scholarly journals Fun, influence and competence—a mixed methods study of prerequisites for high school students’ participation in physical education

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eirik Abildsnes ◽  
Gudrun Rohde ◽  
Sveinung Berntsen ◽  
Tonje H. Stea
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
School Students

Academic Year Changes in Student-Teacher Developmental Relationships and Their Linkage to Middle and High School Students’ Motivation: A Mixed Methods Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Scales ◽  
Kent Pekel ◽  
Jenna Sethi ◽  
Rachel Chamberlain ◽  
Martin Van Boekel
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Developmental Relationships ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teacher Relationships ◽  
Student Teacher Relationships

Student-teacher relationships that improve over time may help slow or prevent declines in student motivation. In a diverse sample of 1,274 middle and high school students from three schools, this mixed-methods study found that those who improved in developmental relationships with teachers reported greater academic motivation, and more positive perceptions of school climate and instructional quality. Improvements in teacher-student relationships had some positive effects on students’ grade point averages (GPAs) but they varied by school as well as by aspect of the relationship measured. No differences by poverty status were seen in any of these results. Student focus groups yielded additional understanding of the actions and mechanisms through which student-teacher relationships improve. Results of this study suggest that if individual educators and entire school communities focus on strengthening student-teacher relationships, significant improvements can be made in students’ motivation, engagement, and performance.

Exploring the Influence of Digital Games on Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours Based on the New Ecological Paradigm Scale: A Mixed-Methods Study in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097340822199784
Author(s):  
Shamila Janakiraman ◽  
Sunnie Lee Watson ◽  
William R. Watson ◽  
Daniel P. Shepardson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Ecological Paradigm

Anthropogenic activities cause environmental degradation-related problems. However, people fail to perform pro-environmental behaviours because they believe that they cannot make a difference or they focus on short-term benefits. Interventions that address specific target groups aimed at breaking barriers and changing behaviours are required. To teach young learners, environmental education using digital games can be a more effective instructional method. This mixed-methods study, conducted among high school students in India, examined differences in pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours between students who played a game called EnerCities and those students who did not play that game. Significant differences existed between the two groups considering the unidimensional and multi-dimensional properties of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale. Thematic analysis with an inductive approach identified from the interview data: How EnerCities changed participants’ environmental attitudes? This study finds implications for implementing games and using the NEP to examine environmental attitudes of high school students in India.

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