scholarly journals Comparison of Blood Pressure In Deaf Secondary School Children and Their hearing Counterparts: Association Between Noise and Blood Pressure

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
O G B Nwaorgu ◽  
O S Arulogun
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Impact

Background and Objective: High blood pressure has been known to be one of the problems that could develop as a result of exposure to noise. Consequently, those who are hearing impaired are thought to be immune to this. This study assessed the relationship between noise exposure and blood pressure. Methodology: This is a comparative prospective study involving participants (consisting of the hearing and the hearing impaired) drawn from a school environment that is situated close to a major highway and railway and evaluating the impact of noise on their blood pressure. Results: The study population consisted of 299 secondary school students. The noise sensitive group comprised 220 participants with normal hearing while the noise-insensitive group comprised 79 hearing impaired from the same school. More participants 6 (85.7%) from the noise insensitive group were found to have significantly higher blood pressure than their hearing counterparts 1 (14.3%). In addition, majority of the participants (63.1%) irrespective of their level of noise sensitivity were underweight. Conclusion: This study finds noise exposure alone not sufficient to bring about an increase in blood pressure of the studied population. This not withstanding we advocate for policy measures aimed at controlling the source of environmental noise around educational institution which will aid in reducing the adverse effects of noise on the school children. KEYWORDS: Blood pressure, Hearing impairment, Body Mass Index, School Pupils.

scholarly journals A Theoretically Grounded Exploration of the Social and Emotional Outcomes of Transition to Secondary School

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey K. Waters ◽  
Leanne Lester ◽  
Elizabeth Wenden ◽  
Donna Cross
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
New School ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Impact

Adolescent development involves a complex interplay between genetics, biology, and social and emotional relationships within multiple contexts of home, school and the broader community. The transition from primary to secondary school, coupled with the onset of puberty, can therefore be a difficult period for young people to negotiate at a critical period of their developmental pathway. Using a social ecological perspective, this article examines the impact of the transition experience on adolescent social and emotional health, both immediately following transition to secondary school and at the end of the first year in this new school environment. This 1-year prospective study involving 1,500 Australian Grade 8 secondary school students found that 31% of students in the sample experienced a ‘difficult’ or ‘somewhat difficult’ transition to their new school. This third of the student sample were consequently more likely to experience poorer social and emotional health, including higher levels of depression and anxiety at the end of their first year of secondary school, while controlling for these variables at the time of transition. A central message from this work exemplifies the urgent need for a longitudinal intervention trial to develop best practice guidelines for activities that help ameliorate the negative impact a change in education context can create for adolescents negotiating a rapid metamorphosis from childhood to adulthood.

Impact of Security of School Environment on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in Enugu State.

2019 ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
Obiokolocha O.M. ◽  
Ofoegbu .
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
School Students ◽  
Enugu State ◽  
The Impact

This study was carried out to investigate the impact of security of the school environment on the academic performance of secondary school students in Enugu State. The design of the study was descriptive survey design.The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. The population for this study was all the teachers in Enugu Education Zone of Enugu State.The population of the teachers was 523 in both urban and rural areas (232 teachers for urban areas and 291 for rural areas). The researchers applied the rule of thumb by getting 10% of the teachers‟ population. The instrument consisted of 12 items whose reliability was gotten by a trial testing inAgbani Education Zone on 15 teachers. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha with an overall reliability index of 0.79 which made the instrument reliable. The data were analysed using mean with standard deviation while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that the respondents were of the views that, the security of school environment relating to school buildings have an impact on the academic performance of the secondary school students in Enugu Education Zone to a great extent. It was recommended among others that the school buildings should be looked into seriously by the government, parents, non-governmental organizations among others in order to meet the standard of other secondary schools in different climes for an improved academic performance.

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.

Educational and Occupational Aspiration In Relation To School Environment of the Secondary School Students of South Kamrup Area of Assam- A Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhargab Pratim Bora
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Occupational Aspiration ◽  
Personal Significance

Aspiration means the goal that individual set for him in a task which has intense personal significance for him and in which his ego is involved. School is one of the major agencies of socialization which has great influence and bearing on the development of aspirations of the child. It is the School which sets the pattern for the child’s attitude towards people and society, aids intellectual growth in the child and supports his aspirations and achievements. A positive affective School environment increases the livelihood that a child can initiate and persist in challenging and intellectual tasks. Thus the present study is envisaged to assess the Educational and Occupational aspiration of the Secondary School students in relation to their School Environment. The main purpose of the study was to find out the level of Educational and Occupational aspiration in relation to the School environment of the Secondary School students. For the study, 12 Provincialized Co-Educational Secondary schools were selected as sampled Schools by using simple random sampling technique and 490 Class-X students from the sampled schools were selected. Educational aspiration scale (EAS), Occupational aspiration Scale (OAS) and School Environment Inventory were used as tool of the study.

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 Psychological Counseling: Ways of Alleviating Stress and Anxiety among Senior Secondary School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Zaki Akhtar ◽  
Prasant
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Secondary School Student ◽  
Psychological Counseling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Student Stress ◽  
Effective Counseling ◽  
Correlation Result ◽  
Senior Secondary

Highly competitive school environment and unexpected parental pressure led the students’ life more distress and full of depression. Such pressure and environmental constraints must be dealt with effective counseling process. Hence, they need psychological counseling in all walks of life. The present study aimed to explore the level of Stress and Anxiety among senior secondary school student approaching board exam. It is also an attempt investigate the effect of counseling on alleviation of stress and Anxiety. A sample of 100 students (50girls and 50 boys) from senior secondary school was selected from Jamshedpur .Student stress scale standardized by Akhtar (2011) and Sinha’s anxiety inventory developed by D. Sinha’s (1961, 1968). The data were analyzed by using T-test and correlation. Result revealed that the pre counseling level of stress and Anxiety differed significantly. Correlation coefficient revealed that there is positive correlation between stress and Anxiety.

scholarly journals VALIDITY OF PRIMARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION AS A PREDICTOR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION SCORE AMONG PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS KENYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-94
Author(s):  
Eunice Atieno Agingu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Study Data ◽  
School Type ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Study Population

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of KCPE as a predictor of KCSE scores among public secondary school students in Kisii central Sub-county, Kenya. This study was guided by a conceptual framework where KCPE was the independent variable and KCSE the dependent variable. It adopted Correlational and Ex-post-facto research designs. The study population was 3,897 KCSE candidates from 55 public secondary schools. Stratified random sampling based on school type and size was used to select 16 public secondary schools for the study. Saturated sampling was employed to include all KCSE candidates whose KCPE marks were available in each sampled school, yielding a sample of 1,391 students.  Data used included 2006 KCPE scores and 2010 KCSE scores of the same students under study. Data was collected using a researcher made pro forma. It was analyzed quantitatively using correlations and regression analyses. Results showed a strong positive Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r=0.693; n=1391; p < 0.05) between KCPE and KCSE scores. It recommended that; KCPE should continue to be used as selection tool for secondary school admission and school evaluation using KCSE examination scores should be based on students’ past KCPE scores.

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