scholarly journals Case Study of Phonics among Primary School Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Liu Xiaojing ◽  
Junying Zhang ◽  
Huang Jing
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Words ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Grade 3

Phonics is a widely implemented teaching approach in primary schools in many English speaking countries. Through a flexural development, the teaching approach has been proved to be an efficient way of improving children’s decoding, spelling and general reading ability. This paper reports case study of presenting phonics to 10 students in Grade 3 in China. The study shows that phonics teaching can help the students to form a connection between words and their pronunciation, hence help students to acquire the ability to decode and spell new words in their further reading.

scholarly journals Do our children learn enough in Sky Class? A case study: online learning in Chinese primary schools in the COVID era March to May 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Zhao ◽  
Peter Thomas ◽  
Lingling Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Ecologies

AbstractAll human being’s ways of living, working and studying were significantly impacted by the Covid-19 in 2020. In China, the Ministry of Education reacted fast in ensuring that primary school students could learn online at home by promoting the Sky Class program from February 2020. Educators, parents, and students all faced the challenges of adapting to new online teaching and learning environments. In this small-scale case study, Sky Class’s content and the participants’ experiences, will be presented. Four primary school teachers and five primary school students and their parents participated in three-rounds of interviews sharing their perspectives and experiences of online learning. The study showed that the students gained more parental support and that they benefited from using multimedia functions, like replay, in their Sky Classes. However, the majority of participants reported that the students learnt less. By mapping the learning activities and themes from Sky Class against Cope and Kalantzis’ e-learning ecologies, our study found that only ubiquitous learning and multimodal meaning were achieved. We suggest the reason may be that high cognitive learning was not achieved due to less teachers’ supervision, lack of interaction, delayed feedback, shorter learning times and communication. In conclusion, innovative pedagogies, which can foster different types of learning from the e-learning ecologies may overcome the negative aspects reported about Sky Class. Further research is required for implementing online technology as a catalyst for educational change.

scholarly journals Primary School Students’ Knowledge of the Equal Sign—the Swedish Case

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Madej
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Equal Sign ◽  
School Students ◽  
Korean Students ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Grade 3 ◽  
Better Than

AbstractThis case study investigates, at three Swedish schools, primary school students’ knowledge of the equal sign. The schools were chosen as representatives of schools whose students have different socioeconomic backgrounds. The data consist of Grade 3 and 6 students’ responses to an assessment form based on Matthews et al. (JRME, 43(3):316–350, 2012). A comparison between the schools indicates that there are great differences in the students’ knowledge of the equal sign depending on which school they attend. The Swedish students perform better than South Korean students responding to the same assessment form when it comes to knowing that the equal sign does not mean an operation (“the answer to a problem”). We find this interesting to discuss, as South Korea is one of the countries that performs the best on the TIMSS and PISA.

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL REFUSAL BEHAVIOUR IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
School Refusal ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Factors ◽  
School Refusal Behavior ◽  
Factors Associated

The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with school refusal behavior in primary school students. Student’s self-report and teacher’s measures were implemented; and students were recruited from 20 primary schools in six districts in Selangor, Malaysia. The survey was conducted at the end of school term in 2016, with a total of 915 students from Year 4 and Year 5 participating. The sample of students had been absent from school for more than 15% of school days in the current year. Pearson correlation shows a significant relationship between academic achievement and school satisfaction toward school refusal behavior. The findings of this study suggest that academic difficulties and dissatisfaction towards school environment could be the important risk factors for school refusal behavior. The present study underscores the importance of early detection and intervention as measures to reduce school refusal. Finally, the findings imply that the role of school factors should always be taken into account in connection with school refusal behaviour.

scholarly journals Social Sustainability of Post-Disaster: How Teachers Enable Primary School Students to Be Resilient in Times of Ranau Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7308
Author(s):  
Soon Singh Bikar ◽  
Balan Rathakrishnan ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin ◽  
Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir ◽  
Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Post Disaster

The Ranau Earthquake that struck on 5 June 2015, February 2018, and April 2021, were a new disaster in Sabah and caused many Sabahan to panic. The unpredicted disaster also caused a serious impact on all aspects of life in Sabah. The earthquake has caused severe damage to eight primary schools in the vicinity of the epicenter, although no casualties were reported. However, the disaster has deep passing psychological effects among students. In this study, we examine how the primary school teachers enabled the student to be resilient during and after the disaster. Based on the interviews with 16 primary school students, it was revealed that most of the teachers used WhatsApp to support resilience during and after the earthquake. Interviews with 16 primary school teachers revealed there were two main reasons for them to communicate with students, namely, delivering emotional aid and monitoring their stress. Based on student interviews, five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The main contribution of this study is that social media can be used as a spontaneous and proactive tool for supporting the student’s resilience during and after the earthquake trauma.

scholarly journals Principles and Implementation of Reading Activities in Primary School English Class

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Jinxiu ◽  
Zeng Zhengping
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Class ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Good Reading ◽  
Skills Use ◽  
Reading Activities

<p>Reading is an important skill in learning English. However, reading class is not emphasized in some primary schools in China, and there are various problems with the reading activities, which inadequately just focus on teaching of words, sentences separately from texts. This paper aims to bring out a whole system of principles in designing flexible English reading activities to help students form a good reading habit, apply reading skills, use language learned pragmatically and be familiar with the cultures covered in read materials. At last, some examples are offered to demonstrate how to implement these principles so as to enhance reading for Primary school students effectively.</p>

scholarly journals Stymulowanie przez nauczycieli aktywności samokształceniowej uczniów klas 1–3 szkoły podstawowej – raport z badań

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-276
Author(s):  
Jolanta Flanz
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Grade 3

The necessity of developing students’ competences concerning independent learning is easily noticeable in both Polish and international educational documents as well as in scientific literature. This article contains an attempted answer to a question in what way teachers stimulate independent learning activities of primary school students (grade 1 to grade 3). This was the aim of the research conducted with the help of selected group of teachers from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. The research checked for instance how the teachers encourage the students to independent learning, how they are formulating their homework tasks, and whether they apply the multi-level learning approach. The results of this study are presented in this report.

scholarly journals Books as a means for stimulating language development of junior primary-school students

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Kovacevic-Gavrilovic ◽  
Nikoleta Stevovic
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Words ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Junior Students ◽  
Linguistic Material

The importance of the use of diversified literature for enhancing speech culture in school is recognized and highlighted in Serbian language teaching. In order to find out what selections of literature junior students make and whether free choice of literature results in acquisition of verbal contents and development of verbal expressiveness, we examined the retelling of a previously read text, since this form of verbal behavior is predominantly used for developing students? verbal expressiveness in primary school. The study was conducted on a sample comprising the first, second, third, and fourth grade students of an urban primary school (30 respondents in each group, total = 120). The aim was to register, during the students? retelling, the number and the production of newly acquired words and the correctness of the sentences used. The linguistic material used in the research contained fairy tales, fables, short stories and books that children had spontaneously selected. The analysis showed that books are a useful tool for enhancing both vocabulary expansion and elaboration of sentence structures. When analyzing the results of this type the distinction must be made between the attainment of students who only reproduce expressions and structures and those who productively use new words and structures. .

scholarly journals FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL REFUSAL BEHAVIOUR IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rukmani Devi Balakrishnan ◽  
Hari Krishnan Andi
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
School Refusal ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Factors ◽  
School Refusal Behavior ◽  
Factors Associated

The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with school refusal behavior in primary school students. Student’s self-report and teacher’s measures were implemented; and students were recruited from 20 primary schools in six districts in Selangor, Malaysia. The survey was conducted at the end of school term in 2016, with a total of 915 students from Year 4 and Year 5 participating. The sample of students had been absent from school for more than 15% of school days in the current year. Pearson correlation shows a significant relationship between academic achievement and school satisfaction toward school refusal behavior. The findings of this study suggest that academic difficulties and dissatisfaction towards school environment could be the important risk factors for school refusal behavior. The present study underscores the importance of early detection and intervention as measures to reduce school refusal. Finally, the findings imply that the role of school factors should always be taken into account in connection with school refusal behaviour.

scholarly journals POLA PELAKSANAAN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER TERHADAP SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murniyetti Murniyetti ◽  
Engkizar Engkizar ◽  
Fuady Anwar
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Art Teacher ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Pattern Of Implementation

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pola pendidikan karakter terhadap siswa yangdilaksanakan oleh empat sekolah dasar berkategori unggul di Kota Padang Sumatera Barat. Penelitianmenggunakan metode kualitatif melalui pendekatan studi kasus (qualitative case study design). Sumberdata penelitian diambil dari dua belas orang informan yang terdiri atas kepala sekolah, guru kelas,guru Pendidikan Agama Islam, guru seni dan guru olah raga yang dipilih dari empat sekolah dasartersebut menggunakan teknik purposive. Data penelitian diambil melalui wawancara secara mendalam(indepth interview) kepada seluruh informan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat delapantema penting tentang pola pelaksanaan pendidikan karakter efektif yang dilaksanakan terhadap siswadi empat sekolah tersebut. Delapan tema tersebut dilaksanakan melalui: (1) materi pembelajaran; (2)aturan-aturan sekolah (disiplin, peduli lingkungan, tanggung jawab); (3) perlombaan sains antarsiswa(kreatif, gemar membaca, rasa ingin tahu); (4) ajang penghargaan siswa berprestasi (menghargai, kerja keras,demokratis, peduli); (5) peringatan hari kebangsaan (semangat kebangsaan, cinta terhadap tanah air,menghargai, peduli); (6) praktik ibadah dan bimbingan kerohanian (jujur, religius, tanggung jawab); (7)kegiatan pramuka (kreatif, peduli sosial, kerja keras, jujur, bersahabat, cinta damai demokratis); (8) adanyakelas talenta dan musik (kreatif dan bekerja keras, menghargai). Kata Kunci: pola, pendidikan karakter, siswa sekolah dasar  PATTERNS OF CHARACTER EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS  Abstract: This study aims to determine the pattern of character education to students conducted by asuperior category of four elementary schools in the city of Padang, West Sumatra. The study used aqualitative method through a case study approach. Sources of data were taken from twelve informantsconsisting of the principal, classroom teacher, a teacher of Islamic education, art teacher andsports teacher selected from four elementary schools using purposive technique. Data were takenthrough in-depth interviews (depth interview) to all informants. The results showed that there areeight important themes on the pattern of implementation of effective character education conductedon students in four schools. Eight themes are carried through: (1) the learning materials; (2) the schoolrules (discipline, care for the environment, responsibility); (3) competition between students of science(creative, fond of reading, curiosity); (4) awards outstanding students (respect, hard work, democratic,caring); (5) commemoration day of nationality (the national spirit, love of the homeland, respect, care);(6) the practice of worship and spiritual guidance (honest, religious, responsibility); (7) scouting(creative, social care, hard working, honest, friendly, peace-loving democratic); (8) their talents andmusic classes (creative and work hard, respect).Keywords: pattern, character education, primary school students

scholarly journals The Effect of Block Class Scheduling on the Achievements of Primary School Students in Nature and Biology Classes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 550
Author(s):  
Irena Labak ◽  
Mirela Sertić Perić ◽  
Ines Radanović
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Block Scheduled ◽  
Learning Success ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Class Scheduling

The objective of this study was to investigate whether the class scheduling of Nature and Biology classes in blocks results in better learning success for primary school students, and whether this depends on the average student success rate (i.e., student performance categories), age, or prior knowledge. For this study, we have assumed that block scheduling results in better success rates for older lower-performing primary-school students. The research included 773 fifth- to eighth-grade students from 14 Croatian primary schools. The students fell into two groups: one group attending 45-min Nature and Biology lessons twice a week (single-scheduled classes), and another group attending a 90-min lesson once a week (block-scheduled class). To assess the level of student learning success, all students underwent both an initial and final written exam in Nature and/or Biology, specific to each grade. The rmANOVA proved that there was a significant interaction among class scheduling, performance categories, and the initial and final written exam scores of fifth- and seventh-grade students. Such a correlation was not found among the sixth- and eighth-grade students. Our findings further indicate that students achieve better results in block-scheduled classes at the end of primary school education, and that block class scheduling does not necessarily result in improved student achievement, particularly in lower-performing students.

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