Australian Students' Preferences for School-Based Smoking Cessation Programs

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaya M. Gillespie ◽  
K. John Fisher ◽  
Warren R. Stanton ◽  
John B. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
School Time ◽  
School Based ◽  
Young Smokers ◽  
Group Programs

Estimates of daily smoking as high as 15 percent by Year 10 students (average age 15) suggest there is an urgent need to focus attention on the formulation of school-based cessation programs for young smokers, as an adjunct to existing prevention focused programs which serve the majority of young non-smokers. The purpose of this study was to gather recommendations from student smokers (in the middle high school years, about 15 years of age) which may be used in the design of school-based smoking cessation programs. This study investigated the opinions of 2865 smoking and nonsmoking Year 10 students drawn from twenty-one metropolitan high schools in Brisbane, Australia. The majority of students, including smokers, were supportive of school-based smoking cessation programs. Smokers reported a preference for the program to be voluntary, to be accessible during school time, and facilitated by other students or non-teaching personnel. A clear preference for individualized attempts to quit over more structured or group programs was evident. The majority of smokers reported that they preferred to quit on their own. They, however, also recognized the value of assistance from a supportive friend or being in a group of students who helped one other. In general, male and female students expressed the same preferences regarding methods of quitting. Males, however, appeared more difficult to motivate and more skeptical of quitting programs. Specific ideas for identifying students who may have higher support needs when quitting are provided.

STUDI KARAKTERISTIK SISWA SLTA DI KOTA MEDAN

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathanael Sitanggang ◽  
Abdul Hasan Saragih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Reliability Coefficient ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Accurate Data ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Student Characteristic

Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mentetahui karakteristik SMA dan SMK di Medan. Karakteristik yang diteliti adalah: neuroticism, extraversion, keterbukaan, keramahan, dan hati nurani. Dengan penelitian ini kita mendapatkan data perbedaan karakter di SMA dan SMK siswa. Mendapatkan perbedaan karakter antara pria dan wanita dalam setiap kelompok sekolah. Penelitian ini di SMA dan SMK di Medan, 2008. Sampel penelitian 600 siswa. Metode Penelitian kuantitatif. Data diperoleh melalui kuesioner. Kuesioner dicoba dengan nilai koefisien reliabilitas (r=0,875). Hasil penelitian adalah: (1) Karakteristik siswa SMA (Neuroticsm, extraversion, keterbukaan, keramahan, dan hati nurani) sudah cukup dan kategori tinggi, (2) Karakteristik siswa SMK (Neuroticsm, extraversion, keterbukaan, keramahan, dan hati nurani) cukup tinggi dan kategori; (3) Para siswa perempuan SMA lebih tinggi hati nurani daripada siswa laki-laki; (4) Neuroticsm, extraversion, keterbukaan, dan keramahan antara siswa laki-laki secara signifikan tidak berbeda dengan siswa perempuan di SMA; (5) Neuroticsm, extraversion, keterbukaan, keramahan, dan conscientiousness antara mahasiswa laki-laki secara signifikan tidak berbeda dengan siswa perempuan di SMK.   Kata kunci : karakteristik siswa, SMA, SMK.   Abstract: This research was aimed to: investigate the Senior High School Studen’t Characteristic in Medan. The characteristic which investigated are: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. By this research we can get the accurate data that describe the differences of characters in SMA and SMK students. And then we can get the differences of characters among the male and female in each group of school. This research was taking place in SMA and SMK in Medan, 2008. The sample of this research is 600 pupils. The research was taken in the quantitative method. The data that we have got from the questioner. Questioner has been tried with the value of reliability coefficient (r=0,875). The results of the research are: (1) The SMA Studen’t Characteristic in Medan (Neuroticsm, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) is enough and high categories; (2) The SMK Student Characteristic in Medan (Neuroticsm, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) is enough and high categories; (3) The female SMA students are more conscientiousness than male students; (4) Neuroticsm, extraversion, openness, and agreeableness between male students significantly is not different with female students in SMA; (5) Neuroticsm, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness between male students significantly is not different with female students in SMK. Keywords: characteristics of students, SMA, SMK

scholarly journals Gender achievement gaps: the role of social costs to trying hard in high school

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1407-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Workman ◽  
Anke Heyder
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Academic Effort ◽  
Social Incentives ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Gender Achievement

AbstractIn American high schools female students put greater effort into school and outperform boys on indicators of academic success. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, we found female students’ greater academic effort and achievement was partly explained by different social incentives to trying hard in school experienced by male and female students. Males were 1.75 times as likely to report they would be unpopular for trying hard in school and 1.50 times as likely to report they would be made fun of for trying hard in school. Social costs to trying hard in school were directly associated with less rigorous mathematics course-taking and indirectly associated with lower GPA in STEM courses through lower academic effort.

The Influence of Bullying Behaviours on Sense of School Connectedness, Motivation and Self-Esteem

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason L. Skues ◽  
Everarda G. Cunningham ◽  
Trilochan Pokharel
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Based ◽  
Being Bullied ◽  
Males And Females

AbstractThe aim of the current study was to examine how bullying by peers relates to self-esteem, school connectedness and motivation for academic success in an Australian high school. Questionnaires were completed by 975 students across years 7 to 12. As predicted, male students were subjected to more direct forms of bullying than female students. However, contrary to expectations, there were no significant differences between males and females in their reported experience of indirect forms of bullying. Also, students in the lower year levels of high school reported being bullied more frequently than students in high year levels. Findings supported predictions that students who were bullied by their peers at school tended to report having lower levels of self-esteem, feeling less connected to their peers, teachers and school, and being less motivated to perform well at school. These results may have implications for school-based intervention programs that are designed to reduce bullying behaviours.

scholarly journals RESPERATORY INDICIES AND ITS RELATION WITH PHYSICAL STRENGTH IN MONG AND NUNG ETHNIC STUDENTS IN LAO CAI PROVINCE

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1S) ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Hong Cuong ◽  
Vu Van Tam ◽  
Nguyen Phuc Hung
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Vital Capacity ◽  
Biological Indicators ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Biological Value ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Current Period ◽  
Lao Cai ◽  
Ethnic Students

The study was conducted among 661 high school pupils of age 16 to 18 years old, including ethnic minority: H’Mong (52,35%), Nung (47,65%) in Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province. The research objectives is to identify biological indicators of male and female students, which provided the human biological value Vietnam in the current period. The finding showed situation of some indexes such as heigh for age, vital capacity (VC), forced vital capacity, Demeny.  

scholarly journals CAREER PLANNING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE DEAF STUDENTS /NEPRIGIRDINČIŲ MOKINIŲ (VAIKINŲ IR MERGINŲ) KARJEROS PLANAVIMO SKIRTUMAI

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (39) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Afdal Afdal ◽  
Mega Iswari ◽  
Alizamar Alizamar ◽  
Ifdil Ifdil ◽  
Yuda Syahputra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Deaf Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
West Sumatra

<p class="ListParagraph1">This research aimed to study career planning differences between deaf male and female students. The study consisted of 96 deaf students of West Sumatra high school  registered in the semester of January-June 2018, randomly selected by multiple random sampling. Furthermore, the Afdal Career Planning Inventory (ACPI), using the Likert Scale model was used to examine and analyze the study. The results showed no significant difference in the career planning of male and female deaf students. It also showed that the male deaf students are generally in the low category, while the female are in the medium.</p><p class="ListParagraph1">Tyrimu siekiama išanalizuoti karjeros planavimo skirtumus tarp mokinių vaikinų ir merginų. Tyrimo imtį sudarė 2018 m. sausio–birželio semestrui užregistruoti Vakarų Sumatros gimnazijos 96 kurti mokiniai, atrinkti atsitiktine tvarka. Be to, siekiant ištirti<br />ir išanalizuoti pasirinktą problemą, buvo naudojamas Afdalio karjeros planavimo inventorius (angl. Afdal Career Planning Inventory, ACPI), pasitelkiant Likerto skalę. Rezultatai parodė, kad nėra reikšmingo skirtumo karjeros planavimo aspektu tarp<br />negirdinčių mokinių vaikinų ir merginų. Taip pat buvo nustatyta, kad negirdinčių vaikinų karjeros planavimas yra iš esmės yra žemo lygio kategorijos, o merginų – vidutinio lygio kategorijos.</p>

scholarly journals Effect of Inquiry-Based Teaching Method on Students Achievement and Retention of Concepts in Integrated Science in Senior High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Mohammed Issaka
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Retention Capacity ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Integrated Science ◽  
Experimental Group

This study purposely investigated the impact of using inquiry-based teaching method on students’ academic achievement and retention of concept in integrated science against the traditional method in some selected senior high schools in the Obuasi Municipality. The study also investigated the difference in the mean achievement score between male and female students taught integrated science using inquiry -based method. The sample for the study was 292 students in SHS two from Christ the King Catholic Senior High School and Obuasi Secondary Technical in the Obuasi Municipality. The sample were obtained through random sample technique. The experimental group received instructions in integrated science using inquiry-based method of teaching whereas the control group were taught with the traditional method. The data were collected through the use of pretest- posttest research design and were analyze according to the research question for the study. The main research question for the study was: What is the effect of inquiry-based method of teaching on students’ achievement and retention of concepts in integrated science? The results from the study indicates that the students in the experimental group performed better than the students in the control group. The findings also show that students who were instructed with inquiry-based method have higher retention capacity than their counterpart students who were exposed to traditional method. There was a slightly gender disparity in the achievement and retention capacity of both male and female students taught integrated science with inquiry-based method in favour of the male. This means that inquiry-based method is very rewarding to students in terms of achievement and retention regardless of gender.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Gender Terhadap Kesadaran Politik Siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Patmisari Patmisari ◽  
Abdul Gafur
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
The Political ◽  
School Students ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Gender Influence ◽  
Correlational Research

This article aims to describe the effect of gender differences in the political awareness of high school students as a novice voter. The study method uses a correlational research design using a quantitative approach. The analysis used was independent samples T-test using SPSS 21. Data collection instruments used a questionnaire distributed to research samples. The sample is 245 students consisting of 128 female students and 117 male students. The results of the study showed differences in the level of political awareness between male and female students, male students had higher political awareness than female students. There is a positive and significant gender influence on the political awareness of high school students.

Gender and Course Choice: The Orientation of Male and Female Students

1984 ◽  
Vol 166 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Gaskell
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Course Enrollment ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way

Gender differences in course enrollment in the high school are very pronounced. Most of the academic work on course enrollment has focused exclusively on class tracking and has ignored gender. This paper proposes a framework for looking at course “choice, ”and explores the way course choices are embedded in the social organization of gender and class categories both inside and outside the school.

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