scholarly journals Exhibition of ‘the Drawing Effect’ Across VARK Learning Preferences in High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arianne Ohman ◽  
Cheryl Anderson

In a free-recall experiment, the presence of 'the drawing effect' in relation to VARK learning preferences was examined in high school students. Participants were asked to draw and write out a list of presented words and afterwards completed a questionnaire to identify their VARK learning preferences. There was no statistically significant difference between the number of written words recalled versus the number of drawn words recalled. Further, no relationship between VARK learning scores and the drawing effect was identified. This experiment indicates that high school students of all VARK preferences do not display the drawing effect which may reflect a nuance in adolescent cognition or the recent modification of high school instructional practices. The findings of this study may encourage high school educators to focus more on quality of content rather than medium of presentation to create memorable lessons. Further research may determine whether the results of this research are consistent across age groups and with other high school student demographics.

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 950
Author(s):  
Meliha Uzun ◽  
Osman İmamoğlu ◽  
Faruk Yamaner ◽  
Gamze Deryahanoğlu ◽  
Gül Yamaner

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the factors that prevent girls high school participation in recreational activities. The investigation includes 376 students who are in 9. , 10, and 11. grades who study in Samsun Fatma Çavuş Vocational and Technical High School. As a data collection tool ‘personal information form’ and ‘Leisure Constraints Questionnaire-18’. It is used descriptive scanning model in this study. For the relation of statistical analysis, versatile variance analysis; for detecting the difference test of LSD and test of χ² was used. The data obtained from the scale in the research were analyzed by means of SPSS 21.0 statistical software program. In both age groups and grade levels a remarkable difference was monitored in total points (EG: 2,9- GL: 3,43) and subscale of individual psychology (EG: 4,65- GL: 4,17) and establishing (EG: 3,77- GL: 7,35). However, there is no significant difference when examined according to participation in open space activities (p>0.05).As a result, the participation to recreative activities of high school students is affected by varied factors in accordance with their age and grade level. The majority of the students sometimes have great difficulty in their leisure time activities. Elimination of these barriers/difficulties will be useful. ÖzetBu çalışmada, kız lisesi öğrencilerinin rekreatif etkinliklere katılımını engelleyen faktörlerin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, Samsun Fatma Çavuş Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi’nde 2014-2015 öğretim yılında 9. 10. ve 11. Sınıf öğrencilerinden toplam 376 kişiyi kapsamaktadır. Veri toplama aracı olarak “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” ve “Boş Zaman Engelleri Ölçeği-18” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada betimsel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. İstatistik analizinde çok yönlü varyans analizi, farklılığın tespiti için LSD testi ve ilişki için χ² testi yapılmıştır. Araştırmada ölçekten elde edilen veriler SPSS 21.0 paket programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Hem yaş gruplarına hem de sınıf düzeyine göre ölçek toplam puanında (YG: 2,9- SD: 3,43) ve bireysel psikoloji (YG: 4,65- SD: 4,17) ve tesis (YG: 3,77- SD: 7,35) alt boyutlarında anlamlı fark olduğu görülmüştür. Fakat açık alan etkinliklerine katılma durumlarına göre incelendiğinde ise anlamlı farklılık görülmemektedir (p>0.05). Sonuç olarak, lise öğrencilerinin rekreatif etkinliklere katılımı yaş grubu ve sınıf düzeyine göre değişik faktörlerden     etkilenmektedir. Boş zamanı değerlendirmede katılımcıların büyük çoğunluğunun bazen güçlük çektiği görülmektedir. Bu güçlüklerin/engellerin ortadan kaldırılması faydalı olacaktır


Sinteze ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Goran Pljakić

In this paper, the author investigates how teachers perceive the quality of decision - making of students of different ages while working in small groups. The examination of the beliefs of 162 teachers about the quality of decisions that students make while working in small groups was achieved by the KDO-MG scale, which was created and tested for the purposes of this research. A two-factor univariate analysis of variance found that there was a statistically significant difference between the beliefs of teachers, subject teachers and high school teachers about the quality of students' decision-making during work in small groups. The difference is reflected in the fact that teachers' beliefs indicate that the quality of decisions is higher among high school students than is the case with elementary school students.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1440
Author(s):  
Mutlu Ildız ◽  
Özcan Saygın ◽  
Recep Özmerdivenli

<p>The aim of the study is to examine eating habits of high school students ages 14-18. A total of 610 (313 girls, 297 boys) volunteer students who is attending in high schools in Denizli, participated in the study. Eating habits were determined by dietary questionnaire which consisting of 10 questions. Statistical calculations were performed with SPSS. To find differences by gender chi-square test were applied. In the event of P values less than 0.05 between-group differences and relationships between variables were considered significant.</p><p class="ecxmsonormal">It was found that p&lt;0.01 level of significant difference between the boys and girls given responses to “Do you always eat your breakfast?”. In the other age groups there was no significant difference.  66.0% of male high school students and 64.9% of the female high school students who participated to survey stated that they hadn’t skipped their lunch with always having their lunch. Whereas at the dinner as a very large majority like 93.3% of boys and 86.6% girls stated that they had always consumed their meals regularly.</p><p>As a result, it can be say that breakfast is the meal that mostly skipped by adolescent students at the age 14-18 and they haven’t regular eating habit and depending on gender there are some changes in eating habits.</p><p><strong>Özet:</strong></p><p>Bu çalışma, 14-18 yaş lise öğrencilerinin beslenme alışkanlıklarının incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmaya Denizli ili merkez liselerde öğrenim gören 313 kız, 297 erkek olmak üzere toplam 610 gönüllü öğrenci katılmıştır. Çalışmanın yöntemsel modeli tarama yöntemi olup, katılımcılara beslenme alışkanlıklarını öğrenebilmek için 10 sorudan oluşan beslenme anketi uygulanmıştır. İstatiksel hesaplamalar SPSS programında yapılmıştır. Cinsiyetlere göre farkı bulmak için ki kare testi uygulanmıştır. P değerinin 0,05’ten küçük olması durumunda gruplar arası fark ve değişkenler arası ilişki anlamlı kabul edilmiştir.</p><p>Erkek ve kız lise öğrencilerinin sabah öğünlerinizi her zaman yer misiniz? sorusuna verdikleri cevaplar arasında p&lt;0,01 düzeyinde anlamlı fark bulunmuştur. Diğer yaş gruplarında ise anlamlı farklılığa rastlanmamıştır. Araştırmaya katılan erkek lise öğrencilerinin %66.0’sı, kızların ise %64.9’u öğle yemeklerini her zaman yiyerek öğle öğününü atlamadıklarını belirtmişlerdir. Akşam öğününde ise erkeklerde %93.3, kızlarda ise %86.6 gibi çok büyük bir çoğunluk her zaman öğünü düzenli olarak tükettiklerini belirtmişlerdir.</p><p>Sonuç olarak, 14-18 yaş adölesan öğrencilerin en çok atladıkları öğünün kahvaltı olduğu, beslenme alışkanlıklarının düzenli olmadığı, cinsiyete bağlı beslenme alışkanlıklarında değişiklikler meydana geldiği söylenebilir.<strong></strong></p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
John-Rine A. Zabanal

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of tonic drone accompaniment on the intonation of violinists and violists. Twenty-eight middle and high school students performed an ascending diatonic line and a descending dominant 7th arpeggio on the violin or viola in three trials: pretest, posttest accompanied with drone, and posttest unaccompanied. The students were grouped based on age and years of experience. A significant difference in cent deviation scores was found between age groups but not years of experience. Post hoc analysis revealed a significant difference between the middle-age group and the youngest group. No significant difference was found overall between pretest, drone accompanied posttest, and unaccompanied posttest conditions.


2021 ◽  
pp. 136216882110467
Author(s):  
Hyejin Cho ◽  
YouJin Kim

Although digital multimodal composing (DMC) is receiving increasing attention in language classrooms, the extent to which it contributes to students’ writing practices is controversial. In order to understand the affordances of DMC compared to traditional monomodal writing in school contexts, it is pertinent to compare DMC and traditional writing using academic integrated-skills tasks. The current study aims to investigate the relationship between the quality of Korean high school students’ multimodal composing and that of the same students’ traditional monomodal writing, as well as content and language alignment. Thirty-one Korean high school students carried out a summary-reflection task through DMC and traditional monomodal writing. After reading a short fable by Aesop, students summarized and reflected on the text. While students used only one mode in traditional writing (i.e. English text), they utilized multiple modes in DMC (e.g. pictures, movies). Students’ task outcomes were scored using analytic rubrics, and texts were coded in terms of the content and linguistic features students retrieved from the text (i.e. alignment) and their degree of reflection. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the quality, content and language alignment, or amount of reflection in writing outcomes between students’ DMC and traditional monomodal writing.


2021 ◽  
pp. 073563312110399
Author(s):  
Ting-Ting Wu ◽  
Jian-Ming Chen

Many countries have incorporated computational thinking (CT) and programming languages into their science and technology courses. Students can improve their CT ability by learning programming languages. Moreover, situated learning enables students to generate knowledge and master problem-solving skills through interaction with situations. This study incorporated Webduino learning and the situated learning strategy into a programming course and analyzed its impact on high school students’ CT ability, learning motivation, and course satisfaction. A quasi-experimental research method was adopted, wherein the experimental group was subjected to the situated learning strategy and the control group was subjected to a traditional teaching method. The study results revealed that integrating Webduino programming with situated learning could effectively improve five categories of CT skills; moreover, the activity models of situated learning enhanced the value and expectation dimensions of learning motivation. In addition, satisfaction with the course content and self-identity slightly improved. However, because teachers were required to elaborate on stories to promote learner engagement with life situations, the time available for programming was limited. Thus, no significant difference was observed in teaching satisfaction.


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Hashemi Shahraki ◽  
Abbass Eslami Rasekh

Slang usage in modern age Iran is a popular phenomenon among most male and female teenagers. How pervasive this variation of language use is among various age and sex groups in Iran has been a question of debate given the significance of religion in a theological system of social structure. The work presented in this study aims to investigate the effect of age and sex on variability of slang usage. Sixty Iranian participants were selected, and then were divided into three age groups (i.e. primary school, high school, and senior university students) each group consisting of ten males and ten females. A self-made questionnaire in the form of Discourse Completion Test (DCT) describing nine situations of friendly conversations was given to the participants. They were asked to make their choice on the responses, which ranged from formal to very informal style (common teenage slang expressions), or to write down what they wish to say under each circumstance. The results of the chi–square tests indicated that slang usage among high school students is more frequent as compared with other age groups. Unlike the popular belief suggesting that slang is used by boys rather than girls, the findings suggested that young Iranians both male and female use slang as a badge of identity showing their attachment to the social group they wish to be identified with.


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