Body Satisfaction and Self-Concept of Third-And Sixth-Grade Students

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Folk ◽  
Jan Pedersen ◽  
Salvatore Cullari

Pubertal development has been implicated as the point of origin for decreased body satisfaction and self-concept for girls from prepubertal levels and an increase in body satisfaction and self-concept for boys. Two groups of boys and girls in Grades 3 and 6 completed a Body Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Piers-Harris Self-concept Scale to test this assumption. The third graders were considered to be prepubertal and sixth graders as early pubertal. The sixth-grade boys scored lower on body satisfaction than third-grade boys, and their self-concept scores were positively correlated with body satisfaction scores. For girls, body satisfaction scores were correlated with self-concept in both grades, and few significant differences were found between grades. For girls apparently the relationship between body satisfaction and self-concept may be present before the onset of puberty.

Author(s):  
Bassam Mahmoud Mohammed, Reem Mihoub Slemon, Haifa Hassan Ib Bassam Mahmoud Mohammed, Reem Mihoub Slemon, Haifa Hassan Ib

The study aimed to identify the level of basic sixth-graders' acquisition of some of the values of citizenship and their level of competence in confrontation, and to reveal the relationship between the level of their acquisition of some values of citizenship and the level of competence of confrontation they have, and to reveal the differences between them in the acquisition of specific citizenship values (patriotism, commitment, responsibility The study sample consisted of (420) male and female students of the sixth grade, of whom (219) were pupils, and (201) pupils in the schools of Tartous city, and the study adopted the descriptive approach, and the Specific Citizenship Values Scale, and the Confrontation Efficiency Scale were used, which were prepared by the researcher using the previous studies. The city of Tartous, and their average level of confrontation competence, and the presence of a positive correlation between the scores of the study sample "of sixth grade students" in the scale of citizenship values and their scores in the scale of confrontation competence, a J The higher the level of students ’acquisition of citizenship values, the higher their level of coping competence, and there are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the study sample of sixth-grade students on the scale of citizenship values according to the gender variable in favor of female students in the overall score and sub-dimensions. Except for the second dimension (commitment value), it was not statistically significant and there were no differences between males and females, and there were no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the study sample of sixth grade students on the scale of coping efficiency according to the gender variable.


Author(s):  
Samsu Armadi

This article describes the result of study on the relationship between reading comprehension to vocabulary mastery. Using correlational design, this study assigned 84 students of the sixth grade students of SDN 03 Tenggarong as the sample. The instruments of this study were test on reading comprehension and test on vocabulary mastery. Two kinds of data in terms of scores on reading comprehension and scores on vocabulary mastery were analyzed using product moment formula at p=0.05 and N=84. The study revealed that r-value was .802 and r-table was .294 (p=0.05). The hypothesis testing indicated that r-value was greater than r-table. The evidence showed that the study was significant, meaning that reading comprehension significantly relates to vocabulary mastery. The higher scores on reading comprehension allowed higher scores on vocabulary.  


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Zainal Abidin

This study aims to improve the learning outcomes of sixth grade students at SDN. No. 058/XI Koto Dumo on mathematics subject, especially on integer operation material by using cooperative learning model of Teams Games Tournament type. This research is a classroom action research conducted in three cycles and each cycle is done with four activities, namely planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. This study was conducted from August to November of 2016. The study involved 16 sixth graders. Data were collected by observation and test. Data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis and simple statistical test. The results showed that the activities and learning outcomes of students before and after the given action (Cycle I, Cycle II, and Cycle III) improved. Thus, the use of cooperative learning model type Teams Games Tournament in SDN. No. 058/XI Koto Dumo can improve student learning outcomes in mathematics subjects, especially on the subject matter of integer counting operations.


1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hammes ◽  
Dan Petersen

The purpose of the study was to determine whether sixth grade students could learn resistance to persuasion skills (RPS) and identify those skills after viewing a videotape where child actors responded to group pressure to smoke. Also to determine if a child's self-concept and/or social status is associated with his/her ability to learn the RPS. Subjects for the study were sixth grade students ( N = 95) in four elementary schools. Two classes consisting of fifty-four subjects were randomly assigned to the control group. A randomized pretest-posttest control group design was used as the research format for the study. Data were analyzed using the Mantel Haenszel Chi Square statistic and the Analysis of Variance. Findings suggest that resistance to persuasion skills can be taught and successfully learned in a school health education environment, and that a child's self-concept and social status is not associated with learning RPS. Command of such skills may induce in young students greater independence from high pressure tactics often used by associates in social settings.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riitta Rautiainen ◽  
Hannu Raty ◽  
Kati Kasanen

This study set out to examine parents’ and teachers’ explanations of the malleability of children’s competences. Parents and teachers were asked in which aspect of schoolwork the child could improve his/her competence most and to explain why. The participants were parents and teachers of third- and sixth-grade boys and girls (n=97). The parents and teachers were found to refer to the amount of effort, motivation, and ability in their explanations of the malleability of children’s competences. The explanations concerning ability divided into those in which the child was seen as possessing ability and those in which the child was seen as lacking ability or having difficulties that prevented her/him from succeeding. The teachers perceived sixth-graders as needing more effort and motivation than third-graders did, and girls as somewhat more competent and motivated than boys. The teachers also seemed to explain children’s potential for improvement in more complex ways than the parents did.


1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 487-490
Author(s):  
Marcia D. Horne ◽  
Constance J. Seidner ◽  
Stefan J. Harasymiw

This study examined the mediating effects of peer status on the relationship between Intellectual Achievement Responsibility and the academic performance of 79 sixth grade students in an open-space school. When peer status was specified, a negative association was noted between achievement responsibility and academic ability for students of high status, but a positive one for students of low status. No association between achievement responsibility and ability was observed for students with medium peer status. Operation of internal achievement motivation may be influenced by the social psychological environment of the individual.


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