scholarly journals Peer effects on academic achievement in high school SocietyㆍCulture course: focusing on the difference between strong pupils and weak ones

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 933-956
Author(s):  
전창완
Author(s):  
Matthew Kojo Namale ◽  
Joshua-Luther Ndoye Upoalkpajor ◽  
Cornelia Aganazure Ayambire

The study investigated the factors influencing low academic performance of Kongo Senior High School Students in the Kongo District in the Upper East District. The Objectives of the study were to: identify the teacher factors that contribute to the low academic performance of students in Kongo Senior High School, identify how students’ attitude contribute to low academic achievement and indicate how school physical facilities contribute to low academic performance of students. The study also indicated the difference in perception between teachers and students with regard to ways teachers contribute to low academic achievement of students, indicate the difference in perception between teachers and students with regard to how school physical facilities contribute to low academic performance of students and indicate the perception between teachers and students about how students’ attitude contribute to low academic performance. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. A self-designed questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of .73 was used to gather data from a sample of 154 respondents. Purposive sampling method was used to select the school. Simple random sampling method was used to select student participants while convenient sampling method was used to select teachers for the study. The study revealed that teachers did not give feedback regularly to students. It was also found that students were not active in lesson. The study showed that the school did not have enough classroom furniture to to aid teaching and learning. Therefore, it was suggested that teachers should regularly give feedback on students’ work for them to know how they are doing in their subjects. It was also recommended that stakeholders of education should provide enough furniture for the school.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-73
Author(s):  
Siti Fatimah

The study aimed to examine the correlation between self-regulated learning (SRL) and academic achievement; examine the correlation between cognitive, motivational, and behavioral regulations on academic achievement; and examine the difference of SRL level and academic achievement on male and female students of accelerated program in Senior High School of Malang. To analyze the data correlation of Pearson, multiple regression and t-test were applied. The findings revealed that 1) there was a significant positive correlation between SRL and academic achievement (r=.777); 2) there was a significant correlation between motivational and behavioral regulations and academic achievement, and 3) there was no significant difference between SRL level and academic achievement on male and female students on an accelerated program.


2019 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
C. Barathi

The present study is carried out by differential analysis to know the difference between Academic Achievement among High School Teachers. Three hundred High School Teachers had been randomly selected for the present study. Normative survey method was used to collect the data. The study was done in Cuddalore District in Tamilnadu. In the study it is found that there is significant difference among high school teachers in Academic achievement with respect to gender.Also it is found that there is no significant difference among high school teachers in Academic achievement with respect to subject


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Noorlela Binti Noordin ◽  
Abdul Razaq Ahmad ◽  
Anuar Ahmad

This study was aimed to evaluate the Malay proficiency among students in Form Two especially non-Malay students and its relationship to academic achievement History. To achieve the purpose of the study there are two objectives, the first is to look at the difference between mean of Malay Language test influences min of academic achievement of History subject among non-Malay students in Form Two and the second is the relationship between the level of Malay proficiency and their academic achievement for History. This study used quantitative methods, which involved 100 people of Form Two non-Malay students in one of the schools in Klang, Selangor. This study used quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and statistical inference with IBM SPSS Statistics v22 software. This study found that there was a relationship between the proficiency of Malay language among non-Malay students with achievements in the subject of History. The implications of this study are discussed in this article.


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