scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF SCIENCE LEARNING BASED ON THE SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES WITH ISLAMIC VALUES ON LEARNERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Rahimawati Abd. Rahim ◽  
Mohd. Ali Samsudin
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Socioscientific Issues ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Science Classes ◽  
Islamic Values

This study aimed to investigate the effects of ‘science learning based on the socio-scientific issues with Islamic values (PSBIS-NI)’ on form four secondary school students’ attitudes towards the socio-scientific issues. PSBIS-NI is a learning method that focuses on the socio-scientific issues with the integration of Islamic values. A learning module was developed based on PSBIS-NI conceptual model as a reference for the intervention of PSBIS-NI. The Pre-experimental design: One Group Pre Test-Post Test Design was employed in this study. The effects of PSBIS-NI on the variable were measured in the pretest, posttest and extended posttest. The purposive sampling was used to select 31 form four Muslim students from the science classes to undergo the PSBIS-NI intervention. A Science teacher and an Islamic Education teacher were involved collaboratively as facilitators during the intervention. Attitudes towards Socioscientific Issues Scale was administered to the students. Hypotheses were tested for statistical inference by using ANOVA repeated measures. Findings of the study indicate that PSBIS-NI has positive effects on the learners’ attitudes toward socio-scientific issues. This study contributes to science education in providing content and methods for implementation of PSBIS-NI through the development of PSBIS-NI Integrated Module. One of the suggestions for future research is to implement PSBIS-NI with a focus on specific skills such as argumentative and decision-making skills. Keywords: Attitude, Islamic values, Malaysia, socioscientific issues, Science learningCite as: Abd. Rahim, R. & Samsudin, M.A. (2017). Kesan pembelajaran Sains berasaskan isu sosiosaintifik dengan nilai Islam ke atas sikap pelajar terhadap isu sosiosaintifik [The effects of Science learning based on the socio-scientific issues with Islamic values on learners’ attitudes towards the socio-scientific issues]. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 231-250. AbstrakKajian ini bertujuan mengkaji kesan pembelajaran sains berasaskan isu sosiosaintifik dengan nilai Islam (PSBIS-NI) ke atas sikap pelajar sekolah menengah tingkatan empat terhadap isu sosiosaintifik. Dalam kajian ini, sebuah modul pembelajaran dibina berasaskan Model Konseptual PSBIS-NI sebagai rujukan untuk intervensi PSBIS-NI. Reka bentuk Pra-eksperimen: Ujian Pra-Ujian Pos Satu Kumpulan digunakan dalam kajian ini. Kesan PSBIS-NI ke atas variabel sikap terhadap isu sosiosaintifik diukur dalam ujian pra, ujian pos dan ujian pos lanjutan. Kaedah pensampelan bertujuan digunakan bagi memilih 31 orang pelajar tingkatan empat aliran sains dan beragama Islam untuk menjalani intervensi PSBIS-NI. Seorang guru mata pelajaran Sains dan seorang guru Pendidikan Islam terlibat secara kolaboratif sebagai fasilitator semasa pelaksanaan intervensi. Soal Selidik Sikap Terhadap Isu Sosiosaintifik digunakan untuk mengukur sikap pelajar terhadap isu sosiosaintifik. Data diproses dan dianalisis berbantukan pakej statistik SPSS versi 19. Hipotesis kajian diuji secara statistik inferensi menggunakan Ujian Anova dengan Pengukuran Berulang. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa PSBIS-NI memberi kesan positif ke atas sikap pelajar terhadap isu sosiosaintifik. Kajian ini memberi sumbangan kepada pendidikan sains dalam menyediakan isi kandungan dan kaedah pelaksanaan PSBIS-NI melalui pembangunan Modul Bersepadu PSBIS-NI. Antara cadangan untuk kajian lanjutan adalah melaksanakan intervensi PSBIS-NI dengan menumpukan kepada kemahiran tertentu seperti kemahiran berhujah dan kemahiran membuat keputusan. Kata Kunci: Isu sosio-saintifik, Malaysia, nilai Islam, sikap, pembelajaran Sains

scholarly journals Modifying Self-Blame, Self-Esteem, and Disclosure Through a Cooperative Cross-Age Teaching Intervention for Bullying Among Adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Boulton ◽  
Louise Boulton
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Random Allocation ◽  
Cooperative Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Seeking Help

Bullying is common among school students, and some victims hold self-blaming attributions, exhibit low self-esteem, and do not seek social support. A wait-list control pre-/post-test experimental design, with random allocation, was used to assess the effects of a novel cross-age teaching of social issues (CATS) intervention on the latter 3 variables among peer-identified victims of bullying (N = 41, mean age = 14.5 years). In small cooperative groups of classmates, participants designed and delivered a lesson to younger students that informed them that bullies not victims are in the wrong, victims have no reason to feel bad about themselves, and that seeking help can be beneficial. CATS led to a significant improvement on all 3 dependent variables with mostly large effect sizes; these positive effects were even stronger with a bigger dose of intervention (6 hr vs. 4 hr), and changes in self-blame, and separately changes in self-esteem, mediated the positive effect of the intervention on help-seeking. The theoretical and practical implications of these results were discussed, especially in terms of supporting a highly vulnerable subgroup of adolescents.

scholarly journals Youth entrepreneurship development: A review of literature and ten-year research results

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-161
Author(s):  
Dragan Ćoćkalo ◽  
Dejan Đorđević ◽  
Srđan Bogetić ◽  
Mihalj Bakator
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Solid Base ◽  
School Students ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

Entrepreneurship plays an important role in economic development. Further, the concept of entrepreneurship has been argued as the important factor in overall economic growth. As youth unemployment rates are high both in developing and developed countries, improving the environment for entrepreneurial activities is a necessity as to increase youth entrepreneurship potential. In this paper, the results of ten-year research on youth entrepreneurship are reviewed. In this study 5670 participants-high school students, and university students from the Republic of Serbia, took part. Also, other literature sources were analyzed. The main goal of this paper was identify and determine the potential influence of students' attitudes regarding entrepreneurship and their intention to start a business. The paper analyzes the existing body of literature in order to provide a thoroughly investigated and concisely presented "image" in the domain of youth entrepreneurship. Hence, effectively provide a solid base for future research.

The Effects of Story Mapping Instruction on the Reading Comprehension of Students with Behavioral Disorders

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison E. Babyak ◽  
Mark Koorland ◽  
Patricia G. Mathes
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Multiple Baseline ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Upper Elementary School ◽  
Story Mapping

A repeated measures multiple baseline across subjects design was used to evaluate the effects of story mapping instruction on the reading comprehension of four upper-elementary school students with behavioral disorders. Individually administered story mapping instruction focused on teaching students to identify the characters, setting, problems, events, and outcomes inherent in narrative text. Over all, story mapping instruction improved students' abilities to comprehend narrative text. Performance on comprehension questions related to story settings, problems, and major events showed the greatest improvement, although proficiency in identifying story settings for all students and problems for two of the four was not demonstrated. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Examination of Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards Socioscientific Issues

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanife Gamze Hastürk ◽  
Eyüp Ökkeşoğulları
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Socioscientific Issues ◽  
Central Anatolia ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
General Direction ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

The interplay between culture and technology is dynamic. Since ancient times, science has had a major impact on people, and people have determined the general direction of science progress. In this way, there is mutual influence between society and science. Socioscientific issues have emerged as a result of the interaction process between science and society. In this context, it was aimed to examine eighth grade students' attitudes towards socioscientific issues. The study was conducted with 136 eighth grade students studying in a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey in the 2018-2019 academic year. Quantitative data collection and analysis methods were used in this study, which aimed to examine the secondary school students’ attitudes towards socioscientific issues. “The Attitudes towards Socioscientific Issues Scale (ATSIS) " was used as data collection tool in the study. According to the findings of the factorial ANOVA test; it was determined that eighth grade students' showed positive attitude on socioscientific issues. While students had positive attitudes related to interest and usefulness of SSI, they also had neither positive nor negative attitudes related to interest and usefulness of SSI. In addition, it was observed that the general attitude levels about socioscientific issues and the mean scores of interest and usefulness, liking and anxiety sub-dimensions did not differentiate according to gender. Based on the findings, the importance of socioscientific issues was emphasized and recommendations were made to program makers, researchers and practitioners on teaching.

PENGARUH PENYULUHAN GIZI DENGAN PERUBAHAN PERILAKU SARAPAN PAGI SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Ricvan Dana Nindrea
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
School Age ◽  
School Students ◽  
Average Behavior ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test

<em>Basic Health Research Data years 2010-2013 showed an increased prevalence of nutritional status (BMI for Age) with a category of thin 7,6%, while in 2013 increased to 11,2%. Total of 16 provinces have prevalence thin School Age Children above the national prevalence, one of the province are the West Sumatra Province. One of the causes of the incident is school age children's food consumption is not good. This study aims to determine the effect of nutrition counseling to behavior change of breakfast in elementary school students. This type of research with pre experimental study. The research approach using a design one group pre and post test design. The study was conducted in 05 Elementary Schools of South Solok District. The research was conducted from November 2015 to May 2016. The population in this study all students in fourth and fifth grade 05 Elementary School South Solok District. These samples included 58 people with the sampling technique stratified random sampling. Data analysis was performed using mutivariat General Linear Model (GLM) Repeated Measures analysis. The survey results revealed an increase in the average behavior before and after counseling 3 times. Average behavior before the counseling 18 ± 4,2, post test I increased to 25 ± 4,4, post test II increased to 30 ± 2,2 and post test III increased 37 ± 3,5. Based on the analysis of the GLM Repeated Measures according breakfast behavior known that increasing breakfast behavior has occurred in the post test I (p = 0,000), as well as post test II and III (p = 0,000).</em>

Multiculturalism, positive psychological capital and students' entrepreneurial intentions

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Maslakcı ◽  
Harun Sesen ◽  
Lütfi Sürücü
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Psychological Capital ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeGlobalisation has made higher education increasingly multicultural. Although multicultural university students' attitudes and interactions with different cultures affect their academic success as well as entrepreneurial intentions, only a few studies have analysed this topic. Therefore, this study examined the assumption that positive psychological capital (PsyCap) mediates the relationship between attitudes towards multiculturalism and entrepreneurial intentions.Design/methodology/approachA model was proposed and empirically tested 564 university students in Northern Cyprus. Data were analysed using SPSS 23 and AMOS 18 using the PROCESS Macro and Bootstrap methods.FindingsThe results indicated that improving university students' attitudes towards multiculturalism will have a beneficial effect on their entrepreneurial intentions. Moreover, PsyCap is a mediator variable on the relationship between multicultural attitudes and entrepreneurial intentions.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the literature by theoretically and empirically examining how attitudes towards multiculturalism and PsyCap impact university students' entrepreneurial intentions. Its limitations can be overcome through future research.Practical implicationsThe study's findings are valid in two areas: (1) assisting policymakers, researchers and academics to better understand the critical influence of university students' attitudes towards multiculturalism on their entrepreneurial intentions, particularly since this topic had not been extensively studied; (2) advancing theoretical discussions by examining the positive effects of internal factors such as PsyCap in terms of multicultural attitudes and entrepreneurial intentions.Social implicationsThe study provides empirical evidence that academics and university administrators should pay attention to multicultural attitudes to increase university students' entrepreneurial intentions. Hence, it focused on the relationship between multicultural society, entrepreneurial intentions, and PsyCap.Originality/valueAttitudes towards multiculturalism influence students' entrepreneurial intentions through PsyCap. The context of cultural values and multiculturalism determines the premises of entrepreneurial intentions. This study is unique and innovative as it brings a new focus to academic literature.

Employing Humanoid Robots for Teaching English Language in Iranian Junior High-Schools

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 1450022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoo Alemi ◽  
Ali Meghdari ◽  
Maryam Ghazisaedy
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test

This paper presents the effect of robotics assisted language learning (RALL) on the vocabulary learning and retention of Iranian English as foreign language (EFL) junior high school students in Tehran, Iran. After taking a vocabulary pre-test, 46 beginner level female students at the age of 12, studying in their first year of junior-high participated in two groups of RALL (30 students) and non-RALL (16 students) in this study. The textbook used was the English book (Prospect-1) devised by the Iranian Ministry of Education for 7th graders, and the vocabulary taught and tested (pre-test and post-test) were taken from this book. Moreover, the treatment given by a teacher accompanied by a humanoid robot assistant in the RALL group took about five weeks in which half of the book was covered, and the non-RALL group was taught in a traditional method. Finally, the teacher administered the post-test and delayed post-test whose results of repeated measures ANOVA and Two Ways ANOVA indicated that there was a significant difference regarding participants' vocabulary gain and retention in RALL group comparing to non-RALL group. In addition, the teacher reported the students' positive reaction to RALL in learning vocabulary. Overall, the results revealed that RALL has been very influential in creating an efficient and pleasurable English learning environment. This study has some implications for technology-based education, language teaching, and social robotics fields.

scholarly journals The effects of regular step-aerobic exercises on body fat values of adult sedentary womenDüzenli step-aerobik egzersizlerinin yetişkin sedanter kadınlarda vücut yağ değerlerine etkisi

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 4973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şeyma Kurşun ◽  
Gürhan Suna ◽  
Mahmut Alp
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Fat Mass ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Repeated Measures Anova ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Sedentary Women

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 12-week regular step aerobic exercises on body fat values of adult sedentary women. 35 female joined to the study voluntarily who work as academic and administrative staff in Isparta Süleyman Demirel University. Step aerobic exercises were applied to the participants regularly as 12 weeks, 3 days a week, 60 minutes a day. The tempo of music in the exercises was based on “Bpm≥120”. Body fat ratios and fat mass measurements were taken with TANITA BC 418 Professional Body Analysis Device. Datas were compared by using “Repeated-Measures ANOVA” at SPSS 18 Statistics Programme. Participants’ mean of age was calculated 35,20±6,26 years and mean of lenght was calculated 168,48±5,09 cm. There were no statistical differences as a result of comparison of pre, mid and post-test weight, body fat ratio, fat mass and body mass index values taken from participants (p>0,05). As a result, according to findings handled from the research and similar studies in the literature, it can be thought that short-term Step-Aerobic exercises can cause reductions in body fat ratio values; but cannot cause reductions in weight and body mass index values because of the increment in muscle mass. Planning long-term exercises can be suggested to the future studies for being seen positive effects in these values. Additionally, for optimum physical fitness, these can be suggested to the participants that they should pay attention to their eating habits and should attend the exercises with a dietician control. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, 12 haftalık düzenli step aerobik egzersizlerinin yetişkin sedanter kadınlarda vücut yağ değerlerine etkisinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmaya Isparta Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi’nde akademik ve idari personel olarak çalışan 35 kadın gönüllü katıldı.  Katılımcılara düzenli olarak 12 hafta, haftada 3 gün, günde 60 dakika step aerobik egzersizleri uygulandı. Egzersizlerde müzik temposu “Bpm≥120” olarak baz alındı. Vücut yağ yüzdesi ve yağ kütlesi ölçümleri TANİTA BC 418 Profesyonel Vücut Analiz Cihazı ile alındı. Veriler SPSS 18.0 programında “Repeated-Measures ANOVA” kullanılarak analiz edildi. Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 35,20±6,26 yıl ve boy ortalaması 168,48±5,09 cm olarak hesaplandı.  Katılımcılardan alınan vücut ağırlığı, vücut yağ yüzdesi, yağ kütlesi ve beden kütle endeksi ön, ara, son test değerlerinin karşılaştırılması sonucunda istatistiksel olarak farka rastlanmadı (p>0,05). Sonuç olarak, araştırmada ve literatürdeki benzer çalışmalardan elde edilen bulgulara göre, kısa dönem Step-Aerobik egzersizlerinin vücut yağ yüzdesi değerlerinde azalmaya neden olabileceği; fakat vücut ağırlığı ve beden kütle endeksi değerlerinde azalmaya neden olmamasının kas kütlesindeki artıştan dolayı olduğu düşünülmektedir. İleride yapılacak araştırmalarda bu değerlerde pozitif etkilerin görülebilmesi için daha uzun süreli egzersizlerin planlanması önerilebilir. Ek olarak, optimum fiziksel uygunluk için planlanan egzersizlerin yanı sıra katılımcılara bu tip egzersizlerde beslenme alışkanlıklarına dikkat etmeleri ve bir diyetisyen kontrolünde egzersizlere katılmaları önerilebilir.

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