scholarly journals Motivational Media and Academic Success

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-163
Author(s):  
Nicolle Grant
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychology Courses ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Motivating students to do well in courses that fail to interest them can be challenging. The current study was designed to assess the potential impact of priming motivational media on academic performance. Students in six sections of introductory psychology courses (n = 128) completed a quiz after watching a 4 minute inspirational video (experimental group, n = 63), or without watching the video (control group, n = 65). The video selected showed scenes of individuals pushing their limits in all aspects of life and a commentary of a motivational commencement speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger given to college graduates. After completing the quiz participants were given a survey with questions pertaining to their motivation, positive and negative emotions, demographics, and their reactions to the video. Students who were primed by the video reported greater academic motivation and planned to study more for the next quiz than students who did not watch the video. Females reported lower GPA and lower positive emotions in the experimental condition. While there was not an overall effect of the video on quiz scores, male students who watched the video performed 10% better on the quiz than males in the control condition. Implications of these findings suggest that motivational information may be beneficial in inspiring academic performance in certain circumstances.

scholarly journals The effect of prosody teaching on developing word recognition skills for interpreter trainees: An experimental study

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1101-1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Yenkimaleki ◽  
Vincent J. van Heuven
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
State University ◽  
Prosodic Features ◽  
Instruction Time ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study investigates the effect of the explicit teaching of prosodic features on developing word recognition skills with interpreter trainees. Two groups of student interpreters were composed. All were native speakers of Farsi who studied English translation and interpreting at the BA level at the State University of Arak, Iran. Participants were categorized into two groups at random, but with equal division between genders (9 female and 9 male students in each group). No significant differences in English language skills (TOEFL scores) could be established between the groups. Participants took a pretest of word recognition skill before starting the program. The control group received exercises in listening comprehension, while the experimental group spent part of the time on theoretical explanation and practical exercises developing conscious knowledge of prosodic features of English, such as word stress. The total instruction time was the same for both groups, i.e. 8 hours. Students then took a posttest of word recognition skills. The results show that prosodic feature awareness training did yield a statistically significant improvement of word recognition skills. The result has pedagogical implications for researchers in the field of second language teaching, instructors, curriculum designers, conductors of interpreting programs for training future interpreters, material producers and all who are involved in language study and pedagogy.

scholarly journals "Effectiveness of Diagnosis Based Remediation on Attainment of MLL in Mathematics among V Standard Students "

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Prakash K ◽  
Premalatha Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Class Room ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Regular Classes ◽  
Experimental Group

Present study is aimed to assess the effectiveness of diagnosis-based remediation programme in improving the proportionate of students mastering each competency (percentage of competency mastered) by the group of V standard students in the selected (experimental) schools of Shimoga District. A total of 100 students of 4 government primary schools from Shimoga district constituted the sample for the study, of which 50 were boys and remaining 50 were girls. They were selected from both urban and rural areas of Shimoga district. This is an experimental study with pre and post test design. Among the selected100 non-mastered students, 50 were non masters and they formed control group and remaining 50 constituted the experimental group. After 2 months of intervention for the experimental group, the investigator conducted post test for both controlled and experimental groups. The controlled group students were attending regular classes whereas students from experimental group were attending the intervention class outside the class room which was taken by the investigator himself. MLL based test developed by Kashinath (2005) was adapted and used for assessing selected MLL competencies, which had 7 competencies was administered on the students selected 4 government primary schools of Shimoga district. The results showed that experimental group had gained significantly higher competencies in total scores than the control group. Further, male students of experimental group had substantial gain compared to all other groups.

scholarly journals The Use of Critical Reading in Understanding Scientific Texts on Academic Performance and Problem-solving Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-409
Author(s):  
Özlem Koray ◽  
◽  
Sercan Çetinkılıç ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Performance Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Science Performance

This study aimed to investigate the effect of critical reading (CR) practices in science courses on academic achievement, science performance level, and problem-solving skills. The experimental method and factorial design were used. The study was conducted with 102 seventh-grade students from a public school in Turkey during the 2014–2015 academic year. Experimental and control groups were formed. CR practices were followed in the experimental group and teaching practices appropriate to the curriculum were used in the control group. Data were collected with the “Multiple-Choice Academic Achievement Test” to determine the students’ academic level in the “Human and Environment Unit: The Science Performance Level Test” to determine their science performance level and the “Logical Thinking Group Test” to determine the level of their problem-solving skills. The variables of academic achievement and science performance levels were labeled “Academic Performance.” Independent samples two-way ANOVA was applied to analyze the data using SPSS 18.0 software. The results revealed that the students in the experimental group, who were taught science using CR practices, were significantly more successful than the students in the control group, whose teaching was appropriate to the current curriculum in terms of academic achievement, science performance level, and problem-solving skills. It is of critical importance to use such innovative practices, which combine various disciplines, to allow students to excel at reading, which is a basic skill, at all educational levels in order to raise contemporary and social individuals.

A Six-Year Follow-up of Academic Achievement in An Israeli Elementary School Integration Project

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaacov J. Katz ◽  
Avraham Ben-Yochanan ◽  
Masha Sheinman
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Achievement Gap ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Integration Project ◽  
Experimental Group

An integration project initiated at the Gush Etzion Regional Elementary School in Israel at the beginning of the 1984/85 school year has now been running for six years. In the program ethnically Oriental pupils from a lower achievement-oriented environment and lower socioeconomic status were assigned to integrated classrooms together with higher achievement-oriented and higher socioeconomic-status students of Western ethnic background. A number of interventions designed to promote improved academic achievement were implemented at the school. Analysis indicated that pupils of lower socioeconomic status assigned to the experimental group achieved significantly higher reading scores than pupils of lower socioeconomic status in the control group attending a nonintegrated school. However, pupils of higher socioeconomic status studying in the integrated school and belonging to a comparison group achieved higher scores on the research instrument than members of either the experimental or the control groups despite the interventions undertaken to close the achievement gap. It appears that, although the interventions undertaken contributed to academic success of the experimental group subjects, they did not go all the way towards closing the achievement gap between lower and higher socioeconomic-status pupils.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Teknik Sosiodrama untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Komunikasi Interpersonal Siswa Laki-Laki Kelas SMK Ar-Rahman Misriadi Langkat

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Khairina Ulfa Syaimi
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Equivalent Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This research is intended to observe the effect of through sociodrama technique in improving students’ interpersonal communication skill at the tenth-grade students of SMK Ar-Rahman Misriadi Langkat. In the research methodology, the writer used quasi-experimental design, focusing on non- equivalent control group design. In addition, to decide the sample of the research the writer used non-probability sampling technique in the form of purposive sampling technique. There were twenty four  male students who had been chosen as the research sample.The sample chosen was classified based on the interpersonal communication  skill in the lower rate. Moreover, the instrument used to decide the sample was the instrument of interpersonal communication skill which provided four options on a Likert scale. The technique of analysis was carried out by using descriptive statistics which provided empirical mean to know the average scores between the pre-test and the posttest in the experimental group and controlled group respectively. The result showed that the score of Asymp. Sig were 0.000 which meant that the interpersonal communication skill of the male students Sig < 0.05. It can be concluded that the high number of increasing of interpersonal communication skill was experienced by the male students  in the experimental group than in the controlled group. Therefore, the result of this research was used to improve the interpersonal communication skill of the tenth- grade male students  at SMK Ar-Rahman Misriadi Langkat.

scholarly journals Investigating the effects of authentic childhood games in teaching English

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cigdem Hursen ◽  
Dursun Salaz
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Kindergarten Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Kindergarten Teaching

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of authentic childhood games in teaching English. The study group of the research consists of 43 5 year old kindergarten students. The study was carried out in the first semester of 2014-2015 academic year. An experimental method was used in this study to state the effects of teaching English vocabulary through authentic childhood games. There were 22 students in the experimental group and 21 students in the control group. To the experimental group the topics were taught through authentic childhood games. Same topics were taught to the control group through traditional methods. According to the results, it is seen that teaching English vocabulary through authentic childhood games have positive impact on academic success. Keywords: authentic childhood games, kindergarten, teaching English

scholarly journals Effects of Differential Approach on Motivation and Performance of Diverse Learners at Secondary Level in Punjab

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-231
Author(s):  
Mrs. Asif-Un-Nisa ◽  
Dr. Munnaza Ambreen
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Diverse Learners ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study determines the impact of differentiated instructional strategy on motivation and performance of diverse learners at the secondary level in terms of socioeconomic backgrounds, abilities & learning styles. The study was experimental, and the design of the study was Pre-test, Post-test control group. For this purpose, 70 students of class IX were selected randomly out of 175 students at Government Girls High School who were selected from District Rawalpindi. Two heterogeneous groups having an equal number of students were made. The students in the control group were taught by a conventional approach whereas differential technique was applied in the experimental group. For data collection, two instruments "Learning Style Inventory" by Brett Bixler (1998) and Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) by Valleranad (1992) were adopted by the researcher. Learning Style Inventory was used to know the learning style of the students and AMS was administered to measure the motivational level of the diverse learners. The Alpha reliability coefficient was .82 for learning style Inventory and .88 for AMS. Data were analyzed on SPSS by applying means, standard deviation, t-test, and multiple linear regressions. The study showed that there were statistically non- significant differences between the pre-test and post-test on motivation of the control group. However, there were statistically significant differences between the pre-test and post-test on motivation and academic achievement of the experimental group. It was recommended that the use of differentiated instruction by the teacher be adopted for increasing motivation and improving academic scores of diverse learners at the secondary level.

scholarly journals Kemampuan Komunikasi Matematik Siswa Berdasarkan Gender: Suatu Kasus di Sekolah Berbasis Pesantren

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Wa Ode Dahiana ◽  
Tatang Herman
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mathematical Communication ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

<p><em>The purpose of this study was to determine differences in students' mathematical communication skills based on gender with learning using metacognitive strategies. This research method is a quasi-experimental design using a pretest-posttest control group design. The sampling technique used was saturated sampling which consisted of 19 male students as the first experimental group and 17 female students as the second experimental group. The instrument used was in the form of a five-point essay test to measure the aspects of students' mathematical communication skills after being given a treatment, namely learning using metacognitive strategies. The pre-test mean score shows that female students are higher than male students, on the contrary, the average score of the post-test results, it is known that male students are higher. The data were analyzed using the t-test, it was concluded that there was a significant difference between the mathematical abilities of male and female students. This difference is consistent with several previous research results, although not a few studies also state that there is no significant difference between students' academic abilities based on gender.</em></p>

scholarly journals LEARNING STRATEGIES AND SCHOOL MOTIVATION IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING VS. TRADITIONAL LEARNING

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camelia Mădălina Răducu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Experiential Teaching ◽  
Young Students ◽  
Experimental Group

"Introduction: In recent years, European innovation policies in education have focused on preventing early school leaving and functional illiteracy. In this context of innovation in education, experiential learning has proven to have unique qualities for both teachers and students. Thus, the main motivation of this paper was to show that experiential teaching methods and techniques in primary education are able to produce significant improvements in learning strategies and school motivation in young students. Objectives: The aim of this this study was to explore the differences in learning strategies and school motivation on young students who had benefitted from Experiential Learning, in contrast with those following direct learning instructional methods Methods: This study was performed using two groups of subjects. The first group (experimental group) included 60 students taught by experiential methods and the second group (control group) included 60 students taught by traditional methods. All students were in the fourth grade in an urban school. Differences in learning strategies and school motivation were explored by applying School Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory - SMALSI (Stroud & Reynolds, 2006) to both the experimental group and the control group. SMALSI is structured in 9 dimensions - 6 strengths: study strategies, note-taking / listening skills, reading / comprehension strategies, writing skills / research, strategies used in tests, techniques for organizing / managing time; and 3 weaknesses are: low academic motivation, test anxiety, concentration difficulties / paying attention. To determine the differences in the students’ mean scores, descriptive as well as inferential statistical analyses were performed on the data. Results: The results showed that an experiential teaching model produces positive results in all evaluated strengths and in two of the three weak points investigated, namely in academic motivation and test anxiety. Statistically insignificant effects are in terms of attention / concentration difficulties, they may be more dependent on physiological and psychological maturation and less on the teaching methods, but also may be a direction of further research. Conclusions: The findings of this study could significantly help teachers looking for viable solutions to optimize students school results, increase school motivation and improve learning strategies in primary school."

scholarly journals INTERVENSI RASA BERSYUKUR UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HARGA DIRI REMAJA DI SMP X

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Novia Sri Parindu Purba ◽  
Riana Sahrani ◽  
Heni Mularsih
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Control Group ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Gratitude Intervention ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

Low self-esteem is also associated with poverty, it is necessary to have an effort to accept the conditions of life first. One of the simple characteristics of the acceptance effort is gratitude. Gratitude is a strong predictor to increase hope and happiness in adolescents who experience poverty. This research was designed as experimental group in X secondary school. The group was consisted of 6 respondents without a control group. The design of this study was a quasi-experimental (one group pretest-posttest) using the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale (RSSE) with a reliability coefficient of 0.88. The implementation of the gratitude intervention was designed using an intervention module from the aspect of the Indonesian grateful scale (SBI) and it was neither just a list of words of gratitude nor gratefulness. This gratitude intervention is done by inviting participants to focus on positive aspects of life, exploring positive emotions by recalculating the blessings of life that have been received from God and others. To sum up, these findings provide new findings in the use of gratitude intervention that focuses on the divine aspect. The results of this study indicate that there are significant differences in respondent's self-esteem before and after administration of the gratitude intervention, with self-esteem (RSSE) (Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.042, p <0.05). This discussion focuses on the implications generated for Gratitude literature which are adapted to Indonesian cultural values. Harga diri yang rendah juga terkait dengan kemiskinan, maka diperlukan adanya usaha penerimaan kondisi kehidupannya terlebih dahulu. Salah satu karakteristik sederhana sebagai upaya penerimaan tersebut yakni dengan rasa bersyukur. Rasa bersyukur merupakan prediktor yang kuat untuk meningkatkan harapan dan kebahagiaan pada remaja yang mengalami kondisi miskin sekalipun. Penelitian ini diberikan kepada satu kelompok eksperimen yang terdiri dari 6 responden tanpa adanya kelompok kontrol di salah satu sekolah menengah pertama (SMP) terbuka X di Jakarta Utara. Desain penelitian ini merupakan quasi eksperimen (one group pretest-posttest) dengan menggunakan Rosenberg Self-esteem scale (RSSE) dengan hasil koefisien reliabilitas sebesar 0.88. Pelaksanaan pelatihan rasa bersyukur ini dirancang dengan menggunakan modul intervensi dari aspek skala bersyukur Indonesia (SBI) dan bukan hanya sekedar daftar ucapan rasa bersyukur atau terimakasih. Pelatihan kebersyukuran ini dilakukan dengan mengajak partisipan untuk fokus terhadap aspek positif dalam hidup, mengeksplorasi emosi positif dengan menghitung kembali berkah kehidupan yang telah diterima dari Tuhan dan orang lain. Singkatnya, temuan ini memberikan temuan baru dalam penggunaan intervensi rasa bersyukur yang berfokus pada aspek keTuhanan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan pada harga diri responden sebelum dan sesudah pemberian pelatihan kebersyukuran, dengan nilai self-esteem (RSSE) (Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.042, p< 0.05 Diskusi ini berfokus pada implikasi yang dihasilkan untuk literature bersyukur yang disesuaikan dengan nilai-nilai budaya Indonesia.

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