scholarly journals Jordanian Female Ninth-Grade Students' Attitudes towards Using Questioning Strategies in Critical Reading

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-221
Author(s):  
Maysa'a Alshabatat
Keyword(s):  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Questioning Strategies ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

scholarly journals Jordanian Female Ninth-Grade Students' Attitudes towards Using Questioning Strategies in Critical Reading

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Maysa'a Issa Alshabatat
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Implementation Success ◽  
Questioning Strategies ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

Students’ attitudes towards questioning strategies play an important role for its implementation success or failure. This study aims to investigate the students’ attitudes towards questioning strategies of critical reading skills among Jordanian female ninth-grade students in Al Qaser Directorate of Education. A semi-structured interview instrument was used to assess students’ attitudes. Data were collected from students at three public schools located in Qaser, Karak, Jordan. A total of 85 students participated in this present study. The sample which includes interviewees was 15 students. Overall, students showed favorable attitudes towards questioning strategies. However, some students faced some challenges by using these strategies e.g. self- questioning strategy. In light of these results, several recommendations were suggested to the Ministry of Education, English teachers and other researchers. The researcher also suggested that further research should be carried out on other school levels for boys and girls in order to support or refute the results of this study.

scholarly journals Is questioning a catalyst for critical reading among Jordanian EFL learners?

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-400
Author(s):  
Ruba Fahmi Bataineh ◽  
Maysaa Issa Al-Shbatat
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Questioning Strategies ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Experimental Group

This study examines the potential effect of questioning strategies on Jordanian English as a foreign language ninth-grade students’ critical reading skills. The study uses a quasi-experimental, pre-/post-test design. An experimental group of 85 ninth-grade students from three public schools in Al-Qasr Directorate of Education (Karak, Jordan) was taught through questioning strategies (viz., questioning, self-questioning and a combination of both), and a control group of 19 students was taught per the guidelines of the prescribed Teacher’s Book. Descriptive statistics and analysis of co-variance were used to analyse the students’ scores on the pre- and post-tests. The findings reveal that the experimental group outperformed the control group, as questioning and self-questioning improved students’ critical reading skills, more so for questioning than self-questioning. Keywords: Critical reading, EFL, Jordan, questioning, self-questioning, strategies.

scholarly journals THE PREDICTORS OF NINTH GRADE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS PLANTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
Meryem Selvi ◽  
Emel Çelepçıkay İslam
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Predictive Variables ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Plant Recognition ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Recognition Level

As plants are vital to the survival of the planet, developing positive attitude towards them is important for protection of plants, biodiversity, and the environment. The aim of this research was to determine the predictors of ninth grade students’ attitude towards plants. In the study, a descriptive correlational design was used. The data were collected from 773 upper-secondary students selected through stratified-purposive sampling. The “Plant Recognition Test” and “Plant Attitude Scale” were used as data collection tools. Multiple regression analysis was performed to determine the way different variables predicted attitude towards plants. The results of research indicated that the linear relationship between predictive variables and attitude towards plants explained 14% of the total variance in attitude towards plants at a significant level. Among the variables, gender, time spent in a garden, involvement in indoor or outdoor cultivation, experience with picking flowers, fruits, and/or vegetables, and plant recognition level had significant contributions to predicting variance in attitude towards plants, and the recognition of plants was determined to be the most important predictor relative to all the other variables. Keywords: descriptive correlational design, plant recognition, secondary education

scholarly journals An investigation of ninth grade students attitudes toward daily life chemistry

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1695-1701 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENAR Ismail ◽  
R za SEKERCI Ali ◽  
R za ERDEM Ali ◽  
Ibrahim DEMIR Halil
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

The Effect Of The Double Entry Journal Strategy On Ninth-Grade Students' Attitudes Toward It In Creative Reading

2021 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
إيمان محمد قضاة ◽  
عماد توفيق نجيب السعدي ◽  
عبدالله أحمد بني عبدالرحمن
Keyword(s):  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Double Entry

Gender Differences in Computer Attitude among Ninth-Grade Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Djordje Kadijevich
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
Computer Experience ◽  
School Students ◽  
Computer Attitude ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

A study of fifty-four female and fifty-nine male Gymnasium (high school) students from four ninth-grade classes oriented toward natural sciences and mathematics surveyed students' attitudes toward computers in relation to gender and computer experience and found that males showed a more positive attitude toward computers than females, even when computer experience was controlled. An additional study of fifty-one females and fifty-four males from the initial sample found that males did show more interest in computer science than females, but these differences could not explain gender differences in computer attitude.

scholarly journals The effect of practicalwork to enhance ninth grade achievement in biology class: The case of diaspora secondary school, Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-105
Author(s):  
Asrat Dagnew Kelkay ◽  
Chekula Sitotaw
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Experimental Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Students Success

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of practical work enriching instruction of biology lessons on ninth grade students’ attitudes towards biology lessons and their achievement based on students’ success. Attitude pre-test, attitude post-test, achievement pre-test and achievement post-test are employed for all participants in addition to interviewing four students randomly selected from the total participants. The test was applied to students in two different times. According to the research results, it was found that the experimental teaching method was more effective in the attitude and achievement level of students in some biology lessons, and attitude and achievement have a positive correlation. Therefore, the study recommends that high school biology teachers should plan their lessons in a more practical way to boost (enhance) learners' attitude as well as achievement. All stakeholders including curriculum planners should take part in the planning process. Keywords: Achievement, attitude, effect, practical work, teaching method.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF AN ATTITUDE SCALE FOR PHYSICS COURSES AND A REVIEW OF STUDENT ATTITUDES

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-24
Author(s):  
Sümeyye Aydın Gürler ◽  
Oktay Baykara
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Physics Students ◽  
Physics Courses ◽  
9Th Grade ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
School Influence

The aim of present research was to develop a Likert type scale that determines the attitudes of 9th grade students towards physics courses so as to identify the physics students’ attitudes towards this course. The research started with a draft scale of 30 items. The draft scale was applied to 177 ninth grade students as a pilot research. According to results obtained from factor analysis, a scale that has 21 items and covering six sub-sets was developed. KMO value of the scale was .82; the Bartlett’s test value was 1997.3; and the internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach’s alpha) was .90. The scale was then applied to 460 ninth grade students from different schools to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis. It was found that the types of upper-secondary school influence students’ attitudes towards physics courses while gender and educational level of the parents had no significant influence on these attitudes. Therefore, it was also found that the students had an ambivalent attitude towards physics courses. Keywords: factor analysis, physics course, scale development, student attitude.

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