scholarly journals The Kids are Alright: Middle-Level Students’ Perceptions of School during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
C Anne Gutshall ◽  
Joshua D McCall
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
School Year ◽  
Virtual Instruction ◽  
Social Tasks ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Perceptions Of School

This research sought to determine middle school students’ perceptions of the academic year they experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in a district in South Carolina. The students were surveyed three times throughout the year (beginning, midyear, and end of year), and their responses were disaggregated by the instructional model choice (face-to- face, in-person instruction, and online, virtual instruction via webcam technology). Families of students in this district were offered a choice of these two instructional models throughout the year, and the reasons for their family’s choice were surveyed. Students who were face-to-face for the entire year were more likely to perceive their school year as a positive experience than their online peers, but both groups identified that despite the circumstances, they mostly felt positive about the year, except in the case of being able to make friends, in which face-to-face students’ responses were significantly more positive. Also, students reported spending time during the previous school year’s shutdown (March 2020 to the end of the school year in June) completing many different academics and social tasks in which they were able to develop skills and direct their free time. The results of this research suggest that consistent with previous research suggesting that offering a few options results in people feeling satisfied, this research suggests that in the future, when faced with difficult choices at the district level on how to handle student experiences in unprecedented circumstances, offering choice to the students and families may benefit the outcomes of those students and the district overall.

scholarly journals The Kids are Alright: Middle-Level Students’ Perceptions of School During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-149
Author(s):  
C. Anne Gutshall ◽  
Joshua D. McCall
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
School Year ◽  
Virtual Instruction ◽  
Social Tasks ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Perceptions Of School

This research sought to determine middle school students’ perceptions of the academic year they experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in a district in South Carolina. The students were surveyed three times throughout the year (beginning, midyear, and end of year), and their responses were disaggregated by the instructional model choice (face-to-face, in-person instruction, and online, virtual instruction via webcam technology). Families of students in this district were offered a choice of these two instructional models throughout the year, and the reasons for their family’s choice were surveyed. Students who were face-to-face for the entire year were more likely to perceive their school year as a positive experience than their online peers, but both groups identified that despite the circumstances, they mostly felt positive about the year, except in the case of being able to make friends, in which face-to-face students’ responses were significantly more positive. Also, students reported spending time during the previous school year’s shutdown (March 2020 to the end of the school year in June) completing many different academics and social tasks in which they were able to develop skills and direct their free time. The results of this research suggest that consistent with previous research suggesting that offering a few options results in people feeling satisfied, this research suggests that in the future when faced with difficult choices at the district level on how to handle student experiences in unprecedented circumstances, offering choice to the students and families may benefit the outcomes of those students and the district overall.

Reflections on Online Delivered Lessons, During COVID-19 Induced Restrictions, for Students of Informatics in a Vocational Lyceum of Greece

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis S. Makrygiannis
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Student Attendance ◽  
School Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
School Year ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
School Operations ◽  
Of Greece

During the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, coinciding with school year 2019-2020, house confinement measures were taken throughout Greece. Conventional face-to-face schooling presented a threat to public health. As a result the Greek Ministry of Education proceeded to suspend school operations for a while and sponsor online lessons of various shapes and forms as a temporary measure soon after. The lessons, hastily designed to address extraordinary conditions and delivered in an ad hoc manner utilizing teachers’ personal experiences and preferences to fill a gap created by house confinement, created pressures on existing infrastructures on one hand, and a corpus of diverse experiences, contradicting evidence and on occasion reports on the other. A discussion on that corpus was inevitable and took part originally among teachers of the same school either unofficially or during sessions of the teachers associations of each school. The discussion should and will expand beyond that especially in reference to cases that constitute good practices or where data were collected. To this purpose, this paper presents the case of two theoretical lessons taught at senior high-school students of the Information Applications’ Technician specialty in a Vocational Lyceum. The lessons operated surprisingly well, in comparison to similar lessons, concerning student attendance, student engagement level and continuance. Some data were collected with a questionnaire and their processing later informed discussions during reflection plenary sessions of the online class. An attempt is made to explain the divergence from the general case and reflection on results is used to draw conclusions that may benefit further attempts.

scholarly journals Three-year dynamics of the health status of students in bimester organization of the academic year

2017 ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
I.K. Rapoport ◽  
O.S. Panina ◽  
V.V. Chubarovsky ◽  
S.B. Sokolova ◽  
A.V. Danova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Psychosomatic Disorders ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Year ◽  
Moscow City ◽  
The University ◽  
Medical Examinations ◽  
Academic Year

New bimester model of academic year organization has been implemented at the University school (USH) of Moscow City University (MGPU). It consists of 6–7-week sessions with a two-week vacation. The change in the structure of the educational process is aimed at preventing fatigue of students, psychosomatic disorders and chronic diseases. The comprehensive medical examinations of primary school students have been conducted for 3 years in USH, at the beginning and at the end of the school year. It is estimated that for the period of longitudinal observation the prevalence of chronic diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders did not increase among students.

scholarly journals HOW RESPONSIBLE ARE TURKISH SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Yakar
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Study Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
School Year ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The City

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the distance learning responsibility levels of secondary school students attending schools in the Aegean Region of Turkey by developing a scale of responsibility for distance learning. The study is a descriptive study employing the survey model. Two different study groups were used in the current study. In the first stage, a total of 477 secondary school students attending schools in the cities of İzmir, Denizli and Muğla in Turkey in the 2020-2021 school year were included in the study group to develop the Scale of Responsibility for Distance Learning. In the second stage of the study, the study group is comprised of 2043 secondary school students selected from among the secondary school students attending schools located in the cities of İzmir, Manisa, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya and Uşak in the Agean Region of Turkey in the 2020-2021 school year. The data were collected face-to-face and online via Google Forms during COVID-19 pandemic by using the Scale of Responsibility for Distance Learning. According to the findings of the study, the scale is a valid and reliable scale with adequately satisfied psychometric features. Another finding of the current study is that the participating secondary school students’ responsibility scores vary significantly depending on the city where they attend the school, grade level and gender.

Adaptation of primary school students to educational activities

2021 ◽  
pp. 86-100
Author(s):  
Valentina S. Gappoeva ◽  
Zinaida G. Habaeva
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mental Performance ◽  
School Students ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
School Year ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Academic Year

The peculiarities of the psycho-functional and physical development of primary children school determine the need for strict control over the state of their mental performance and the characteristics of the development of fatigue during the school year. Taking into account the available data in the literature on gender differences in children of the same age in terms of the implementation of educational activities, the state of mental performance of students was assessed depending on their gender. The indicators of mental performance and fatigue of 2nd-grade students involved in a developmental program were determined using proofreading tests (tables by V.Ya. Anfimov) modified by M.V. Antropova with employees. The level of mental performance of students was calculated according to the intensity (the number of viewed signs) and quality (the number of mistakes and % of unmistakable work) of work, taking into account the sex of the subjects at the beginning and at the end of the academic year according to the indicators of the daily and weekly dynamics of the measured parameters. There were found higher indicators of mental performance in girls at the beginning of the school year, determined by both the intensity and the quality of the work performed. At the end of the academic year, significant differences in the estimated parameters, in terms of daily and weekly dynamics in boys and girls are not revealed. The data obtained indicate the adequacy of the intellectual load on students in this educational institution. The results of a comparative analysis of the mental performance of students before and after lessons (the beginning and end of the school year, daily and weekly dynamics) indicate an increase in the mental performance of children due to the educational process and manifested itself, first of all, in the quality of the work performed.

ANALISIS BIAYA KUALITAS DAN PRODUKTIVITAS PADA MAHASISIWA UNIVERSITAS ISLAM 45

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-257
Author(s):  
Anisa Putri
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Quality Cost ◽  
Productivity Costs ◽  
School Year ◽  
Quality Costs ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Cost ◽  
New Student ◽  
Academic Year

The aim to be achieved in this study is to analyze the quality and productivity costs of case studies at the Islamic University of 45 Bekasi. The research method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method. The location of the study was conducted at the Islamic University of 45 Bekasi. The data used is secondary data from the financial statements of Islamic University of 45 Bekasi in the academic year 2013/2014. Methods of data collection using interviews and observation. The highest quality cost discussion results are prevention costs at the cost of seminars and training for lecturers as much as Rp. 450,561,400, -. The lowest quality cost is the assessment fee at the cost of lecturer accreditation of Rp. 1,925,000, -. The percentage of quality costs is 2.1% smaller than the fairness of the total quality costs of 2.5%. The realization of the output of new student admissions was obtained in the 2013/2014 school year as many as 1,339 people. Total students 6,364 people. The study period is more than 4 years and has not graduated as many as 992 people. Failure costs as much as 16% of total students. Realization of financial output was achieved in the amount of Rp. 39,384,232,556, - ​​Input Rp. 35,606,307,800, - used to obtain output. Company productivity is efficient because output is greater than input. Company productivity is effective because the company achieves financial goals by obtaining a surplus of Rp. 3,777,924,756, - The conclusion that can be drawn is that quality costs are able to obtain output in the form of income exceeding its input value so that productivity is efficient and effective and surplus.

Binge Drinking and Educational Participation among Youth in the COMPASS Host Study (Year 5: 2016/2017): School Connectedness and Flourishing as Compensatory Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-77
Author(s):  
Simone D. Holligan ◽  
Wei Qian ◽  
Margaret De Groh ◽  
Ying Jiang ◽  
Karen A. Patte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
School Students ◽  
Educational Participation ◽  
School Year ◽  
Canadian Youth ◽  
Reported Data

The current study investigated resilience factors influencing the associations between binge drinking and measures of educational participation among Canadian youth. Self-reported data were collected during the 2016/2017 school year from 5238 students in Grades 9 through 12 (2744 females, 2494 males) attending 14 secondary schools in Ontario and British Columbia as part of the COMPASS study. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine relationships between binge drinking, school connectedness and flourishing on measures of educational participation. Binge drinking was associated with increased likelihood of skipping classes, going to class without completing homework, lower Math and English scores, and having educational and/or training expectations and aspirations beyond high school only. Decreased flourishing was linked to increased likelihood of going to class with incomplete homework, lower Math and English scores, and decreased likelihood of aspiring and expecting to achieve education and/or training beyond high school only. Increased school connectedness was associated with decreased likelihood of skipping classes and going to class with incomplete homework, higher Math and English scores, and increased the likelihood of aspiring to and expecting to achieve education and/or training beyond high school only. Lower flourishing was additive in its effect on current binge drinking in negatively impacting class attendance and homework completion and academic performance, while higher school connectedness was compensatory in its effect on these outcomes. This study suggests that, for high school students who are susceptible to binge drinking, those who are more connected to school and have a higher sense of wellbeing can maintain active participation in school and achieve their educational goals.

Perfectionism in adolescents: Self-critical perfectionism as a predictor of depressive symptoms across the school year

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelby L. Levine ◽  
Isabelle Green-Demers ◽  
Marina Milyavskaya ◽  
Kaitlyn M. Werner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
School Students ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
School Year ◽  
Path Modelling ◽  
Personal Standards Perfectionism

The present study examined the influence of personal standards and self-critical perfectionism on depressive and anxiety symptoms over the academic year. High-school students (N=174) were surveyed in the late Fall and early Spring, assessing perfectionism in the Fall and mental health across the year in both the Fall and Spring. Path modelling was used to examine whether self-critical and personal standards perfectionism were related to changes in mental health across the school year. Controlling for mental health at the start of the year, self-critical perfectionism predicted an increase in depressive symptoms over time, whereas personal standards perfectionism was unrelated to changes in mental health. Results support that self-critical perfectionism is detrimental to mental health in adolescents, suggesting that future interventions should focus on reducing self-critical cognitive biases in youth.

Observing the Interethnic Friendships in Elementary and Secondary Religion-Based School

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Internalizing Behavior ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Older Children ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Year ◽  
Interethnic Friendships ◽  
Level I

Friendships provide opportunities to build empathy and practice social skills. Being friends with ethnically diverse peers can create opportunities for academic and social learning different from the opportunities afforded by same-ethnic friendships. Through my observation, I had been finding that elementary and secondary school students are less likely to have friends of a different ethnic — even from the beginning to the end of a single school year, as they progress in school. My observation show that most childhood friendships are formed in classrooms, but children tend to form friendships with others of their own ethnicity, with interethnic friendships decreasing across ages and grades. The observation looked at student and classroom factors that affect the likelihood of children forming friendships across ethnic. On an individual or student level, I looked at age, ethnic, and psychosocial factors, including sociability, internalizing behavior (such as worrying or feeling sad) and externalizing behavior (such as acting out or getting in trouble). I also examined factors related to classroom context, including teacher support, whether teachers treat students with varying levels of academic achievement differently, and competition among students. Results suggest that same-ethnic friendships increase over the school year, with greater increases among white and older children. Externalizing behavior predicted a greater increase in same-ethnic friendships, particularly among ‘domestic’ (Javanese: ‘cah kene dewe’) students. Teachers and classroom context influenced student friendships in two different ways. It suggests that teachers may make a difference in how students select and maintain friends. Classroom support -- measured by student perceptions of teachers' warmth, respect, and trust -- predicted less of an increase in same-ethnic friendships from fall to spring. In last, my observation points to the need not just for diverse schools, but also for teachers to foster classrooms where students and teachers support one another, and social and academic hierarchies are not dominant, which could increase the likelihood of students developing and maintaining interethnic friendships.

UPAYA MENINGKATKAN PRESTASI BELAJAR PPKn DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MODEL BRAIN BASED LEARNING SISWA KELAS VIIB SMP NEGERI 16 REJANG LEBONG BENGKULU TAHUN AJARAN 2019/2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizki Oktiana Sakti ◽  
Supri Hartanto
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
School Year ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Success Indicators ◽  
Improve Student Achievement ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Brain Based Learning ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Academic Year

Abstrak Penelitian Tindakan Kelas ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui upaya meningkatkan prestasi belajar PPKn dengan menggunkan model Brain Based Learning Kelas VII B SMP Negeri 16 Rejang Lebong Bengkulu Tahun Ajaran 2019/2020. Penelitian dilakukan di Kabupaten Rejang Lebong Bengkulu pada tahun pelajaran 2019/2020 di Kelas VII B dengan jumlah 26 siswa (Laki-laki 11 dan Perempuan 15). Penelitian Tindakan Kelas ini menggunkan siklus model Kermmis dan Mc Taggart yaitu rencana, tindakan, pengamatan dan refleksi. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi, tes evaluasi, wawancara, dokumentasi. Teknik Analisi Data menggunakan deskriptif kuantitatif yaitu terjadi peningkatan prestasi belajar dari pra siklus. Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa upaya untuk meningkatkan prestasi belajar siswa kelas VII B SMP Negeri 16 Rejang Lebong Bengkulu dengan menggunakan model Brain Based Learninghasil jumlah perhitungan pra siklus dengan persentase ketuntasan sebesar 50,00%, pada siklus I mengalami peningkatan tuntas dengan persentase 57,69%, dan pada siklus II mengalami kenaikan kembali dengan presentase 65,38%. Sesuai dengan KKM 70 dan Indikator keberhasilan 60% dengan hasil yang diperoleh di siklus II maka, Penelitian Tindakan Kelas ini dihentikan karena prestasi belajar siswa meningkat dan sudah mencapai indikator keberhasilan yang telah ditentukan. Kata Kunci : Prestasi Belajar, PPKn Brain Based Learning Abstract This Classroom Action Research aims to determine efforts to improve PPKn learning achievement by using the Class VII B Brain Based Learning model of SMP Negeri 16 Rejang Lebong Bengkulu for the 2019/2020 academic year. The research was conducted in Rejang Lebong Bengkulu Regency in the 2019/2020 school year in Class VII B with a total of 26 students (male 11 and female 15). This Classroom Action Research uses the Kermmis and Mc Taggart model cycle, namely planning, acting, observing and reflecting. Data collection was carried out by observation, evaluation tests, interviews, documentation. The data analysis technique used quantitative descriptive, namely an increase in learning achievement from the pre-cycle. The results of the study concluded that efforts to improve student achievement in class VII B SMP Negeri 16 Rejang Lebong Bengkulu using the Brain Based Learningmodel resulted in the number of pre-cycle calculations with a completeness percentage of 50.00%, in the first cycle experienced an increase in completeness with a percentage of 57.69% , and in the second cycle it increased again with a percentage of 65.38%. In accordance with KKM 70 and success indicators of 60% with the results obtained in cycle II, this Classroom Action Research was stopped because student learning achievement had increased and had reached predetermined success indicators. Keywords: Learning Achievement, PPKn Brain Based Learning

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