap peningkatan student engagement (SE). Implikasi penelitian ini adalah adanya upaya sekolah, orangtua, dan pihak lain terkait untuk memberikan perhatian di luar peningkatan kualitas atmosfir akademik. Kesejahteraan psikologik, dukungan sosial teman sebaya, maupun peningkatan efikasi diri dapat membantu siswa lebih terlibat aktif dalam proses pembelajaran.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 3239-3252
Author(s):  
Ratna Herawati ◽  
Ismiyati Marfuah

Learning mathematics is a crucial part of education. Mathematics is one of the subjects feared by students. One of the problems in the object of mathematics study is the material for X class of Senior High School. Students of grade X are undergoing adaptation from the junior high school level to the high school level so that the findings of conceptual errors, calculations, and thinking patterns in problem-solving algorithms are often found. This also happened to the students of the Muhammadiyah Senior High School Special Program of Kottabarat Surakarta. In connection with the above problems, the author analyzes student errors in solving math problems at the Muhammadiyah senior high school special program of Kottabarat Surakarta.This study aims to find out errors, causes of error, and alternative problem solving related to students' errors in solving math problems. This research is qualitative descriptive research. The research subjects were taken by sampling purposes.  they are three students of class X. The research method used is qualitative research methods, data collection techniques used in this study are test methods, interview methods, and documentation methods. The research instrument is the main instrument, namely the researcher himself and the auxiliary instruments in the form of test sheets, interview guidelines, and field notes. The data analysis technique uses data reduction, data presentation, and data verification, and triangulation techniques. The results of this study indicate that the types of errors that did most often made are errors in understanding questions that were 9 times, process skills errors and coding errors were 6 times, and reading errors were never made by research subjects. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1917-1923
Author(s):  
Tengku Muhammad Sahudra ◽  
Raja Novi Ariska ◽  
Nursamsu Nursamsu

This study aimed to ascertain measures to enhance teachers' ability to teach online during the covid 19 pandemic. Action research is the research approach used in this type of research. The research was qualitative, describing the efforts to improve teachers' abilities to incorporate online learning into the teaching and learning process. This study was conducted at the MGMP for geography teachers at the senior high school and vocational high school level in Aceh Tamiang Regency. This study shows that teachers' competency in online learning is increasing, with the first cycle having a value of 0.45 per cent and the second cycle having a value of 0.80 per cent; hence, the two cycles predict growth in instructors using online learning in the future. Teachers can utilize a variety of technology-based online learning platforms, including Google Classroom, Edmodo, Quizizz, and Schoology.


1986 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-173
Author(s):  
Thomas O'Shea

The teaching of geometry in the elementary school can be an exciting experience; children are receptive to experimentation, and many activities can be devised to facilitate learning. Generally, however, the use of exploration in geometry decreases as students progress through school and as they begin the study of formal axiomatic systems. In the higher grades we need to present interesting uses of geometry that will allow students to develop their powers of exploration and problem solving. The purpose of this article is to outline an example of how geometry serves as a model in the real world and to suggest how it might be used at the high school level.


1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-238
Author(s):  
Marian S. Small

Are you a grade 6-9 teacher looking for easily accessible data to support your attempts to teach using a problem-solving approach? An old telephone book may be a good place to start. The ideas suggested in this article present some starting points for using the telephone book and telephone numbers at the middle school and junior high school level to develop a variety of mathematical concepts and skills.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-274
Author(s):  
Kriti Vashishtha

Life skills are basically the psychosocial skills which include personal, social, interpersonal, cognitive and affective components on an individual. For a better life one needs to have better decision making and problem solving skills. If any head or leader posses these characteristics then his/her tasks of making his/her leadership effective also becomes easy. Present study aims to see the impact of life skills sessions on problem solving and decision making attitude of school level leaders. For this purpose, 150 students were selected from 10 different schools. The age group ranged between 16-18 years. It is a pre and post test study. After taking the pre-test of the students (head/leaders) on the basis life-skills questionnaire by NCERT, the students were provided with 10 life-skills sessions (5 on problem solving and 5 on decision making, one session per day). After the sessions, the same questionnaire was administered on the students. On the basis of students’ response, t-test was applied and results have showed a significant enhancement in the skills of decision making and problem solving in the leaders.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-3: 273-274 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i3.12650   


PALAPA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Rudi Purwanto

The purpose of this study was to explore the students’ problem solving skill to solve problem in Archimedes principle on the senior high school level. The method of this study was mixed method with explanatory follow up explanation design. The subject of this study was 30 students of k-11 in SMAN 9 Malang. The kuantitative data was collected through survey by 2 essay questions with reliability cronbah alpha 0,70. The qualitative data was collected through interview after analyze student answare. The aim of this interview was to follow up the pattern of student answare. The result of this study shown that students’ expert attitude began solve problem through definite problem qualitatively. In addition, the students’ novice attitude refer to not describe a problem qualitatively.


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 838-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Soobard ◽  
Helen Semilarski ◽  
Jack Holbrook ◽  
Miia Rannikmäe

This research was based on the concern that students didn’t see the need for the acquisition of science skills and knowledge perceived as important in relation to different society issues and the world of work. The aim was to determine gymnasium students perceived self-efficacy towards working life skills as well as science curriculum, content-related topics. The sample was composed of grade 12 (N=1375) 18-19-year-old students. Data were obtained using a 4-point Likert scale questionnaire seeking to determine students’ perceived self-efficacy towards working life skills and topics in the science curriculum linked to disciplinary core ideas. In general, students perceived their self-efficacy to be above average towards most needed working life skills. However, it was much lower in areas related to problem-solving skills and understanding the nature of science. Results also indicated that the self-efficacy associated with purely Physics curriculum-related topics stood out as being much lower than for the other school science subject areas. Findings suggested there was a need to re-thinking the way science content was presented to students and to consider whether and how this could be restructured around core ideas in science in order to promote the development of problem-solving skills as an important aspect in enhancing working life skills. Keywords: core ideas, working life skills, self-efficacy, science curriculum topics, science education.


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