The participation of the secondary school students in the school management's decision-making process (A sample of Beypazarı district)

The purpose of this study was to reflect on the opinions of secondary school students about their effects on school management's decision-making processes. In this descriptive study, comparative survey method has been used according to sub-purposes which require difference tests. Population of the research was 2883 students who are having education at eight secondary schools in Beypazarı district. Purposive sampling method was used to determine the research group. This research group was 116 students who had been chosen as class representatives by their classmates. The questionnaires were taken to the schools mentioned above in 2008-2009 Academic Year's second term. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t test, Kruskal-Wallis H test and Mann-Whitney U tests are used to analyze data. According to the findings of the research, the general state levels are found noteworthy lower than the general demand levels on decision-making processes of school management's for students. In addition to this, students emphasize that they're more effective and willing on decision-making processes when school management takes instructional decisions rather than administrative decisions. It doesn't make any significant difference of the students' gender and the grade they are educated when the effectiveness and willingness are taken into the consideration. Students, who are having education at Anatolian High Schools, specify that they are unable to affect the school management's decision making processes. Also these students demand to affect decision-making processes much more than the other types of schools' students.

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Construction and Standardization of Literary Interest Inventory for the Students of Higher Secondary Schools

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0302.071 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Dr. Veenaben Patel ◽

Pro. Dinesh Patel

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Rural Students ◽

Survey Method ◽

School Students ◽

Interest Inventory ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Commerce Students ◽

Type Of School

The literary interest is to be measured and an inventory is prepared for that. In the present inventory students point out whether they like the activity, like it strongly, dislike or strongly dislike. To construct and standardize literary interest inventory for higher secondary school students. To investigate the significant difference in the literary interest of the students between the sub-groups on gender, area, stream, type of school, standard and components of interest inventory. 3119 higher secondary school students is population. Hence survey method was suitable for the present study. The steps of the construction of the inventory are as follows. Items having t- value more than 1.96 and r-value more than 0.20 were selected. Thus, out of the 100 items, 80 items were selected in the final form of the inventory. The reliability of the inventory was established via test-retest method and split-half method. For establishing criterion validity The Teacher Criterion scale that depict various literary activities that can be carried out in higher secondary schools. The null hypotheses were tested using t-test and f-test. Significant difference is observed in the literary interest of the students with reference to gender. Girls are more inclined towards the literary interest than the boys. Rural students show more interest in literature than the urban students. Students of arts stream show more interest in literature than the students of commerce students and students of science stream show more interest in literature than the students of both streams. Significant difference is students with reference to type of school. Students of grant-in-aid schools show more interest in literature than the students of non-grant-in aid schools.

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Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students In Relation To Their Problem Solving Ability and Examination Anxiety

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0304.170 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Ms. Preeti Bala ◽

Ms. Kausar Quraish Shaafiu

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Survey Method ◽

School Students ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Difference ◽

Descriptive Survey ◽

The Relationship

With special reference to Maldives the secondary school student’s academic achievement is studied in the present study in relation to their problem solving ability and examination anxiety. In the present study descriptive survey method was used to obtain pertinent and precise information. The objectives of the study were to explore the relationship between academic achievement and examination anxiety and the relationship between academic achievement and problem solving ability. Study also evaluated the difference of female and male student’s academic achievement, problem solving ability and examination anxiety. The sample of the study consists of 200 secondary school students of Maldives. 100 males and 100 females were randomly selected to participate in the study. Two standardized questionnaire and previous years mark sheet of the participants collected as data for the research. Examination Anxiety scale and Problem Solving Ability scale were administered on 10 different secondary schools of Maldives. The study concluded that there exists no significant difference between male and female students in academic achievement, problem solving ability and examination anxiety. The study also revealed that there exists a positive correlation between academic achievement and problem solving ability and also showed that there exists a negative correlation between examination anxiety and academic achievement.

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Academic Achievement of Adolescents In Relation To Parental Encouragement

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0403.062 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Ms. Bilkees Abdullah Puju

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Secondary School ◽

Rural Area ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Survey Method ◽

School Students ◽

Parental Encouragement ◽

Significant Difference

The present aimed to investigate the academic achievement of adolescents in relation to parental encouragement. The respondents were secondary school students of district Baramulla of Kashmir. A sample of 200 secondary school students (N=100 boys and 100 girls) by employing simple random sampling. Descriptive survey method was employed; Parental Encouragement scale and Total scores of students in previous class were taken as measure of academic achievement of secondary school students, t-test and multiple correlation were employed to analyze the data. The study revealed that (a)there exists significant relationship between academic achievement and Parental Encouragement of students, (b) there is significant difference in Academic Achievement of Boys and Girls, (c) show that significant difference in Parental Encouragement of Boys and Girls students, (d) shows that the boys of urban areas achieve good Academic Achievement as compare to the boys of rural area, and(e) shows that the Girls of urban areas achieve good Academic Achievement as compare to the Academic Achievement of Girls of rural area.

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CONCUSSION OF PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLE GROUNDS OFSECONDARY SCHOOLSTUDENTS

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/13182 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (07) ◽

pp. 824-829

Author(s):

Ignatius Topno ◽

◽

Shweta Jha ◽

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Survey Method ◽

School Students ◽

Male And Female ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Moral Qualities ◽

The Mean ◽

Study Type ◽

Type Of School

Through Education,one has to be better adaptand adjust oneselfin order to change oneself and the society at large. In such stable and sustainable situation one can develop with individuals possessing the best mental and moral qualities. As a result, education enables an individual to face all kinds of challenges in life.The main purpose of the study was to investigate the playingof Player Unknowns Battle Grounds(PubG)of Secondary school students. The objectives of the study wereto study playing of PubG of Secondary school students on the basis of gender, standard of the students, boards of study, type of school and medium of study of secondary school students. The researcher employed survey method by executing Self-constructed and validated tool on 135secondary school students ofPatna in Bihar to assess the objectives of the study.The scholar used mean, Median, S.D. and t testfor the calculation of the collected data. The result revealed that there is no significant difference between the mean scores of male and female, IX and X standard students, CBSE and ICSE students intheir playing of PubG of Secondary School students whereas there is a significant difference between the mean scores of ICSE and BSEB, CBSE and BSEB, Private and Government,English and Hindi mediumsecondary school students in their playing of PubG.

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ADOLESCENTS’ AWARENESS OF VARIOUS WAYS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES AS EXPRESSED BY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OYO METROPOLIS

Sokoto Educational Review ◽

10.35386/ser.v16i2.144 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

John Idowu Shittu ◽

Ayotunde Oyedele Oyediran ◽

Oyelade Oyekola Olukayode

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Human Trafficking ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Survey Method ◽

Preventive Strategies ◽

School Students ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Research Questions ◽

Descriptive Survey

This study investigated adolescents’ awareness of the various ways of human trafficking and preventive strategies among secondary school students in Oyo metropolis. Two research questions and two hypotheses were raised to guide the study. Descriptive survey method was adopted to carry out the study. Stratified random sampling technique was employed to select 250 respondents for the study. A researcher designed questionnaire titled ‘Knowledge of Human Trafficking and Preventive Strategies Questionnaire’ (KOHTPSQ); was used as instrument for data collection. The research questions were answered using mean, while the research hypotheses were tested using the z-test statistics at 0.05 level of confidence. The findings showed that male and female students of secondary schools in Oyo metropolis are to a great extent, aware of the ways by which human can be trafficked. A significant difference existed in the knowledge of the ways by which human are being trafficked. It was recommended that counsellors should organise group counselling session/workshop/seminar/ conferences for adolescents’ and parents to educate them on various ways human can be trafficked. Also, government should intensify effort on preventive strategies against human trafficking.

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DISPARITY IN CREATIVE ABILITIES AMONG RURAL AND URBAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DIBRUGARH DISTRICT OF ASSAM

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews ◽

10.18510/hssr.2020.83134 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 1321-1328

Author(s):

Manisha Das ◽

Mukut Hazarika

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Secondary Level ◽

Survey Method ◽

Research Subjects ◽

School Students ◽

North East ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Creative Abilities

Purpose of the Study: This study investigated the creative abilities of students from rural and urban secondary schools in terms of their fluency, flexibility, originality, inquisitiveness, and persistency. Methodology: The research design used here is quantitative with the type of descriptive survey method. The research subjects were 720 secondary school students selected through disproportionate stratified random sampling. The research instrument used is the Passi Test of Creativity (verbal & non-verbal). The analysis techniques employed are descriptive statistics and inferential statistics in the form of independent means t-test. Main Findings: The study revealed that rural and urban Secondary level school students have significant differences in their creativity. However, concerning the inquisitiveness dimension of creativity, the study reported no significant difference between the rural and urban Secondary level school students. Applications of this Study: This research can be used as input for the schools and teachers at the secondary level to consider the practice of offering a more stimulating environment to students hailing from rural backgrounds. This research can also be used as input in the facilitation of students’ creative abilities. Novelty/Originality of this Study: The teachers, educators, and school authorities, especially at Secondary level of Education; are suggested to offer more exposures and stimulating environments to students belonging to the rural backgrounds. The study examined for the first time the rural-urban disparity among secondary level school students on the dimensions of creativity such as inquisitiveness and persistence, especially in north-east India.

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ATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS LIFE SKILL EDUCATION IN BALASORE DISTRICT

Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies ◽

10.21922/srjis.v8i65.1582 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (65) ◽

pp. 15231-15239

Author(s):

Satyabrata Das

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary Students ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Research Work ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

T Test ◽

Survey Method ◽

Life Skill ◽

School Students ◽

Significant Difference

Today’s children live in a very complex environment. They are exposed to various problems in their adolescence period like smoking, alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual abuse, poverty and early pregnancy etc. To face all these challenges, life skill education plays an important role. So life skill education finds a special place in today’s school curriculum. Therefore there is a need to study the attitude of secondary school students towards Life skill education. Hence, the study was taken with two objectives:(1) To study the attitude of secondary students towards life skill education.(2) To compare the attitudinal score towards life skill education between boys and girls. In order to study the above objective the researcher took 100 sample that is 50 boys and 50 girls from Balasore district through random sampling. The descriptive survey method was used by the investigator to carry out research work. He used a 5 point attitude scale by following the Likert attitude scale for the data collection. For the statistical analysis of data the researcher used mean, standard deviation, inferential statistics and ‘t’ test. Results revealed that there is a positive attitude of secondary school students towards life skill education. And another interpretation through ‘t’ test revealed that there is significant difference between the attitude of boys and girls towards life skill education. Thus, the above result clearly revealed that the life skill education has large impact on secondary school students and the girls attitude was better than the boys towards life skill education.

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DISCIPLINARY AWARENESS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH ◽

10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i5(se).2017.1961 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (5(SE)) ◽

pp. 16-21

Author(s):

R. Rakulan ◽

V.A. Malathy

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Male Students ◽

Survey Method ◽

School Students ◽

Significant Difference ◽

High Level

School students need clear boundaries: boundaries that adults - parents as well as teachers - must set. We cannot abdicate our responsibility when students move outside those boundaries. To do that is to betray children, because the consequences of bad behaviour are so damaging It is the duty of the parents and teachers to create disciplinary awareness. The study aimed to examine the disciplinary awareness among secondary school students. The investigator adopted survey method to study the disciplinary awareness among school students. For this study a sample of 300 school students from 5 Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Udumalpet town of Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that 28.33% of the school students belong to low level of disciplinary awareness, 43.66% of school students the belong to moderate level of disciplinary awareness, 28% of school students belong to high level of disciplinary awareness. Also it is found that there is a significant difference in attitude towards disciplinary awareness between male and female among school students. Females possess better disciplinary awareness than male students.

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MATHEMATICS ANXIETY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/13146 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (07) ◽

pp. 484-489

Author(s):

Varun Kumar ◽

◽

Nimisha Srivastava ◽

Keyword(s):

Standard Deviation ◽

Data Collection ◽

Secondary School ◽

School Board ◽

Mathematics Anxiety ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Survey Method ◽

School Students ◽

Independent Variables ◽

Significant Difference

The present investigation has been conducted to study the Mathematics Anxiety and its effect on a set of independent variables (gender,school board, fathers qualification, mothers qualification and with respect to their types of family). To achieve this aim the researcher has adopted survey method. The tool used for the data collection was Mathematics Anxiety Scale (MAS) developed by Dr. (Mrs.) Sadia Mahmood and Dr. (Mrs.) TahiraKhatoon.Tool was administered on 195 secondary school students drawn randomly from two schools of Patna. For the analysis of data, the investigator has used mean, standard deviation andt test. The results found that there is no significant difference in MathematicsAnxiety of students with respect to their gender, school board, fathers qualification and with respect to their types of family. Another major finding is that, students whose mothers qualification is above intermediate they are having high MathematicsAnxiety in comparison to those whose mothersqualification is intermediate and below intermediate.

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