Gender and Attitudes toward Computers and Calculators: Their Relationship to Math Performance

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail F. Munger ◽  
Brenda H. Loyd
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Calculators ◽  
The Relationship

In education, computers and calculators historically have been associated with mathematics and the sciences, and are frequently incorporated into these areas of the curriculum. This may have serious implications for females because of the long history of reported sex differences in achievement and attitudes in mathematics and related disciplines. This study of sixty high school students examines the relationship between mathematics performance and students' attitudes toward technology (computers and calculators), and whether the relationship is similar for males and females. A practice form of the General Educational Development (GED) test was used to measure mathematics performance. Students' attitudes toward computers were assessed by the Computer Attitude Scale, and attitudes toward calculators were assessed by a 4-item measure developed by the authors. In general, students with more positive attitudes toward computers and calculators were found to perform better than students with more negative attitudes.

Sex Differences in the Association between Secondary School Students' Attitudes toward Mathematics and toward Computers

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 394-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty Collis
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mathematics ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes

Sex differences in the positive association between attitudes toward mathematics and attitudes toward computers were examined in 1 018 Grade 8 students and 800 Grade 12 students. The female students were more likely than the male students to associate negative attitudes toward mathematics with negative attitudes toward computers. Participation in an eighth-grade mathematics course with a computer component was associated with positive attitudes toward computers for males but not for females. The integration of computer experiences with mathematics instruction may require some caution to yield more positive attitudes toward mathematics and computers from secondary school females.

Information Organization of a Tutorial and Students' Attitudes towards History Learning

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Avigail Oren
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Information Organization ◽  
Intermediate School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Learning History ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
History Learning ◽  
Students Attitudes

Some difficulties in historylearning which are related mostly to the Israeli syllabus create a negative attitudes of students toward this domain. It is agreed that computers contribute to students motivation, but we were interested to explore the role of information organization in this aspect. This article describes an evaluation of a tutorial supportinghistoryinstruction in which intermediateschool students and high school students had been involved. The tutorial wasorganizedin a specificmodebywhich information was separated visually from the assignments but shared the same learning environment, likewise information included various types organized also separately. Findingsindicated thatmost ofthe intermediate school students had found the computer as the main reason for enjoying the tutorial andfor acquiringknowledge. High-school students found that the information organization was the main reason for enjoying the tutorial and for acquiring knowledge. No difference was between the two groups as far as the importance of information in the process of learning. It was proved that the information in this mode of organization was an important factor in framing students positive attitudes towards learning history through computers.

scholarly journals The relationship between the perceived class climate, motivation for achievement and school success among elementary and high school students

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-460
Author(s):  
Irina Milosevic ◽  
Ruzenka Simonji-Cernak
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Success ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Class Climate ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this research is to determine the correlation between perceived class climate, motivation for achievement and school success among elementary and high school students. The research was conducted on a sample of 400 subjects. The instrument used for class climate survey is an Attitude scale, created as the combination of two instruments for measuring class climate. The MOP/D scale was used to survey motivation for achievement. The obtained results show that the quality of the overall class climate is not high, while the scores on the three dimensions of the class climate indicate that the students perceive Class Cohesion as the most favourable one, then the Teachers? Support and finally the Order and the Organisation. Significant differences in perceptions of class climate were found concerning age. Significant differences in perceptions of climate (both in the overall and in the Teachers? Support dimension) were also found with respect to the gender of the students. The findings indicate low positive correlations between perceived class climate and the motivation for achievement, and also between school success and the motivation for achievement. No correlation was found between the perceived class climate and school success. More detailed research shows that the climate dimensions Teachers? Support and Order and Organisation are significant predictors of the overall motivation for achievement and the Learning dimension, and that they are positively correlated. Learning and Persistence, the dimensions of the motivation for achievement, were found to be significant predictors of school success. A perceived class climate did not prove to be a significant predictor of school success, except for the Class Cohesion dimension, only on the subsample of high school students.

Development of a Writing Attitude Survey for Grades 9 to 12: Effects of Gender, Grade, and Ethnicity

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 587-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth E. Knudson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Attitude Survey ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Writing ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Senior High School Students

In this study was developed an instrument for reliably and quickly assessing senior high school students' attitudes toward writing, primarily through modifying an instrument developed for Grades 4 to 8, and for examining the effects of gender, grade, and ethnicity on these students' attitudes toward writing. A 19-item survey instrument was administered to 870 students. There was no significant main effect for ethnicity, but effects for gender (girls had more positive attitudes toward writing than boys) and for grade. Students in Grade 12 had significantly more positive attitudes toward writing than students in Grades 9, 10, or 11.

scholarly journals Examination of high school students' attitudes towards homework, procrastination behaviors and efficacy beliefs

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Canan Koçak Altundağ
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efficacy Belief ◽  
Social Efficacy ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between high school students' academic procrastination behaviors, efficacy beliefs, and attitudes towards homework. This study has shown that students with low academic and/or social efficacy belief engage in more academic procrastination behavior than those with high academic and/or social efficacy belief and that students with high academic, social, and/or emotional efficacy belief have a more positive attitude towards homework than those with low academic, social, and/or emotional efficacy belief. There was no significant statistical difference in academic procrastination behavior based on low or high emotional efficacy belief. This study examines the relationship between high school students' efficacy beliefs, academic procrastination behaviors, and their attitude towards homework in order to address the fact that in the literature there was no study on the correlation between efficacy belief and both academic procrastination and attitude towards homework.

“Visit to a Small Planet”

2016 ◽  
pp. 528-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rikki Rimor ◽  
Perla Arie
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Collaborative ◽  
School Students ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
Closed Group ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Low Achieving Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

The current chapter deals with the use of Facebook as a social network for learning. Collaborative learning, metacognition and reflectivity are theoretically discussed and assessed in the current Facebook learning environment, as essential skills of the 21st century. The case study presented examines the relationship between attitudes and achievements of high school students learning an English play in the Facebook closed-group environment. Its findings reveal a significant improvement in students' attitudes at the end of the sessions. However, these were not found to correlate with students' final achievements. In addition, low achieving students preferred to study collaboratively, as they did in the Facebook closed group, more than higher achieving students. These findings may indicate the contribution of other factors to achievement in addition to positive attitudes and satisfaction in the Facebook learning environment. A metacognitive analysis of the students' written responses supports and expands the findings of this study.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Social Adjustment and Resilience with Attitudes Towards Drugs in High School Boy and Girl Students

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Safiollah Hezarian ◽  
Saeed Bakhtiarpour ◽  
Reza Pasha ◽  
Parviz Asgari ◽  
Fariba Hafezi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
School Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Girl Students

Background: Drug abuse and its destructive consequences are among challenging issues concerning students’ health. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of social adjustment and resilience with attitude towards drugs in boy and girl students of Lali City. Methods: The study was a descriptive correlational study performed by path analysis. The study population included 1500 boy and girl high school students of Lali City in the academic year of 2017 - 2018, among whom 133 boys and 142 girls were selected through multistage stratified sampling and using Cochran’s formula. Research instruments included Bell’s Adjustment Inventory (BAI) for Students, the Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC), and the Drug Attitude scale (DAS). The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 23. Results: The results revealed a significant negative relationship between social adjustment and girl students’ attitudes towards drugs (P < 0.001); however, there was no significant relationship between social adjustment and attitudes towards drugs in boy students. Meanwhile, there was no direct and significant relationship between resilience and attitudes towards drugs in boy and girl students. On the other hand, a significant positive relationship was observed between resilience and social adjustment in boys (P < 0.01) and girls (P < 0.05). The indirect impact of resilience on the students’ attitudes towards drugs, mediated by social adjustment, was not significant. Conclusions: Resilience reduces stress, and as a result, students with more resilience seem to have better coping skills, higher social adjustment, and negative attitudes towards drugs.

scholarly journals Attitudes of Young Adults toward Animals—The Case of High School Students in Belgium and The Netherlands

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pim Martens ◽  
Camille Hansart ◽  
Bingtao Su
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Pet Ownership ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Attitudes Toward Animals

The social context and culture in which individuals grow shapes their perspectives through life. Early on, children learn about animals through storybooks, animated movies, toys, and through interactions with pets and wildlife, and will slowly start to build beliefs around those experiences. Their attitudes towards animals will be influenced by a number of factors, including: sex, age, nationality/ethnicity, residence area, animal-related activities and hobbies, food habits, culture/religion education, and pet ownership. A case study of Dutch and Belgian high school students (aged 12–21) investigated the attitudes of young people towards animals. By using the Animal Attitude Scale (AAS) and the Animal Issue Scale (AIS) questionnaires, our study shows that levels of concern for animal welfare were distinctly higher among: female participants; those who ate little to no meat; Belgian students; pet owners; and those who had been to a zoo at least once. In general, students who reported having more contact with animals also had more positive attitudes towards animals. To understand younger generations and their attitudes toward animals is to understand how future generations will look towards and treat our fellow animals, with which we share the planet Earth.

Slovak high school students' attitudes toward computers

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Kubiatko ◽  
Zuzana Haláková ◽  
Soňa Nagyová ◽  
Tibor Nagy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Students Attitudes
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