A Suggested Curriculum in Career Education to Develop Business Secondary Schools Students' Career Knowledge Management Domains and Professional Thinking

2018 ◽  
pp. 166-189
Author(s):  
Faten Abdelmagied Elsoudy Fouda
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Management Domains

The current research aimed at designing a proposed curriculum in career education for business secondary schools students and measuring its effectiveness on developing career knowledge management domains and professional thinking skills. To achieve the desired goal, the researcher applied the system approach in designing the suggested career education curriculum, the developmental research methodology for developing the instructional materials and media, and the quasi-experimental design to measure the effectiveness the proposed curriculum on a sample of the third grade business secondary school students in Egypt. The suggested curriculum contains four main stages/phases: 1) career knowledge generation; 2) career knowledge organization; 3) career knowledge utilization; and 4) career knowledge distribution. These phases were integrated into one system to develop both career knowledge management skills and professional thinking among the target sample. The units of the curriculum were designed in an interactive way according to the principles of the blended-units approach that concentrates on knowledge and knowledge applications for achieving career requirements needed to joining 21st century business and administration jobs. A sample of 50 students enrolled in a business secondary school were selected randomly and divided equally into two groups: the experimental group (n= 25) and the control group (n= 25). The researcher developed two main instruments: 1) an achievement test; and 2) a professional thinking scale. The achievement test included two parts: 1) measuring the professional knowledge, and 2) performance measuring of the skills of designing professional portfolio. In addition, a rubric was used to evaluate the production of the professional portfolio. The findings revealed that the suggested curriculum was effective in developing both career knowledge management domains and professional thinking skills; as there were significant statistical differences between the two groups in favor of the experimental group. A set of educational recommendations were suggested.

A Suggested Curriculum in Career Education to Develop Business Secondary Schools Students' Career Knowledge Management Domains and Professional Thinking

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-62
Author(s):  
Faten Abdelmagied Elsoudy Fouda
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Management Domains

The current research aimed at designing a proposed curriculum in career education for business secondary schools students and measuring its effectiveness on developing career knowledge management domains and professional thinking skills. To achieve the desired goal, the researcher applied the system approach in designing the suggested career education curriculum, the developmental research methodology for developing the instructional materials and media, and the quasi-experimental design to measure the effectiveness the proposed curriculum on a sample of the third grade business secondary school students in Egypt. The suggested curriculum contains four main stages/phases: 1) career knowledge generation; 2) career knowledge organization; 3) career knowledge utilization; and 4) career knowledge distribution. These phases were integrated into one system to develop both career knowledge management skills and professional thinking among the target sample. The units of the curriculum were designed in an interactive way according to the principles of the blended-units approach that concentrates on knowledge and knowledge applications for achieving career requirements needed to joining 21st century business and administration jobs. A sample of 50 students enrolled in a business secondary school were selected randomly and divided equally into two groups: the experimental group (n= 25) and the control group (n= 25). The researcher developed two main instruments: 1) an achievement test; and 2) a professional thinking scale. The achievement test included two parts: 1) measuring the professional knowledge, and 2) performance measuring of the skills of designing professional portfolio. In addition, a rubric was used to evaluate the production of the professional portfolio. The findings revealed that the suggested curriculum was effective in developing both career knowledge management domains and professional thinking skills; as there were significant statistical differences between the two groups in favor of the experimental group. A set of educational recommendations were suggested.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Participation in a Blog for Extra-curricular activities for Developing Students’ Critical thinking skills: A Case of Secondary School Students: فاعلية المشاركة في مدونة إلكترونية للأنشطة غير الصفية في تنمية مهارات التفكير الناقد لدى طالبات الصف الثالث الثانوي بمدينة جدة

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafa Abed M Al-Harbi, Sanaa Saleh Askool
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to identify the effectiveness of participation in a blog for extra-curricular activities for developing the critical thinking skills of third secondary students in Jeddah. The sample consisted of (100) students from several schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia randomly selected and divided into (50) experimental group, (50) control group. The study used the Semi-experimental method and conducted the Watson and Glaser test for critical thinking. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences (0.05) among the experimental group (individual and cooperative) For the officer in the brother Bar dimensional test critical thinking skills for the benefit of the experimental group because of its effect for the use of a typical blog (single, cooperative).

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of the Inquiry and Brain Storming Strategies in Developing Achievement and Creative Thinking Skills in Arabic Language of University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Ahmad Abdullah Asiri
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using inquiry and brainstorming strategies in teaching Arabic language for developing achievement and creative thinking skills of the university students. To achieve the previous objective, a teaching manual was prepared using inquiry and brainstorming strategies. Achievement test was prepared including 20 items multiple chooses questions related to knowledge, application and reasoning levels. In addition, creative thinking skills test was prepared including 10 items related to Fluency, flexibility and originality skills. The validity and reliability of the instruments were measured. The sample was selected randomly; it consists of two groups, experimental group 43 and a control group 39. The study was based on semi-experimental design pre—post-test, where the experimental group was taught using inquiry and brainstorming strategies, but the control group was taught using the usual strategies. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental and control groups in the post achievement and creative thinking skills in general and their skills separately for the students of the experimental group. Also, the results showed a positive correlation between the scores of the experimental group in post creative thinking skills, and post achievement test in general. The effectiveness of inquiry and brainstorming strategies in the development of achievement levels and creative thinking skills was significant effect. The study recommended using the Inquiry and brainstorming strategies in the teaching Arabic language of university students.

scholarly journals Comparative Effectiveness of Virtual Laboratory Instructional Package in Teaching Chemistry in Private and Public Secondary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Comparative Effectiveness ◽  
Virtual Laboratory ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Chemistry ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Ondo State ◽  
Instructional Package ◽  
Experimental Group

The study investigated Comparative Effectiveness of Virtual Laboratory Instructional Package in Teaching Chemistry in Private and Public Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to compare the performance of students in chemistry in both private and public secondary schools in Ondo state using Virtual Laboratory Instructional Package. The study adopted the quasi-experimental pretest/posttest control group design. The sample for the study consisted of 183 senior secondary school two (SSSII) science students that were selected across the three senatorial districts of Ondo state using multistage sampling techniques. Two groups were involved in the study; the experimental group and the control group. The students in the experimental group were exposed to virtual laboratory instructional package while the control group was taught chemistry with the conventional method. One instrument; Chemistry Achievement Test was used to collect data for the study. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through test-re-test method and the reliability index of 0.75 was obtained for the instrument. Hypotheses 1, 2 and 3 were tested with Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). However, Multiple Classifications Analysis (MCA) was used to identify the variable that contributed to the difference among groups. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that students exposed to Chemistry practical through virtual laboratory Instructional package in private secondary schools performed significantly better than their counterparts in public secondary schools. It was also found from the study that, gender has no effects on student’s performance in public secondary schools meanwhile; there was gender difference in the performance of students in private secondary schools in favour of female students. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Government at all levels should endeavour to provide information and communication facilities like computer based instructional package in schools to teach chemistry and such must be made accessible to all students, so as to promote interactive and individualized learning among secondary school students.

scholarly journals The impact of two different styles of presentation (linear and hierarchical) of the interactive digital tale on the development visual thinking skills  - A field study on kindergarten in Al-Qaryat Governorate \ Saudi Arabia -: أثر اختلاف نمطي العرض (خطي وهرمي) في الاقصوصة الرقمية التفاعلية على تنمية مهارات التفكير البصري - دراسة ميدانية على أطفال الروضة بمحافظة القريات بالمملكة العربية السعودية -

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayat Fawzy Ahmed Ghzaly
Keyword(s):  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Visual Thinking ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Experimental Stage

This study aims at identifying the impact of two different styles of presentations (linear and hierarchical) of the interactive digital tale on the development of the kindergarten children visual thinking skills. To achieve the purpose of the study, a list of visual thinking skills have prepared, achievement test for measuring those skills, and many stories have been designed and produced seeking for the development of visual thinking skills، The sample of the study consists of 75 children from the second stage in the kindergarten has been divided as follows, 25 children of the control group, 25 children of the first experimental group using (linear style), 25 children of the first experimental group using (hierarchical patterns). The descriptive method has been used in the study and analysis stage and the semi-experimental method in the experimental stage، The results of the research indicated that there are statistically significant differences at the level of 0.05 between the average scores of the first and second experimental group (linear and hierarchical presentation pattern in the interactive digital tale) and the control group in the post application of the achievement test of visual thinking skills in favor of the first and second experimental groups, there are no statistically significant differences between the scores of the first experimental group students (linear style) and the second (hierarchical style) in the post application on the achievement test of visual thinking skills، The researcher recommends paying attention to visual thinking in the different educational stages, and to employing and using stories Interactive (the tale) in kindergarten stages in developing visual thinking skills in particular.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Teaching Social Sciences With Using Questioning Strategies in Enhancing Creative Thinking Skills Among Secondary School Students in Kuwait

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-434
Author(s):  
Dr. Abdul Rahman Jaber Al-Mutairi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Questioning Strategies ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
The State Of Kuwait ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aimed to know the effect of questioning strategies to study psychology in the State of Kuwait on developing innovative thinking skills among high school students. The number of study individuals reached (83) students from the eleventh grade, distributed among four classes in two schools that were intentionally chosen , And the number of students of the experimental group reached (21) students, and the students of the control group (19), while the number of students of the experimental group reached (21) students, and the number of students of the control group was (22) students. The study tool was prepared by the researcher himself, which is a skills test Innovative thinking, after verifying their sincerity and reliability. The results showed that there are statistically significant differences in favor of questioning strategies by combining the strategies of the associative / focused probe question, the summit question, and the plateau question in developing innovative thinking skills. As for gender, the superiority in favor of females in innovative thinking skills. The interaction between them had no effect on that, and there were also no statistically significant differences attributed to gender.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Teaching Science Using Self-Questioning Strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Huda A. Qahtani ◽  
Mohammed M. Al Gaseem
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Reflective Thinking ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Experimental Group

The study aimed at identifying the effectiveness of teaching science using self-questioning strategy on academic achievement and developing reflective thinking skills. The sample consisted of 100 first grade intermediate female students in Khamis Mushait governorate, Saudi Arabia. The sample was divided into two equal groups: an experimental group studied by self-questioning strategy, and a control group which studied using the conventional  method. Teacher guide and student handbook activities were developed, and validated. Moreover, a science-achievement test and a reflective-thinking test were developed, checked for reliability, and validated. With regard to both instruments, the results showed statistically significant differences at the level of 0.05 in favor of the experimental group.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of the seven steps model in developing the creative thinking skills of the first grade secondary students in the area of ​​Tabuk

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mounira bint Abdulrahman Hassian Al - Enezi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Sample Number ◽  
Effectiveness Model ◽  
Experimental Group

The objective of the study was to reveal the effectiveness of the seven steps model in developing the creative thinking skills of the first grade secondary students in the area of ​​Tabuk. In order to achieve the goal, the researcher used the semi-experimental method with tribal and post-tribal design. The sample consisted of students of the first grade of secondary school in the 26th secondary school in Tabuk region. The sample number was (60) students, 30 students for the experimental group, 30 students for the control group, For students, the Torrance test for creative thinking was used. Figure (B). A sample of 30 students was tested and the Torrance test for innovative thinking was calculated using the Pearson coefficient. B The study showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of α 0, 0.01 between the mean scores of the experimental group, which obtained an average of (138.8) and the control group, which obtained an average of (101.6) The study recommended the use of different models and strategies for the development of creative thinking skills and the implementation of the seven steps model by the educational departments, schools and concerned bodies for their effectiveness in their development. Mechanism of the seven model steps in the development of the skills of creative thinking in primary school, and to conduct a study to determine the effectiveness model of the seven steps in the development of other thinking, such as thinking over cognitive skills.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Practical Work in Physics on Academic Performance among Learners at the selected secondary school in Rwanda

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Jean Twahirwa ◽  
Etienne Twizeyimana
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

The current study investigates the effectiveness of practical work in physics on academic performance among learners of a secondary school in Rwanda. The study employs a quasi-experimental research design specifically pretest-posttest control group design (control group and experimental group). Two groups of learners of senior one at Groupe Scholaire Rugoma were treated differently through an expository and practice-based approach respectively. Physics achievement test prepared to evaluate the effect of practical work indicated that learners in the experimental group outperformed those of the control group treated by the expository teaching method. Various factors that may advance or hinder the implementation of practical work were identified and views from science teachers were collected. Most of the respondents strongly agreed that those factors have a significant impact on the implementation of practical work which in turn influence learners’ overall academic performance during Physics Achievement Test (PAT). A significant difference was observed from the statistical analysis performed by using SPSS version 21.0. (Pretest and posttest among learners in the experimental group; t = 27.243; 32.743; MD = 8.4239; 13.12500 respectively whereas the pretest and posttest among learners are as follow, t = 28.442; 32.627; MD = 9.82500; 2.38005 respectively and for all performance evaluation hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. Based on the observed results, it was found that practical work was more effective in improving learners’ performance in Physics. It was therefore concluded that practical work continues to be a promising approach in teaching sciences, particularly teaching Physics in secondary schools.

scholarly journals An analysis of the relationship between systematic thinking skills and academic achievement of middle school studentsOrtaokul öğrencilerinde sistemik düşünme becerilerileri ile akademik başarı arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1473
Author(s):  
Başak Büşra Özyurt Soytürk ◽  
Fatma Şahin
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Systematic Thinking

In recent years, complex systems have been encountered in all areas of life. Understanding the processes and components of such complex systems as a whole is increasingly becoming a critical skill. In order to handle such complex systems that we might encounter in daily life, it is essential to develop systematic thinkingskills. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to explore the effect of such systematic thinking skills on performance and concept learning of middle school students while teaching complex concepts and to observe which steps of systematic thinking has been improved. In this study, pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used. The study was conducted with 8th-grade students who receive education in Istanbul. The control group consisted of 40 students while experimental group had 38 students.  Four subject areas are chosen from living beings and energy connections unit in eight-grade level science and technology course for this research, including food chain, photosynthesis, respiration, and cycles (e.g. water, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen). These subject areas have been taught to the experimental group with activities prepared in regard to systematic thinking hierarchy by the researchers, whereas researchers just used the activities in the textbook with the control group.  In order to collect data, both experimental and control groups were given Systematic Thinking Achievement Test as a pre- and post-test. Reliability and validity of the achievement test were evaluated, and accordingly, feedback was received from the experts in this field to attain higher validity. Eventually, Cronbach Alpha value for the achievement test is found around 0.74. This study indicates that activities based on the systematic thinking hierarchy on the topics listed here have relatively more contributions to student success and conceptual learning when compared to those of current science curriculum. The implications of the study provide teachers, researchers and curriculum designers with guidance and suggestions. ÖzetSon yıllarda kompleks sistemlerle hayatın her alanında sıklıkla karşılaşılmaktadır. Bu karmaşık sistemlerin bileşenlerini ve süreçlerini anlayabilme, bir bütün olarak görebilme giderek ihtiyaç duyulan bir beceri haline gelmektedir. Günlük yaşamda karşılaştığımız bu kompleks sistemlerle başa çıkabilmek için sistemik düşünme becerisinin geliştirilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu doğrultuda araştırmanın amacı; ortaokul öğrencilerinde kompleks kavramların öğretimi sırasında sistemik düşünme becerilerinin başarıya etkisini incelemek ve hangi sistemik düşünme basamaklarının geliştiği gözlemlemektir.Araştırmada öntest-sontest kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desen kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışma İstanbul ilinde eğitim gören 8. Sınıf öğrencileriyle yürütülmüştür. Kontrol grubu 40 öğrenciden oluşurken, deney grubu 38 öğrenciden oluşmuştur.Uygulama için 8. sınıf Canlılar ve Enerji İlişkileri ünitesinde yer alan 4 konu alanı seçilmiştir, bunlar; besin zinciri, fotosentez, solunum ve döngülerdir (su, karbon, oksijen ve azot döngüleri). Belirlenen konular, deney grubunda sistemik düşünme hiyerarşine göre araştırmacılar tarafindan hazırlanmış etkinlikler ile, kontrol grubunda ise ders kitabında bulunan etkinlikler ile öğretim yapılmıştır.Araştırmada verileri toplamak amacıyla deney ve kontrol gruplarına ön-son test olarak Sistemik Düşünme Başarı Testi uygulanmıştır. Başarı testinin geçerlilik ve güvenirlilik çalışmaları yapılmış, bu doğrultuda testin geçerliğinin sağlanması için uzman görüşüne başvurulmuştur. Ayrıca hazırlanan başarı testinin Cronbach Alpha değeri 0.74 olarak bulunmuştur.Araştırmada belirlenen konularda sistemik düşünme hiyerarşisine göre hazırlanan etkinliklerin kullanılarak öğretilmesinin mevcut fen öğretime göre öğrenci başarısını olumlu yönde etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca  deney grubu öğrencilerinin büyük bir çoğunluğunun üst düzey sistemik düşünme basamağına ulaştığı belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın sonucunda öğretmenlere, araştırmacılara ve program hazırlayıcılara önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

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