Youth spare time: Typical patterns of behavior

In this research we have tried to identify typical patterns of young people's behavior in their spare time and to use these patterns in order to group our subjects regarding their interests and preferences. Main-component analysis showed that it was possible to find different patterns of secondary school students' behavior in spare time as well as that the identified models could be the criteria for grouping them. Five patterns have been identified describing youth orientations towards their free time: academic orientation, orientation towards sports, orientation towards entertainment, orientation towards spending time going out and orientation towards music and computers.

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Hierarchy of values preferred by secondary school students in spending free time.

Historical and social-educational ideas ◽

10.17748/2075-9908-2020-12-1-112-129 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 112-129

Author(s):

Michal Imrovič ◽

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Monika Orlíková ◽

Edita Poorova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Free Time ◽

School Students

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Motivaciones hacia la práctica física deportiva y su entorno social en el alumnado de secundaria de un centro público y un centro privado de Granada (Motivations for the physical and sport activity and their social environment in the secondary students fr

Retos ◽

10.47197/retos.v0i16.34985 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 108-110

Author(s):

Francisco José Marín García ◽

Ana Olivares Ortega

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Secondary School ◽

Social Environment ◽

Secondary Students ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Sport Activity ◽

School Students ◽

Main Motivation ◽

Spare Time ◽

The Social

Con el trabajo aquí presente se pretende compartir cuales son las motivaciones que llevan al alumnado de ESO a realizar actividad física como ocupación de su tiempo libre y algunos aspectos importantes sobre las personas que forman parte de su entorno social más cercano, como por ejemplo, cual es la actitud de los padres frente a la práctica de actividad física, con quien la comparten o quienes le iniciaron. La metodología con la que hemos desarrollado nuestra investigación es cuantitativa y el método utilizado es el descriptivo. Las técnicas empleadas son la observación documental y la encuesta y dentro de ésta, el instrumento utilizado ha sido el cuestionario. Entre los resultados más interesantes obtenemos que las principales motivaciones que llevan al alumnado a practicar están relacionados con el placer que les transmite. Los amigos aparecen como el colectivo más importantes del entorno social.Abstract: The purpose of our research is to look at the motivation of secondary school students towards physical activity as a way to spend their spare time. We will consider the attitude of people who are close to them, such their parents. Ours methodology has included quantitative techniques such as questionnaire analysis plus descriptive methods including observation. The most interesting result shows that the main motivation for students to do physical activity is related to the pleasure of doing it. Friends are the most important element in the social environment. Key words: ..

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LEISURE TIME FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science Engineering and Education ◽

10.23947/2334-8496-2015-3-1-51-55 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 51-55

Author(s):

Besa Havziu ◽

Teuta Ramadani Rasimi

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Leisure Time ◽

Free Time ◽

Self Determination ◽

Inductive Method ◽

School Students ◽

Republic Of Macedonia ◽

Deductive Method ◽

The Republic

Today, in education prevails the paradigm that is geared towards the complete and varied development of a person. This implies the development of the students ability for self-determination towards various other perspective offered by contemporary social residence. Meanwhile in the time of adolescence, the youth experience serious crises regarding their identity, in which the free time and the activities during the free time can be positively used with a cause to be interrupted unconstructive and chaotic use of the free time by the youth. In this thesis are being analyzed the contents and the ways with what the secondary school students in the Republic of Macedonia fulfill their free time outside the school, specifically there will be an examination about the gender differences i.e. the amount and manner of spending their free time. In the approach to the study of the problem of research, we decided to apply: inductive method, deductive method and the method of comparison.

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Secondary School Students’ Construction and Interpretation of Statistical Tables

Mathematics ◽

10.3390/math9243197 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (24) ◽

pp. 3197

Author(s):

Jocelyn D. Pallauta ◽

Pedro Arteaga ◽

José A. Garzón-Guerrero

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Reading Level ◽

School Students ◽

Statistical Literacy ◽

Related Research ◽

Frequency Table ◽

Main Component ◽

Translating Graphs

Understanding statistical tables is a main component of statistical literacy, although related research dealing with secondary school students is scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary school students’ performance when translating graphs to tables and then interpreting the resulting table. Using content analysis of the responses to a questionnaire given to a sample of Spanish students, we analysed the correctness of the constructed table, the semiotic conflicts that appeared in their construction, the interpretation of the table elements, the ability to argue on the basis of the information in the table, and the reading level exhibited by the student in this task. Most students correctly translated a pictogram to a frequency table, and a half of them a double bar graph to a two-way table. The main semiotic conflicts were misinterpretation of the icon in the pictogram and incorrect computation of marginal frequencies. About 40% of the sample correctly justified a statement using the data in the graph and then reached the upper reading level of the graph and table, but only a minority achieved that level when the question required knowledge of the context. The findings of the study suggested points to reinforce the teaching of statistical graphs and tables.

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Evaluation of a Summer-School Program for Highly Gifted Secondary-School Students: The German Pupils Academy

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.18.3.214 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 214-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Heinz Neber ◽

Kurt A. Heller

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Summer School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Gifted Students ◽

School Program ◽

School Students ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Regulatory Strategies ◽

Cognitive Framework

Summary The German Pupils Academy (Deutsche Schüler-Akademie) is a summer-school program for highly gifted secondary-school students. Three types of program evaluation were conducted. Input evaluation confirmed the participants as intellectually highly gifted students who are intrinsically motivated and interested to attend the courses offered at the summer school. Process evaluation focused on the courses attended by the participants as the most important component of the program. Accordingly, the instructional approaches meet the needs of highly gifted students for self-regulated and discovery oriented learning. The product or impact evaluation was based on a multivariate social-cognitive framework. The findings indicate that the program contributes to promoting motivational and cognitive prerequisites for transforming giftedness into excellent performances. To some extent, the positive effects on students' self-efficacy and self-regulatory strategies are due to qualities of the learning environments established by the courses.

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Ethnolinguistic Identity and Television Use in a Minority Language Setting

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000071 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 135-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jake Harwood ◽

Laszlo Vincze

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Minority Language ◽

German Language ◽

Tv Viewing ◽

School Students ◽

Ethnolinguistic Vitality ◽

Ethnolinguistic Identity ◽

Television Use

Based on the model of Reid, Giles and Abrams (2004 , Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 16, 17–25), this paper describes and analyzes the relation between television use and ethnolinguistic-coping strategies among German speakers in South Tyrol, Italy. The data were collected among secondary school students (N = 415) in 2011. The results indicated that the television use of the students was dominated by the German language. A mediation analysis revealed that TV viewing contributed to the perception of ethnolinguistic vitality, the permeability of intergroup boundaries, and status stability, which in turn affected ethnolinguistic-coping strategies of mobility (moving toward the outgroup), creativity (maintaining identity without confrontation), and competition (fighting for ingroup rights and respect). Findings and theoretical implications are discussed.

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Smart Girls, Dumb Boys!?

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000167 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 112-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Martin Latsch ◽

Bettina Hannover

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Stereotype Threat ◽

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Learning Goals ◽

School Students ◽

Compensatory Strategies ◽

Media Portrayal ◽

Stereotype Lift ◽

The Media

We investigated effects of the media’s portrayal of boys as “scholastic failures” on secondary school students. The negative portrayal induced stereotype threat (boys underperformed in reading), stereotype reactance (boys displayed stronger learning goals towards mathematics but not reading), and stereotype lift (girls performed better in reading but not in mathematics). Apparently, boys were motivated to disconfirm their group’s negative depiction, however, while they could successfully apply compensatory strategies when describing their learning goals, this motivation did not enable them to perform better. Overall the media portrayal thus contributes to the maintenance of gender stereotypes, by impairing boys’ and strengthening girls’ performance in female connoted domains and by prompting boys to align their learning goals to the gender connotation of the domain.

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