An Australian-based authentic science research programme transforms the 21st century learning of rural high school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-112
Author(s):  
Louise Puslednik ◽  
Patrick C Brennan
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Authentic Science ◽  
School Students ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Mentor

Authentic student-led inquiry and exposure to scientific research impact students’ science career choices. Given Australian students decline in STEM skills, knowledge of whether such programmes impact student learning is critical. This research examined the short-term impact of an authentic, hands-on research mentor programme on rural student’s science skills. Nine Year 10 students participated in a science academic research programme leading to scientific publications and students collecting of first-hand data from international experiments on a major world-wide health issue. The NSW Department of Education Year 10 VALID assessment scores of this intervention group were compared to a control group. Intervention students had significantly higher overall scores as well as significantly higher scores in 21st century skills. These results were supported by student’s self-assessment of their learning growth. Our study suggests authentic science research mentor programmes are pedagogically advantageous for Year 10 high achieving rural students. Educators’ willingness to embrace these innovative approaches has the potential to produce the next generation of scientists.

scholarly journals Promoting Media Literacy Online: An Intervention on Performance and Appearance Enhancement Substances with Sport High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5596
Author(s):  
Federica Galli ◽  
Tommaso Palombi ◽  
Luca Mallia ◽  
Andrea Chirico ◽  
Thomas Zandonai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Literacy Intervention ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Health Promoting Behaviors

The outbreak of coronavirus required adjustment regarding the delivery of interventions. Media literacy interventions are necessary to help people acquire relevant skills to navigate the complexities of media communications, and to encourage health-promoting behaviors. The present study aimed to promote a media literacy intervention regarding performance and appearance enhancement substances use in sports high school students. The COVID-19 contingency allowed us to evaluate whether online sessions can effectively promote greater awareness of media influence, a stronger sense of confidence in persuading others to deal with media messages, and healthier attitudes about PAES use among high school students. The study relied on an “intervention group” comprising 162 students (31.5% female) and a “control group” comprising 158 students (42% female). Data were analyzed through repeated measures of Group X Time MANOVA and ANOVA, demonstrating some degree of efficacy of the media literacy intervention. The “intervention group” reported higher awareness of potential newspapers’ influence and a significant increase in their sense of confidence in dealing with media influence compared to the “control group”. Findings support the efficacy of online media literacy programs to prevent doping consumption in adolescents.

scholarly journals Spiritual-Based Psychoeducation Increase of the Level Resilience of Youth Victims of Bullying

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-296
Author(s):  
Betie Febriana ◽  
Dwi Heppy Rochmawati ◽  
Abdurrohim Abdurrohim ◽  
Mohammad Farhan
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Kolmogorov Smirnov ◽  
Victims Of Bullying

In general, bullying has negative effects on victims, including increased anxiety, decreased self-esteem, self-distrust and depression. These things will affect to the concentration of student learning which ultimately leads to decrease learning achievement and more risk of suicide in adolescents. Therefore, developing the resilience of youth victims of bullying is needed to provide therapeutic coping to avoid these adverse effects.  This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Spiritual-based psychoeducation therapy on the Level of Resilience of Youth Victims of Bullying. This is quasy experimental pre-post test research with total sampling. The sample is high school students who have experienced bullying in the past month, are physically healthy, and have no disabilities. The sample of this study was 50 and has been divided into two groups, namely the intervention group and the control group. This research used questionnaire’s ability of resilience in adolescents by Gail M wagnild and Heather M. Young. The results showed a significant effect of psychoeducation spiritual therapy on the level of adolescent resilience (p-value is 0.000 by Kolmogorov Smirnov). Schools need to consider this therapy as a choice to be applied to student victims of bullying. 

Effects of the Rango Cards game intervention on food consumption, nutritional knowledge and self-efficacy in the adoption of healthy eating practices of high school students: a cluster randomised controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (13) ◽  
pp. 2424-2433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Martins dos Santos Chagas ◽  
Giselle Rhai-Sa Melo ◽  
Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho ◽  
Natacha Toral
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
School Students ◽  
Eating Practices

AbstractObjective:The study aimed to assess the impact of a game-based nutritional intervention on food consumption, nutritional knowledge and self-efficacy in the adoption of healthy eating practices.Design:This cluster randomised controlled trial included both male and female high school students from private schools in the Federal District, Brazil. Four schools were randomly selected for each group. Investigated variables were age, sex, monthly family income, maternal education level, dietary perceptions and practices, nutritional knowledge and self-efficacy in the adoption of healthy eating practices.Setting:Intervention group participants were instructed to play Rango Cards, a digital game developed for the study, on their own, for a period of 7–17 d, while the control group was not provided with any game or material during the study.Participants:The study included 319 adolescents (mean age = 15·8 (sd 0·7) years).Results:Significant reductions were observed in the intervention group compared with the control group for the following variables: habit of eating while watching TV or studying and having meals at fast food restaurants. The intervention group showed increased knowledge of the effects of fruit and vegetable consumption as well as improved self-efficacy in the adoption of healthy eating practices such as reducing Na intake and preparing healthy meals.Conclusions:The design of Rango Cards is potentially capable of effecting positive changes. Therefore, the digital game promotes autonomy and self-care among adolescents with regard to healthy eating.

scholarly journals Penggunaan VCD dan Leaflet untuk Peningkatan Pengetahuan, Sikap, dan Perilaku Siswa dalam Pencegahan Kecelakaan Sepeda Motor

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
Mulyono Notosiswoyo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Motorcycle Accident ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Indonesia belum mempunyai kebijakan penyuluhan pencegahan kecelakaan sepeda motor yang efektif. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menilai efektivitas penggunaan visual compact disk (VCD) dan leaflet terhadap peningkatan pengetahuan, sikap dan perilaku siswa SLTA dalam pencegahan kecelakaan sepeda motor di Kota Bekasi pada tahun 2010. Desain penelitian yang digunakan quasi experiment dengan rancangan equivalent pretest and post-test with control group, dengan intervensi pemutaran VCD dan pemberian leaflet. Sampel dihitung berdasarkan uji 2 proporsi, diperoleh sampel minimal 211 untuk yang di intervensi dan 211 untuk kontrol. Mereka diambil dari siswa SLTA kelas I dan kelas II yang sering mengendarai sepeda motor. Evaluasi hasil intervensi dilakukan setelah tiga bulan. Alat pengumpul data adalah kuesioner yang telah diuji coba. Analisis data menggunakan uji Kolmogorov-Smirnov, uji-t berpasangan dan uji-t independen. Hasil penelitian menunjukan uji-t berpasangan pada kelompok yang di intervensi meningkatkan rerata skor pengetahuan, sikap, dan perilaku siswa SLTA sebelum dibandingkan sesudah pemutaran VCD dan pemberian leaflet bermakna (nilai p < 0,05), tetapi pada kelompok kontrol hanya terjadi peningkatan rerata skor perilaku sebelum dibandingkan sesudah adanya perlakukan. Sedangkan, hasil uji-t independen menunjukan hanya pada rerata skor variabel pengetahuan terdapat perbedaan peningkatan skor antara kelompok intervensi dan kelompok kontrol yang bermakna (nilai p < 0,05). Kesimpulannya, penyuluhan menggunakan VCD dan leaflet dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan siswa SLTA dalam pencegahan kecelakaan sepeda motor.Indonesia does not have a policy of promotion motorcycle accident prevention. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Visual Compact Disks and leaflets to increase in knowledge, attitudes and behavior of the motorcycle accident prevention on high school students in Bekasi City. The method used a non-randomized quasi experimental pretest and post-test control group design. Samples are high school students as a intervention group and vocational high school students as a control group in Bekasi in 2010. Three months after the intervention, conducted an evaluation to assess the increasing of knowledge, attitudes and behavior of a motorcycle accident prevention. Data collection was a questionnaire that was tested. Analysis of the data using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, paired t-test and independent t-test. The result of the study shows that the paired t-test in the intervention group mean scores improve knowledge, attitudes and behavior of high school students before than after playback of VCDs and leaflets giving significant (p value < 0.05), but in the control group only increased the mean behavior scores before than after the introduction of treatment. While the results of the independent t-test showed only the mean score difference variable increase in knowledge scores between the groups in the intervention and control groups were significant (p value < 0.05). To conclude, extension using VCD and leaflets can improve high school students’ knowledge in the prevention of a motorbike accident.

Nutrition education programme changes food intake and baseball performance in high-school students

2020 ◽  
pp. 001789692097406
Author(s):  
Yukiko Ueda ◽  
Mayuri Sawamoto ◽  
Tomomi Kobayashi ◽  
Chiho Myojin ◽  
Chikae Sakamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of nutrition education programme using the Convenient, Attractive, Normative (CAN) framework to facilitate changes in mindset, attitudes and behaviours towards food among high-school male baseball players. Design: Quasi-experimental design. Setting: Two public high schools in Osaka, Japan. Methods: Students in two high schools (mean age ±  SD, 16.6 ± .5 years) participated in the study. One school served as an intervention group ( n = 28) and received the CAN nutrition education programme. The other school served as a control group ( n = 22), and students within it did not receive the intervention. Students in the intervention group received three nutrition lecture sessions and face-to-face individual nutritional guidance over a 4 month intervention period. Before and after the intervention, all students were asked to record their food and beverage intake by taking food pictures, recording portion weights and sending these to the project dietitian. They were also asked to develop a dietary behaviour plan for meeting their goals. At the end of the intervention, they were asked about their experiences. Results: Students in the intervention improved their food intake, dietary balance and athletic performance. Bat swing speed was significantly faster following the intervention. Body weight increased without changing lean body mass in both groups. Conclusion: Results suggest that a CAN nutrition education programme may be effective in increasing motivation and promote dietary behaviour change among male adolescent athletes. Future interventions should examine these motivational processes and investigate the factors contributing to well-balanced meals.

Promoting Students’ Motivation and Use of SRL Strategies in the Web-Based Mathematics Learning Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peidi Gu ◽  
Youngjin Lee
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
School Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Motivational Design

Compared with classroom learning, online learning requires students to self-regulate their learning processes and to maintain their motivation to achieve their learning goals. This study investigated whether the interventions based on the Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction model and the modified Introducing the new concepts, Metacognitive questioning, Practicing, Reviewing and reducing difficulties, Obtaining mastery, Verification, and Enrichment method can promote students’ motivation and use of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies in a web-based mathematics learning environment. Two-hundred thirty-six Chinese high school students were randomly divided into four groups: motivational design group, SRL intervention group, motivational design and SRL intervention group, and the control group. Questionnaires and tests were administered to measure the changes in motivation, use of SRL strategies, and academic gains before and after the respective interventions. Findings of this study suggest that the knowledge gain of students learning mathematics online can be maximized when they receive instructional assistance in both motivation and use of SRL strategies.

scholarly journals Controlled Evaluation of a Physical Activity Intervention for Senior School Students: Effects of the Lifetime Activity Program

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lubans ◽  
Kathy Sylva
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Activity Intervention ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Group

This study describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a structured physical activity intervention designed for high school students (years 11 and 12). A sample of 78 students was randomly allocated to control or intervention conditions for a period of ten weeks. Students in the control group (n = 40) participated in unstructured physical activity in a health and fitness center. Students in the intervention group (n = 38) participated in a ten-week structured health and exercise program based on Banduraʼs social learning theories. At the initial posttest, a number of statistically significant group differences were found using analysis of covariance. The intervention group reported more physical activity and improved exercise self-efficacy in comparison to the control group. At the 3-month follow-up, no statistically significant differences in physical activity were found. Results from this study suggest that a well-organized exercise-based program can be effective in increasing physical activity behavior of adolescents on a short-term basis.

scholarly journals conventional educational with indoor & outdoor modules on disaster preparedness in high school students in Tomohon

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Rolly Harvie Stevan Rondonuwu ◽  
Monica Tandiayuk ◽  
Dorce Sisfiani Sarimin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Volcanic Eruptions ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Experimental Group

Indonesia is one of the countries that experiences quite a lot of natural disasters such as floods, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis. Increased volcanic volcanic activity in Indonesia's volcanoes allows for potential eruptions in several regions. Disasters that occur in the community require good handling based on targeted disaster management, given that disasters come unexpectedly, for that many things must be prepared carefully including educational interventions on disaster management. This study aims to determine the differences using conventional indoor modules and modules indoor & outdoor on volcanic disaster preparedness in high school students in the city of Tomohon, North Sulawesi.The research design in this study was Quasi experiment one group pre-post-test. In this design high school students were given a pretest before being given education to find out the initial condition, and posttest after being given education, then it would be known whether there was a difference between the scores pretest and posttest . The population in this study were all Lokon high school students, and the sample was 10th grade students totaling 60 people, held in September 2016.The results showed that the experimental group student learning outcomes were better than the control group. The average posttest value of the experimental group students (73.27) was higher than the mean value of the control group posttest (66.17). thus there are differences in scores in the group given the indoor module intervention with the indoor-outdoor module intervention group with a value of p 0.001. (t independent test)Based on the results of the study concluded that there are differences in knowledge between students who are taught using the method indoor learning with students who use methods indoor & outdoor learning. Suggestion: expected teaching methods indoor + outdoor can be developed as a variety of learning methods Keywords: conventional Education, indoor & outdoor modules, Disaster

scholarly journals Stigma Remaja terhadap ODHA Studi terhadap pelajar SMA di wilayah Jakarta Timur

JKEP ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Suhana Haeriyanto ◽  
Ni Luh Putu Ekarini ◽  
Dewi Lusiani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Randomized Sampling ◽  
Stigma And Discrimination ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Hiv Aids

Stigma and discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is one of the obstacles in controlling the disease. Stigma and discrimination are carried out by ordinary people, including high school students who do not have sufficient knowledge about HIV / AIDS and a lack of attitudes towards disease recognition programs. The research aims to prove that knowledge can influence high school students in behaving against ODHA, and stima. By using a quasi-experimental design (pretest-posttest control group design) the study was conducted on 88 samples selected using a combination of randomized sampling to determine selected schools and non-randomized consecutive sampling to determine the selected sample units and determine the intervention group and control group. The results showed that there were differences in the average stigma score between the pretest and posttest in the intervention group (p = <0.005), so it could be concluded that knowledge was proven to have an effect on the stigma of students towards PLWHA.

scholarly journals Supporting Climate Science Research With 21st Century Technologies and a Virtual Student Conference for Upper Elementary to High School Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-264
Author(s):  
Julie S. Malmberg ◽  
Keith E. Maull
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Technology Students

Engaging young science learners today requires a plethora of tools that oftentimes leverages technology in novel ways. This paper describes the use of several 21st century technologies to engage science learners in locally relevant climate science research projects and the presentation of these projects in an entirely online virtual student conference. Case studies demonstrating the use of and effectiveness of 21st century technologies and GLOBE protocols are also included. Through technology, students were able to find out more about distant locations and their own environments, talk to scientists, and make studying climate science personally relevant. Finally, the implementation and structure of the GLOBE Virtual Student Conference is described.

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