Validity Studies of Scores from a Delinquency-Proneness Scale

1963 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-278
Author(s):  
H. A. Curtis ◽  
F. J. King ◽  
R. P. Kropp
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Slide Projector ◽  
Item Exposure ◽  
Exposure Interval ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
High Aggression ◽  
Validity Studies ◽  
Paper And Pencil ◽  
Legal Difficulties ◽  
Future School

The purpose of this study was to investigate two modes of administration (paper and pencil and slide projector) of a delinquency-proneness (D-P) scale in relation to criterion data concerning past and future school and legal difficulties and withdrawal from school. D-P scores were also considered in relation to measures of personal aggression, indolence, and rigidity. Ss were 400 male and female white tenth grade students in three Florida public schools. It was concluded that neither mode was superior to the other in predicting the criterion measures. A statistically non-significant tendency for persons with high aggression and low rigidity to produce higher D-P scores on the projected mode than on the paper and pencil mode was noted. The discrepancy between the magnitude of D-P scores for the two modes increased as the item exposure interval for the projected mode decreased.

scholarly journals Young adolescents’ engagement in dietary behaviour – the impact of gender, socio-economic status, self-efficacy and scientific literacy. Methodological aspects of constructing measures in nutrition literacy research using the Rasch model

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 2565-2574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øystein Guttersrud ◽  
Kjell Sverre Petterson
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The Self ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
The Impact

AbstractObjectiveThe present study validates a revised scale measuring individuals’ level of the ‘engagement in dietary behaviour’ aspect of ‘critical nutrition literacy’ and describes how background factors affect this aspect of Norwegian tenth-grade students’ nutrition literacy.DesignData were gathered electronically during a field trial of a standardised sample test in science. Test items and questionnaire constructs were distributed evenly across four electronic field-test booklets. Data management and analysis were performed using the RUMM2030 item analysis package and the IBM SPSS Statistics 20 statistical software package.SettingStudents responded on computers at school.SubjectsSeven hundred and forty tenth-grade students at twenty-seven randomly sampled public schools were enrolled in the field-test study. The engagement in dietary behaviour scale and the self-efficacy in science scale were distributed to 178 of these students.ResultsThe dietary behaviour scale and the self-efficacy in science scale came out as valid, reliable and well-targeted instruments usable for the construction of measurements.ConclusionsGirls and students with high self-efficacy reported higher engagement in dietary behaviour than other students. Socio-economic status and scientific literacy – measured as ability in science by applying an achievement test – did not correlate significantly different from zero with students’ engagement in dietary behaviour.

scholarly journals The Impact of Using Educational Robot through Integrative Approach on the Achievement of Tenth-Grade Students in Trigonometry

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-227
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Educational Robot ◽  
The Impact

The study aimed at investigating the impact of using the educational robot through the integrative approach on achievement among tenth grade students in trigonometry. To achieve the aims of the study the researchers developed an academic unit adopting the integrated approach by using Educational Robot. The sample of the study consisted of (120) students of the tenth grade students in public schools in the city of Amman, divided equally into two groups: experimental and control. Achievement test in mathematics was used, which were validity and reliability was verified. The results of the study showed a statistically significant difference (α≤0.05) between the averages of the two groups experimental (which used the educational robot) and the control group (which did not use the educational robot) in mathematical achievement in favor of the experimental group. The study did not show an interaction between the use of the educational robot and the gender of the student in the mathematics achievement in the students of the tenth-grade students. In light of the study's findings, the researchers recommend using modern technology tools such as robot to teach mathematics. Keywords: Educational robot, achievement, trigonometry, integrative approach

Ways of stimulating learning motivation among students in government schools according to several variables in Salfit Governorate - Palestine: سبل إثارة دافعية التعلم لدى الطلبة في المدارس الحكومية حسب عدّة متغيرات في محافظة سلفيت – فلسطين

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (45) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Abdel Qader Belbeisi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Strong Positive Relationship ◽  
Educational Motivation ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Descriptive Approach

The current study aimed to identify the ways of raising the motivation of learning among tenth-grade students in public schools in Salfit governorate, according to the gender variable, the number of family members and the level of academic achievement. The researcher used the analytical descriptive approach to achieve the research aims, and the questionnaire was the research tool which applied on a sample of (83) students from the tenth-grade students in Salfit governorate. The results showed that there is no statistically significant relationship between each of the gender variable and the level of academic achievement, and the ways to raise the motivation of learning among the study sample, the results also showed that there is a strong positive relationship between the variable of the number of family members and the ways of raising the motivation of learning. Based on the results the research proposed a number of recommendations, the most important of which were: The necessity for pay attention when designing curricula and decisions to focus on addressing educational experiences that stimulate the learner's educational motivation and avoiding offering direct solutions that restrict the learner's thinking and make him anxious and tense.

A Network Analysis of Substance Consumption Patterns among Students of Public Schools in Mozambique

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alferes Ribeiro ◽  
Alice Rodrigues Willhelm ◽  
Vinícius do Carmo Oliveira de Lemos ◽  
Felipe Vilanova de Gois Andrade ◽  
Clarissa Pinto Pizarro de Freitas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Negative Beliefs ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Substance Consumption

This study aimed to identify the main patterns of alcohol and tobacco consumption among adolescents and its risk factors. Participants were 208 eighth, ninth, and tenth-grade students (65.3% female, 34.7% male) in Maputo, Mozambique, whose ages ranged from 12 to 18 years old (M=14.88; SD=1.29). The study sought to investigate the association between sociodemographic features, academic performance, positive and negative beliefs about drugs, and its consumption patterns among teenagers in Mozambique through network analyses. The results showed high alcohol consumption with early-onset, in the age group ranging from 11 to 13 years old. The frequency of tobacco consumption is related to understanding the positive aspects of smoking, expansiveness, and confidence. The present study contributes to the knowledge of the prevalence of these substances’ consumption in the school community. It may be useful to design strategies for prevention and intervention on alcohol and tobacco consumption by adolescents. The key limitations are the sample exclusively from Maputo and the cross-sectional design. Future studies should thus investigate the patterns of licit and illicit drug consumption among teenagers from other places and use a longitudinal design.

scholarly journals Predictive Ability of Future Anxiety in Professional Decision-Making Skill among a Syrian Refugee Adolescent in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ola Al Hwayan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Predictive Ability ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Refugee Students ◽  
Syrian Refugee ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
The University

This study aimed to examine how and to what extent future anxiety contributes to the level of professional decision-making skills among Syrian refugee students in the tenth grade in public schools in Jordan for the year 2018/2019. Using a quantitative approach, 227 tenth-grade Syrian refugee students in public schools in the University Brigade Institute of the Ministry of Education in Jordan were measured on scales of future anxiety and professional decision-making. The results showed that the level of future anxiety was high, while the level of professional decision-making was moderate. In addition, the results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the future anxiety depending on gender (i.e., male/female) and achievement level (i.e., high achievement/low achievement), whereas for professional decision-making, there were differences depending on gender but not achievement level. Finally, it showed that future anxiety is predictive of professional decision-making skills.

scholarly journals The Level of Creative Thinking Skills among Gifted and Ordinary Students in Tafila Governorate

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Jehad Turkey
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Verbal Form ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Level Of Significance

This study aimed to identify the level of creative thinking skills among gifted and ordinary students, according to the type of school and academic level variables. The study sample consisted of 60 male and female students who joined the King Abdullah II School for Excellence in the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades, who were chosen purposely. In addition, the study sample consisted of 70 male and female students from public schools in Tafila Governorate, who were chosen randomly. Adapted Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) Module “A” (Verbal form) was used to measure their creativity skills. The results of the study indicated that the level of creative thinking skills among all participants was on "average"/medium, but “means” of results were higher in favor of the gifted students in all creative thinking skills (fluency, flexibility, originality). Further, there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α=0.05) as shown in creative thinking skills (fluency, originality) between the ordinary and gifted students, as well as, the total score. While there were statistically significant differences in the skill of flexibility, for the benefit of gifted students. The results also indicated that there were statistically significant differences in creative thinking among gifted students' skills according to the academic level variable whereas, there were significant differences in originality skill of gifted students. They were in favor of the tenth grade students (highest class). 

Fieldwork Training In The Public Schools

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Thad Sitton
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Faith Healing ◽  
Southern Appalachia ◽  
The Public ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Tenth Grade

Foxfire was the prototype classroom "cultural journalism" project. It had its beginnings in the ninth and tenth grade English classes of Eliot Wigginton, in the Rabun Gap community of Appalachian Georgia. Frustrated to the point of desperation by the curricular status quo, Wigginton and his students launched into a publication dedicated to the discovery, collection and preservation of the traditional culture and folklore of Southern Appalachia. Wigginton's students named their journal "Foxfire," after a tiny phosphorescent organism often seen in the shady coves of the deep mountains. Tape recorders, cameras and notebooks in hand, the students ranged far a field, collecting a wide variety of materials from the living repositories of the old "mountain culture." They transcribed and edited these materials, and in 1967 published the first issue of Foxfire—later sub-titled "hog dressing; log cabin building; mountain crafts and foods; planting by the signs; snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing, moonshining; and other affairs of plain living."

scholarly journals The Effect of Extracurricular Activities on Generate Motivation for Learning Physics Students Practical Study on Secondary Students in Public Schools in Karak Province: أثر الأنشطة اللامنهجية على إثارة دافعية التعلم لدى طلبة مادة الفيزياء دراسة تطبيقية على طلبة الصف العاشر في المدارس الحكومية في محافظة الكرك

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eman Mohammad Al-qatawneh
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Music Drama ◽  
Physics Students ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Tenth Grade

The study aimed to identify the effect of extracurricular activities on raising the motivation of learning among physics students in the tenth grade in government schools in Karak Governorate, where the study followed the descriptive research methodology, and the experimental research methodology of two groups, control and experimental, which included 30 students in each group, where they were Pre and post testing for the two groups. The experimental group was subjected to a program that included extracurricular activities through sports, games, art, music, drama and poetry. The control group was not subject to these activities. The study concluded that there is high important level of extracurricular activities in the motivation of students of physics at the Tenth grade in public schools in Karak Governorate. And there is a significant impact of extracurricular activities on raising the motivation of learning among students of physics at the Tenth grade in public schools in Karak Governorate. In light of the results, the study recommended the need to apply extracurricular activities to students of physics at the Tenth grade in public schools in Karak Governorate.

scholarly journals Evidence of Intercultural Communication Competence in Tenth Grader’s Narrative Texts

2016 ◽  
pp. 111-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Eulalia Guerrero Moya ◽  
Liliana Muñoz Ortíz ◽  
Ana María Niño Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Literature Circles ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence ◽  
Language Class ◽  
Tenth Grade

This action research study explored the effects of an intervention linking both culture and citizenship in a tenth-grade English language class, and aimed at finding evidence of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) skills through the writing of narrative texts in English. Participants were 75 tenth-grade students, between the ages of 14 and 17 years old who attended three different public schools in Bogotá, Colombia. Through literature circles (discussion groups) and storytelling tools, learners played an active role, discovered similarities and differences among cultures, reflected upon their tolerance levels, and explored ways to face problems. Findings suggest that students were able to identify differences in cultures and how those differences helped them to build identity. In addition, they analyzed how they reacted in situations where their tolerance skills were challenged.

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