Influence of type of school on self perception of mathematical ability and achievement among girls in secondary school in Harare

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
W Munakandafa ◽  
LK Tambo ◽  
VS Matswetu ◽  
V Munodawafa
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Type Of School

scholarly journals Factors of Academic Performance in the Perception of Participants in Education: Secondary Schools in the Republic of Mali

Inter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-113
Author(s):  
Ichaka Camara ◽  
Ibrahima Traore
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Class ◽  
School Directors ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Educational Staff ◽  
Type Of School

The aim of thy article is to share a part of the results of our research dealing with the analyzing of the factors of academic performance of pupils in two types of secondary school: public (Torokorobougou B, commune VI, Bamako) and communal (Katiorni of Kadiolo, Sikasso region). We have asked to ourselves the following questions: what are the factors of the academic performance of the pupils of this schools in the eyes of educational staff? In order to answer these questions we analyzed their attitudes towards the role of external and internal facts in academic pupil success. As a result we descripted the role of some objective (type of school, class and type of teacher) and subjective factors (pupil’s attitude to school and self-esteem) in academic success. Interviews were used in the study. The sample consists of 444 people, including 112 secondary school teachers, 56 administrators (school directors and education advisors) and 276 pupils.

Comparing the Classification of Subjects by Two Independent Judges

1970 ◽  
Vol 116 (535) ◽  
pp. 651-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Classification Problem ◽  
The Other ◽  
Diagnostic Categories ◽  
The One ◽  
Type Of School ◽  
Classification Table

In a typical classification problem each subject in a sample of N subjects is allocated to one or other of k exhaustive and mutually exclusive categories. For example, a sample of families may be classified into social-class groupings in accordance with the Registrar General's classification based on the occupation of the father or father substitute. Or a sample of psychiatric patients may be classified into one or other of the diagnostic categories recommended by the W.H.O. Now it occasionally happens that the same sample of subjects is classified, for a given set of categories, independently by two different agents. For example in the Plowden Reports, Appendix 3 Table 29, a sample of children is classified into types of secondary school, Grammar, Comprehensive, Technical, etc., on the one hand according to the parent's ambition for their children and on the other hand according to the type of school in which the children were eventually placed. In situations such as the latter a k k classification table evolves in which, when the categories are arranged in the same order, the matches between the two separate classifications appear in the cells of the main diagonal of the table and the mismatches appear in the off-diagonal cells (see Table I below). The question then arises as to how to compare the two separate classifications and to measure in quantitative terms the degree of agreement between them.

scholarly journals Construction and Standardization of Literary Interest Inventory for the Students of Higher Secondary Schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Veenaben Patel ◽  
Pro. Dinesh Patel
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Interest Inventory ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Commerce Students ◽  
Type Of School

The literary interest is to be measured and an inventory is prepared for that. In the present inventory students point out whether they like the activity, like it strongly, dislike or strongly dislike. To construct and standardize literary interest inventory for higher secondary school students. To investigate the significant difference in the literary interest of the students between the sub-groups on gender, area, stream, type of school, standard and components of interest inventory. 3119 higher secondary school students is population. Hence survey method was suitable for the present study. The steps of the construction of the inventory are as follows. Items having t- value more than 1.96 and r-value more than 0.20 were selected. Thus, out of the 100 items, 80 items were selected in the final form of the inventory. The reliability of the inventory was established via test-retest method and split-half method. For establishing criterion validity The Teacher Criterion scale that depict various literary activities that can be carried out in higher secondary schools. The null hypotheses were tested using t-test and f-test. Significant difference is observed in the literary interest of the students with reference to gender. Girls are more inclined towards the literary interest than the boys. Rural students show more interest in literature than the urban students. Students of arts stream show more interest in literature than the students of commerce students and students of science stream show more interest in literature than the students of both streams. Significant difference is students with reference to type of school. Students of grant-in-aid schools show more interest in literature than the students of non-grant-in aid schools.

scholarly journals Gender, Physical Self-Perception and Overall Physical Fitness in Secondary School Students: A Multiple Mediation Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6871
Author(s):  
Pedro Jesús Ruiz-Montero ◽  
Oscar Chiva-Bartoll ◽  
Antonio Baena-Extremera ◽  
David Hortigüela-Alcalá
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Multiple Mediation ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Cognitive Perspective ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Self Confidence

Background: Physical self-perception is often related with better physical fitness perception in adolescents. Moreover, it is an important social cognitive perspective to provide suitable mental health in this population. However, this relationship is unequal between boys and girls. The physical fitness is a marker of health in young population. The aims of the present study were the following: (1) to compare physical self-perception and self-reported overall physical fitness (OPF) between boys and girls (gender) and body mass index (BMI) status, and (2) to determine the mediating role of all physical self-perception subscales (except physical condition) and BMI status in the link between gender and OPF in adolescent students. Methods: This cross-sectional study consisted of 85 adolescent students of secondary school between 12 and 17 years of age; 41 were boys (Mage = 14.6, SD = 1.7) and 44 were girls (Mage = 14.4, SD = 1.6). Adolescent participants completed all clinical characteristics by body composition measures (age, body weight, body height, and BMI). Physical self-perception was assessed by the physical self-perception profile (PSPP) whereas the international fitness scale (IFIS) was used to predict the self-reported OPF of adolescents in the present study. Results: Gender (boys and girls) differed significantly in all PSPP subscales and OPF, whereas the BMI status (underweight = 19 students, normal weight = 53 students, overweight/obese = 13 students) showed significant differences in all clinical characteristics, physical condition (PSPP), and OPF. A multiple mediation analysis was performed using bias corrected bootstrap. This multiple mediation analysis revealed that all PSPP subscales were significant mediators between gender and OPF: attractive body (p = 0.013), sport competence (p = 0.009), physical strength (p = 0.002), and self-confidence (p = 0.002). The total direct effect of gender on OPF was significant (p = 0.002). Moreover, the multiple mediation estimated a completely standardized indirect of X on Y for attractive body (effect = 0.109), sport competence (effect = 0.066), physical strength (effect = 0.130), and self-confidence (effect = 0.193). Conclusions: These findings contribute to understanding the link between gender and OPF in adolescent students and the mediation of physical self-perception and OPF in this relationship. In addition, strategies focused to improve self-confidence and physical self-perception are necessary in female adolescent students, because boys showed better physical self-perception in all PSPP subscales. Girls are a risk group because they report low physical self-confidence with their respective insecurity feelings and psychological disorders. Thus, personal physical self-perception must be considered as an important social cognitive perspective to provide suitable mental health in children and adolescents.

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