scholarly journals The influence of the organization of the educational process on the mental capacity of secondary school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-487
Author(s):  
H. М. Danylenko ◽  
Zh. V. Sotnikova-Meleshkina
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mental Performance ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
The Impact

Annotation. The modern education system is characterized by the introduction of the latest technologies and educational projects, accompanied by an increase in information and emotional load, which is accompanied by a decrease in the efficiency and quality of work, determined by the level and dynamics of mental performance. The purpose of the study – to determine the impact of the organization of the educational process in primary school on the mental capacity of students in the study of subjects of varying difficulty. The study involved 112 secondary school students, divided into 3 groups depending on the curriculum. With the help of proofreading tests, the level and dynamics of mental performance was determined in a cycle of studying 3 subjects: mathematics, Ukrainian language, history. In parallel, self-assessment of psycho-emotional state was performed according to the method of SAN and pulse measurement. Statistical data processing was performed using one-way analysis of variance and t-test in the software package IBM SPSS Statistics v.20. It was found that the educational program affected the level of mental performance (F=106.7), heart rate (F=25,2) and well-being (F=4,5; p<0,05). Quantitative (382.31±5.46 characters) and qualitative (7.60±0.28 errors) indicators were better in girls (p<0.01). The maximum decrease in the volume and quality of work was determined after the history lesson (respectively by 27.65±7.24 characters and 3.35±0.49 errors; p<0.001). In the dynamics of the study of subjects there was a decrease in mental capacity against the background of a decrease in health to 1.9 points (p<0.05) and an increase in heart rate to 92.13±2.82 beats/min (p<0.001). The study of mathematics according to the experimental educational project was accompanied by the highest percentage of students with the preservation or increase of the level of mental capacity, and according to the traditional program – its decrease in the vast majority of students. When studying the Ukrainian language and history, no significant difference between the types of changes in mental performance under the conditions of implementation of different curricula has been established. Thus, the optimal organization of the educational process, especially in the study of heavy subjects, helps to preserve and restore mental performance and, consequently, reduce signs of fatigue, which guarantees not only a sufficient level of academic success, but also less depletion of functional reserves of the child's body and reducing the risk of school maladjustment.

The American Society for Engineering Education Committee on Secondary Schools

1949 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 345-350
Author(s):  
Henry H. Armsby
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
American Society

It should be unnecessary to say before a group of mathematics teachers that engineering educators are concerned with the kind of education our secondary schools are giving. Dean Steinberg has ably presented2 the importance of sound training in mathematics as a foundation for engineering education. I endorse his statement, but wish to add that the engineering schools are also vitally interested in the entire educational program of secondary school students, and in the quality of work they do, not only in their mathematics, but in all their subjects. Most of the progressive engineering colleges have for years attempted to improve and strengthen their relations with the secondary schools from which they draw students, chiefly by sincere efforts to furnish intelligent, authoritative, and objective guidance to secondary school students.

Effect of Resource Factors and Quality of Instruction on Performance in Mathematics of Nigeria Secondary School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Umar Abdullahi ◽  
Musa Sirajo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Secondary School Student ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quality Of Instruction ◽  
The Public

It seems that educational system in Nigeria has undergone only quantitative improvement in terms of number of schools and students’ enrolment. However, there has been little effort in respect to the capacity to manage them through provisions of adequate financial, human, material and physical resources. Physical and material resources in secondary schools were discovered to be inadequate and poorly equipped. Some of the secondary school buildings were dilapidated, also the allocated financial resource, teaching and non-teaching staff are grossly inadequate compared with the students’ enrolment. The public, the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in education are expressing serious concern about the consistency of the poor performance of secondary school students especially in mathematics. Increase in population and the government’s free education programs make people want to take advantage of the education provided. Provision of both professionally qualified and non-qualified teachers by government and non-state providers of education also appear not to ameliorate the problem of declining performances in mathematics. The effect of all these on the public secondary school student academic performance in mathematics concern the researchers of this study. It is against this background that the study sought to empirically investigates effect of resource factors and quality of instruction on performance in mathematics of Nigeria secondary school students.

scholarly journals Comparison on Well-Being, Engagement and Perceived School Climate in Secondary School Students with Learning Difficulties and Specific Learning Disorders: An Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Lombardi ◽  
Daniela Traficante ◽  
Roberta Bettoni ◽  
Ilaria Offredi ◽  
Mirta Vernice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Disorder ◽  
School Students ◽  
Specific Learning Disorder ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Specific Learning

Reading and writing skills influence the social status of students, exerting effects not only on learning, but also on wellbeing. This study aimed to assess the impact of diagnosis of specific learning disorder on well-being in secondary-school students, comparing students with a diagnosis of specific learning disorder (SLD-group), students showing learning difficulties without diagnosis (LD-group) and students without learning difficulties (control-group). Students were tested with neuropsychological screening tests in order to identify learning difficulties and were further assessed by means of psychological and school well-being questionnaires. The results show that LD group perceive themselves as having a low sense of mastery and autonomy, less interest and engagement in daily activities and low peer social support than their schoolmates. This result highlights, for the LD group, a low well-being experience, which is not observed in the SLD and control groups. On the contrary, SLD group students do not differ from control group students in any dimensions except for the perceived parents’ support and involvement in school life, in which the SLD group show the highest scores. This work underlines the importance of having a diagnosis as it seems to work as a protective factor for both the psychological and school well-being of the student.

Impact of Collaborative Learning Strategies on Social Maturity of Secondary School Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 249-259
Author(s):  
J. N. Baliya ◽  
Shivani Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Critical Ratio ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Maturity ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research was to study the impact of collaborative learning strategies on social maturity and its various dimensions viz. personal adequacy, interpersonal adequacy, and social adequacy, of secondary school students. The study was quasiexperimental and used matched pairs pre-test post-test research design. A Higher Secondary School in Educational Zone Hiranagar of District Kathua was chosen for the intervention. The study was conducted on sixty-six students of two sections of class 9th. Two sections were randomly assigned to collaborative and traditional learning conditions. Four methods of collaborative learning viz. Think-Pair-Share, Numbered Heads Together, Jigsaw, and Fish-Bowl were used for a period of over five weeks. The results were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and a critical ratio (CR). The results of the study showed that this approach was successful in increasing personal adequacy, interpersonal adequacy, social adequacy and overall social maturity of secondary school students.

scholarly journals Impact of Cognitive Restructuring and Token Economy Techniques on Truancy Reduction among Secondary School Students in Lagos State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Afolasade Airat Sulaiman ◽  
Stella Ihuoma Uhuegbu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Token Economy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
The Impact

This study examined the impact of cognitive restructuring and token economy techniques on the reduction of truancy among secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a pre-test, post-test, control group design with a multistage sampling technique as the sampling method. Judgmental sampling technique was used to select two from the six Education Districts in Lagos State, simple random sampling technique was adopted to select six schools; three schools from each of the two Education Districts and 170 truants out of the 216 randomly selected based on the class attendance register completed the study. Truancy Behaviour Questionnaire (TBQ) with a reliability index of .87 was the instrument for the study. Data were analysed and presented with descriptive and ANOVA statistics at .05 level of significance. Findings showed that the two techniques were effective for the reduction of truancy but the token economy technique had a better effect. Sex had no significant effect on the reduction of truancy but females play truants more than males. Based on the findings, the token economy therapy was recommended as an ideal technique for counselling and guiding students against truancy.

scholarly journals A study on prevalence and effects of allergic rhinitis and asthma on quality of life among secondary school’s student in Kinta District, Perak

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (SPL1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soe AK ◽  
Aizat AF ◽  
Bellahcene MA ◽  
Atiqah N ◽  
Husna N
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Allergic Rhinitis ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Bronchial Asthma ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chronic Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Validated Questionnaire

Allergic rhinitis (AR) and bronchial asthma (BA) are common inflammatory chronic respiratory diseases, and they are significant public health challenges on a global scale. The prevalence of these diseases are on the rise in all regions of the world, affecting all ages but more commonly among children and adolescences. Both AR and BA affect patients to a different extent with variable restrictions in the physical, emotional, and social aspects of the patient's life. They may be seen as two presentations of the same disease by sharing common epidemiologic, histologic, physiologic, and immunopathologic linkages. To determine the prevalence and impact of allergic rhinitis, asthma and allergic rhinitis with asthma on quality of life among secondary school students in Kinta District, Perak. A cross-sectional study was done among secondary school students from randomly selected three schools in Kinta District, Ipoh, Perak. A well-vetted and validated questionnaire was used to collect the data, and statistical analysis was done to determine the prevalence and impact of AR, BA, or both. A total of 250 secondary school students were involved in this study. Malays were the majority among the participants. The prevalence of AR alone, BA alone, and disease co-occurance were 27.2%, 9.2%, and 8%, respectively. Nearly 20% of the participants were troublesome but low scale in terms of quality of life followed by disturbed sleep, restricted participation in school, and daily activities. Only 6% of the participants experienced sleep disturbance due to asthma, but daily anti-asthmatic medication was essential in only 1.2%. This study showed that although a relatively high prevalence of allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma. There was no significant low quality of life among sufferers.  

scholarly journals An assessment of the impact of improvised versus conventional laboratory equipment on students’ performance in thermal expansion

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
Kizito Ndihokubwayo ◽  
Jean Uwamahoro ◽  
Irénée Ndayambaje
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Expansion ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Laboratory Equipment ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact

Science education in Rwandan schools still faces a number of challenges including the lack or shortage of equipment available for science experiments. This paper describes research conducted to assess the impact of using improvised versus conventional laboratory equipment in experiments. Eighty-five lower secondary school students were assessed using a semi-experimental post-test design on thermal expansion of bodies. Data analysis using a t-test produced a t-Stat of 2.74 over a t-Critical of 1.98 indicating a statistical significance between the two experimental groups in favour of the group using improvised equipment. As a result, it is recommended that improvised equipment be used in those instances in which there is a lack or shortage of conventional equipment since students’ achievement was similar regardless of the type of equipment used.

Entrepreneurship Program at Secondary School

2019 ◽  
pp. 202-217
Author(s):  
Maria Jose Madeira ◽  
Andreia Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study is the analysis of the effect that the entrepreneurship activities have in the development of an entrepreneurial profile of the students of a secondary level and their future entrepreneurial intentions. To empirically test the formulated hypothesis, a questionnaire was developed. By the application of methods of factorial analysis and a logistic regression model, it was concluded that variables like the incentive given by school agents, the participation of students in extracurricular activities and the desire to continue studying, influenced the entrepreneurial intentions of the students. Concerning the entrepreneurial profile, it was concluded that the students who have higher capacity of creation and concretization of entrepreneurial projects and a winning will, have a higher propensity to create their own business. This research analysed the impact of entrepreneurship activities on the development of the secondary school students' entrepreneurial profile, and understand whether these same activities influence their future intentions.

Beliefs about psychosocial consequences of schizophrenia and depression: a comparative study in a sample of secondary school students

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppina Castiello ◽  
Lorenza Magliano
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
School Students ◽  
Schizophrenia Group ◽  
Depression Group ◽  
The Impact

SUMMARYAims — Description of students' opinions about schizophrenia and depression. Methods — The study was carried out on a sample of 445 secondary school students, randomly allocated to a “schizophrenia” or a “depression” group (N=221 and N=224, respectively). Each respondent was asked to read a case—vignette describing a case of schizophrenia or depression, and then to fill the Questionnaire on the Opinions about Mental Illness — General Population's version (QO—GP). Results — 35% of students in “schizophrenia” group vs. 85% in “depression” group attributed a correct diagnosis to case—vignette. 19% of students in the “schizophrenia” group vs. 39% in the “depression” group believed that these mental disorders can recover. Affective and civil rights were more frequently acknowledged to patients with depression than to those with schizophrenia. In both groups, the majority of students stated that mentally ill patients were unpredictable and socially dangerous. Students who reported TV stories on people with mentally ill were more frequently convinced on their unpredictability and social dangerousness. Conclusions — These results outline the need to: a) plan educational campaigns for students on mental disorders; b) alert media professionals on the impact that the way they present crimes committed by mentally ill patients may have on general population.Declaration of Interest: None of the authors has had any interest or she has received any form of support, including that from drug companies and honoraria for lectures and consultancies potentially in conflict with this scientific work in the last two years. None of the authors has received any form of fee for her participation in this study.

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