Effects of an Autism Educational Presentation on High School Students’ Perceptions of Autistic Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nichole Scheerer ◽  
Troy Boucher ◽  
Noah Sasson ◽  
Grace Iarocci
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Success ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
Social Difficulties ◽  
Autistic Adults

Background Social communication difficulties are a clinical characteristic of autism, but social interactions are reciprocal in nature and autistic individuals’ social abilities may not be the only factor influencing their social success. Non-autistic individuals’ social perceptions and behavior also contribute to autistic individuals’ social difficulties, and previous research has identified that non-autistic individuals’ perception of autistic individuals is influenced by autism knowledge and the quantity and quality of exposure to autistic people. We explored whether high school students’ perceptions of autistic adults can be improved by an autism education presentation and whether these perceptions were associated with their self-reported social competence. Methods151 senior high school students completed the First Impression Scale on video-recordings of 20 autistic and 20 non-autistic adults in social situations either before or after viewing a 50 minute autism educational presentation detailing the everyday experiences of autistic people and participating in a question-and-answer session. The students’ prior experiences with autistic people was assessed using the Quantity and Quality of Contact Scale, and their own self-perceived social competence was measured using the Multidimensional Social Competence Scale. ResultsStudents who provided their judgements after viewing the educational presentation rated autistic adults as more attractive (β = -.05, p = .042) and likeable (β = -.06, p = .029), and reported greater interest in hanging out with (β = -.06, p = .028) and being near the autistic adults (β = -.06, p = .026), relative to peers who completed their judgments before watching the presentation. Consistent with a Double Empathy framework, students who reported being more socially competent endorsed more negative judgments of autistic adults (r = .211, p = .011), whereas students reporting higher quality interactions with autistic individuals expressed more positive judgments (r = -.278, p = .010). Conclusion Improving non-autistic individuals’ understanding of autistic social behaviors, whether through educational presentations or quality interactions, may revise their expectations of social behavior and improve perceptions of autistic differences. Changing non-autistic individuals’ social expectations may provide an avenue for improving interactions for autistic individuals without putting the onus on autistic individuals to change or mask their behavior and identity.

Comparing the characteristics of EFL students’ multimodal composing and traditional monomodal writing: The case of a reading-to-write task

2021 ◽  
pp. 136216882110467
Author(s):  
Hyejin Cho ◽  
YouJin Kim
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Multimodal Composing ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Relationship

Although digital multimodal composing (DMC) is receiving increasing attention in language classrooms, the extent to which it contributes to students’ writing practices is controversial. In order to understand the affordances of DMC compared to traditional monomodal writing in school contexts, it is pertinent to compare DMC and traditional writing using academic integrated-skills tasks. The current study aims to investigate the relationship between the quality of Korean high school students’ multimodal composing and that of the same students’ traditional monomodal writing, as well as content and language alignment. Thirty-one Korean high school students carried out a summary-reflection task through DMC and traditional monomodal writing. After reading a short fable by Aesop, students summarized and reflected on the text. While students used only one mode in traditional writing (i.e. English text), they utilized multiple modes in DMC (e.g. pictures, movies). Students’ task outcomes were scored using analytic rubrics, and texts were coded in terms of the content and linguistic features students retrieved from the text (i.e. alignment) and their degree of reflection. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the quality, content and language alignment, or amount of reflection in writing outcomes between students’ DMC and traditional monomodal writing.

scholarly journals The relationship between the perceived class climate, motivation for achievement and school success among elementary and high school students

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-460
Author(s):  
Irina Milosevic ◽  
Ruzenka Simonji-Cernak
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Success ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Class Climate ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this research is to determine the correlation between perceived class climate, motivation for achievement and school success among elementary and high school students. The research was conducted on a sample of 400 subjects. The instrument used for class climate survey is an Attitude scale, created as the combination of two instruments for measuring class climate. The MOP/D scale was used to survey motivation for achievement. The obtained results show that the quality of the overall class climate is not high, while the scores on the three dimensions of the class climate indicate that the students perceive Class Cohesion as the most favourable one, then the Teachers? Support and finally the Order and the Organisation. Significant differences in perceptions of class climate were found concerning age. Significant differences in perceptions of climate (both in the overall and in the Teachers? Support dimension) were also found with respect to the gender of the students. The findings indicate low positive correlations between perceived class climate and the motivation for achievement, and also between school success and the motivation for achievement. No correlation was found between the perceived class climate and school success. More detailed research shows that the climate dimensions Teachers? Support and Order and Organisation are significant predictors of the overall motivation for achievement and the Learning dimension, and that they are positively correlated. Learning and Persistence, the dimensions of the motivation for achievement, were found to be significant predictors of school success. A perceived class climate did not prove to be a significant predictor of school success, except for the Class Cohesion dimension, only on the subsample of high school students.

scholarly journals PROFIL KUALITAS LITERASI SAINS SISWA SMP SE-KABUPATEN PATI

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hikmah Naturasari ◽  
Fenny Roshayanti ◽  
Atip Nurwahyunani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Science Literacy ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
International Student Assessment

ABSTRACTThis research is motivated by the low achievement of sciencem literacy of Indonesian students in the participation of the study of The Programe for International Student Assessment (PISA) held every three years by The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This study aims to determine the quality of science literacy profile of junior high school students. The sample amounted to 356 students of SMP class IX, taken using proportionate stativeied random sampling technique. The Method is test and interview. The tests given using questions obtained from the OECD published PISA issue were published in 2009 specifically for matters related to science content. The results showed that the Literacy Quality of Science Profile of Junior High School Students in Pati Regency belong to low category with percentage of 55%. In the category of moderate percentage obtained by 45% and no students who fall into the high category. As for the achievement of the value of each level, the highest ability of students in answering science literacy questions in the level 1 questions with a total of 49.43 moderate categorized, and the lowest ability of students in answering the questions of science literacy is in level questions 6th with a total of 13.48 is low categorized. The conclusion is the quality of science literacy profile of junior high school students in Pati District is low. Keywords: Profil Quality, Science Literation, SMP Student, ABSTRAKPenelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh rendahnya capaian literasi sains siswa Indonesia pada partisipasi studi The programe for International Student Assessment (PISA) yang diselenggarakan setiap tiga tahun sekali oleh The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui profil kualitas literasi sains siswa SMP se-Kabupaten Pati. Sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 356 siswa SMP kelas IX se-Kabupaten Pati yang diambil dengan menggunakan teknik proportionate statified random sampling. Metode pengambilan data menggunakan metode tes dan wawancara. Tes yang diberikan menggunakan soal PISA yang dipublikasikan oleh OECD diterbitkan tahun 2009 khusus untuk soal-soal yang berkaitan dengan konten sains, serta sudah diterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Profil Kualitas Literasi Sains Siswa SMP se-Kabupaten Pati tergolong dalam kategori rendah dengan persentase sebesar 55%. Pada  kategori sedang diperoleh persentase sebesar 45% dan tidak ada siswa yang masuk dalam kategori tinggi. Pencapaian nilai setiap levelnya, kemampuan tertinggi siswa dalam menjawab soal literasi sains terdapat pada soal level 1 dengan jumlah nilai 49,43 berkategori sedang, dan kemampuan terendah siswa dalam menjawab soal literasi sains terdapat pada soal level 6 dengan jumlah nilai 13,48 berkategori rendah. Sehingga disimpulkan bahwa profil kualitas literasi sains siswa SMP se-Kabupaten Pati tergolong rendah. Kata Kunci: profil kualitas, literasi sains, siswa SMP

scholarly journals Relationship between Malocclusion and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mashallah Khanemasjedi ◽  
Marzieh Araban ◽  
Mehdi Mohamadinia ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
School Students ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals BAHASA INDONESIA RAGAM TULIS DI KALANGAN SISWA REMAJADI DKI JAKARTA

Kandai ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Wati Kurniawati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Female Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

This study aimed to describe the quality of Indonesian variety of writing used by high school students in Central Jakarta and East Jakarta. The focus of this research is the spelling rules. The method used is descriptive method. Fourty high school students writing in Central Jakarta and East Jakarta were selected as the sample, they are consisting of twenty men and twenty women with regard to social factors. The findings indicate that female teenage student, female students in Central Jakarta more careful in the use of the letters, punctuation, and spelling than male teenage student in East Jakarta. Students whose parents are having different ethnic tend to be more careful in the use of letters and writing words than students whose parents is coming from same ethnic. As for the use of punctuation on students whose parents is coming from same ethnic tend to be more careful than teenage student whose parents are having different ethnic. 

scholarly journals Assessing sleep quality of Lebanese high school students in relation to lifestyle: pilot study in Beirut

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (08) ◽  
pp. 722-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramez Chahine ◽  
Rita Farah ◽  
Michèle Chahoud ◽  
Alain Harb ◽  
Rami Tarabay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
School Students
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