scholarly journals Effects of Functional Instruction on Types of Achievement in Reading Narrative Texts

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Aldo Bazan ◽  
Dorle Ramos ◽  
Monica Davila ◽  
Nestor Velarde ◽  
Maricel Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Evaluation ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Teaching Learning

Seventeen first-year Secondary School students with low levels of reading comprehension of mystery and horror stories, received training during two weeks in 50-minutes daily sessions. The structural planning was sequentially organized, in four types of teaching - learning situations going from lower to higher level of complexity. The instruction was implemented in accordance with four types of achievement levels: linked to the object, linked to the situation, non-linked to the operation, and non-linked to present situation.  The results throughout the intervention revealed that in the two first levels (object-linked and operation-linked), average scores above 90% of achievement were obtained. In the two operation – non-linked levels (particular and present situation non-linked), averages scores between 73 and 76% of achievement were reached. Likewise, a significant change (p = 0.005) was found in a previous and post-evaluation of a school curricular unit for the group intervention, with no significant differences for the control group.

scholarly journals The Effect of Using Inquiry Questions on the Achievement of First Year Secondary School Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Mohamed Al-Tarawna ◽  
Ali Abu-Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims at investigating the effect of Inquiry questions on the achievement of first year secondary school students looming History of Literature and Literary Texts. The study tried to investigate the following hypotheses: H1: There is no statistically significant difference between the achievement mean scores of male students who were taught through inquiry- questions and the achievement mean scores of those who were taught the same material through traditional techniques. H2 There is no statistically significant difference between the achievement mean scores of the female students who were taught this subject through inquiry questions and those who were taught the same subject through traditional techniques. H3: There is no statistically significant difference between the achievement mean scores of the male and female students who were taught this subject through inquiry questions and those who were taught the same subject through traditional techniques. To investigate these hypotheses, 144 male and female students were randomly assigned to two groups; an experimental group and a control group. Each group had 72 participants. The experimental group was exposed to teaching through inquiry-questions, while the control group was taught the same topics through traditional techniques. The study lasted for one semester. Then, using an achievement test, the researcher investigated the effect of inquiry questions on students' achievements. Results indicated statistically significant differences in favor of the experimental group at the .05 level.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPLEMENTING INQUIRY ACTIVITIES INTO THE TEACHING PROCESS IN THE PHASE OF REVISING AND DEEPENING THE LEARNING CONTENT

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Sotáková ◽  
◽  
Mária Ganajová ◽  
Mária Babinčáková ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Learning

The aim of research was to verify the effectiveness of implementing the inquiry-based teaching (IBT) into the teaching process of chemistry in secondary school in the phase of revising and deepening the previous-year learning content. The results of the research confirmed a significant difference on the level of knowledge and skills between the experimental group students (N=143) where the IBT was implemented and the control group students (N=149) where traditional teaching methods were implied. Keywords: changes in chemical reactions, inquiry-based teaching, learning content, secondary school students.

scholarly journals The impact of teaching the circle unit to the students of the first grade secondary using blending learning through discovery and e-learning strategy on academic achievement: أثر تدريس وحدة الدائرة لطلاب الصف الأول الثانوي باستخدام استراتيجية الدمج بين التعلم بالإكتشاف والتعلم الإلكتروني على التحصيل الدراسي

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussain Ismail Mohamed El Sayed
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Statistical Treatment ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Aim: To assess the extent of the students' learning of the circle unit when being taught through a strategy blending learning through discovery and learning attained electronically. Study Methodology: The study followed the quasi- experimental method, which is based upon the design of two groups: an experimental and an equivalent control group, with the application of the pre- and post-measurements to verify the validity of the hypotheses with the aim of reaching a comprehensive understanding of the extent of impact a teaching strategy based upon blending learning through discovery and learning attained electronically might have on the achievement of the students' learning of the circle unit. Study Population: They were the first-year secondary school students officially registered for the year 1432/33 H. at the Gunfuthah Governorate. Study Sample: Consisted of Ibn Majah first – year secondary school students at Guz center, Al-Gunfutha Governorate, for the school year 1432/33 H, and numbering (51) students in all: (24) were in the control group studying according to the traditional method; and (27) in the experimental group which had been taught following the teaching strategy of blending learning through discovery and learning electronically in their learning of the circle unit. Study Tools: 1. An achievement test measuring learning at Bloom's first two levels: Recall and Comprehension. 2. The statistical treatment was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Used Statistical Techniques: t- test for comparing the mean scores of the achievements of the experimental group students (who learned the circle unit according to the investigated teaching strategy) and the control group students (who had been taught the circle unit traditionally); Cronbach alpha index for reliability; Levine test to ensure variance homogeneity; and holist agreement equation. Most Important Results: There were statistically significant differences at the level (0.001) between the experimental and control groups in behalf of the experimental students who learned the circle unit according to a teaching strategy based on blending learning earned through discovery and learning gained electronically in respect of (1) total achievement (2) achievement of the Recall Level and (3) achievement of the Comprehension Level. Important Recommendations: • Stressing the need to employ the teaching strategy of blending learning through discovery and learning through electronic devices when teaching the circle unit, in place of the conventional method of instruction. • Training mathematics teachers in designing computer software conducive to the implementation of the strategy of blending learning by discovery with learning gained electronically when teaching mathematics subject. • Working to restructure and reformulate the contents of present mathematics subject in line with modern instructional technology with the purpose of materializing mathematical concepts making them more stimulating and motivating for self-learning.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Teaching Biology Course Using Learning Stations Strategy in Developing the Mindfulness and Conceptual Understanding of First Grade Secondary School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Asem M. Omar
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Teaching Biology

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of teaching  biology course using the learning stations strategy in developing the mindfulness and conceptual understanding of first year secondary school students. To achieve these aims, a student's book, a teacher's manual, a scale for measuring mindfulness, and a test for measuring the conceptual understanding were used. A sample was randomly selected and divided into two groups: the experimental and control groups. An experimental group (n=44) studied the selected biology subjects utilizing the learning stations strategy, whereas the control group (n=46) studied the same subjects using a traditional method. A pre-post test was administred and the data was analyzed using ANCOVA. The study results revealed the effectiveness of teaching the biology course using the learning stations strategy in developing the mindfulness and the conceptual understanding of first year secondary school students over the traditional method.

Sobre Educação, Arte e Vídeoarte: rupturas, resiliência e práticas de ensino/aprendizagem na sala de aula

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nélia Lúcia Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Video Art ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Forest School ◽  
Moving Images ◽  
History Of ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study first approaches the history of the observer’s gaze, that is, as observers, we are forming or constructing our way of visualizing moving images. Secondly, it reaffirms the importance and need of resistance of the teaching / learning of Art as a compulsory curricular component for high school. Finally, the third part reports an experience with video art production in a class of first year high school students, establishing an interrelationship between theory and practice, that is, we study video art content to reach the production of videos, aiming as a final result, the art videos created by the students of the Reference Center in Environmental Education Forest School Prof. Eidorfe Moreira High School. The first and second stages of this research share a theoretical part of the Master ‘s thesis, Making films on the Island: audiovisual production as an escape line in Cotijuba, periphery of Belem, completed in 2013.

Zoltán Kodály gives a hand to secondary school students in recorder performance and attitudes toward music in Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 025576142110059
Author(s):  
Alican Gülle ◽  
Cenk Akay ◽  
Nezaket Bilge Uzun
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Attitudes Toward Music ◽  
Experimental Group

Kodály-inspired pedagogy enables students to participate effectively in a music course by engaging in active musical interactions with folk songs and melodies. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of Kodály-inspired pedagogy on recorder performance and attitudes toward music of secondary school students. A quasi-experimental design was used in the study. The experimental group was taught using Kodály-inspired pedagogy and the control group using the general music teaching methods for 9 weeks. A two-way mixed-design analysis of variance (ANOVA) and content analysis were used to analyze the data. A Recorder Performance Grading Key, music course attitude scale, and open-ended questions were used to collect the data. Consequently, the findings indicated that Kodály-inspired pedagogy had a significant effect on the students’ recorder performance but the researchers could not find a significant effect on students’ attitudes toward the music course. Moreover, students in the experimental group reported improvement in their recorder performance and attitudes toward music education. The researchers recommended including information about the implementation of Kodály-inspired pedagogy in music teacher textbooks, providing in-service training for teachers to enable them to use Kodály-inspired pedagogy.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of the reflection-based reciprocal teaching approach for reading comprehension achievement in upper secondary school in Myanmar

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tun Zaw Oo ◽  
Andrea Magyar ◽  
Anita Habók
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Reciprocal Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Experimental Group

AbstractThis study investigates the effectiveness of the reflection-based reciprocal teaching (RBRT) approach for Myanmar upper secondary school students’ reading comprehension in English. In the RBRT approach, the main frame is based on the reflective teaching model for reading comprehension (Oo and Habók in Int Electron J Elementary Educ 13(1):127–138, 2020), in which the reciprocal teaching method (involving questioning, clarifying, summarizing, and predicting) was applied. This study used cluster randomized trials. Two groups participated in the research: the experimental group, who were taught with the RBRT approach, and the control group, who were taught with traditional methods. Results showed that the RBRT approach has a strong effect on students’ English reading comprehension achievement. The experimental group increased its achievement on the posttest significantly, and the students’ results showed high effect size. It was also found that teachers’ reflection on the instructional context had a considerable impact on raising students’ reading comprehension achievement. The RBRT approach can be successfully applied in the classroom environment to develop students’ reading comprehension in English in Myanmar.

scholarly journals Comparison on Well-Being, Engagement and Perceived School Climate in Secondary School Students with Learning Difficulties and Specific Learning Disorders: An Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Lombardi ◽  
Daniela Traficante ◽  
Roberta Bettoni ◽  
Ilaria Offredi ◽  
Mirta Vernice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Disorder ◽  
School Students ◽  
Specific Learning Disorder ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Specific Learning

Reading and writing skills influence the social status of students, exerting effects not only on learning, but also on wellbeing. This study aimed to assess the impact of diagnosis of specific learning disorder on well-being in secondary-school students, comparing students with a diagnosis of specific learning disorder (SLD-group), students showing learning difficulties without diagnosis (LD-group) and students without learning difficulties (control-group). Students were tested with neuropsychological screening tests in order to identify learning difficulties and were further assessed by means of psychological and school well-being questionnaires. The results show that LD group perceive themselves as having a low sense of mastery and autonomy, less interest and engagement in daily activities and low peer social support than their schoolmates. This result highlights, for the LD group, a low well-being experience, which is not observed in the SLD and control groups. On the contrary, SLD group students do not differ from control group students in any dimensions except for the perceived parents’ support and involvement in school life, in which the SLD group show the highest scores. This work underlines the importance of having a diagnosis as it seems to work as a protective factor for both the psychological and school well-being of the student.

The effects of short-term mindfulness-based group intervention utilising a school setting for Japanese adolescents with trauma

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Daisuke Ito ◽  
Yuki Kubo ◽  
Ayako Takii ◽  
Asuka Watanabe ◽  
Tetsuhiro Ohtani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Short Term ◽  
School Students ◽  
Japanese Adolescents ◽  
Intervention Session

Abstract The use of mindfulness as a tool to improve mental health has received increased attention. Schools provide ideal environments for short-term prevention and skill development for mental health. Further, teachers can promote and reinforce students’ daily use of mindfulness. This study explored the effects of a short-term group mindfulness-based intervention on the mental health of adolescents who have experienced trauma. A total of 49 high school students received a mindfulness-based intervention session followed by homework and teacher reinforcement. The results suggest that a short-term group intervention for mindfulness can potentially improve mindfulness attention awareness and reduce depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents. As there was no control group, additional research examining the effectiveness of the intervention is essential.

scholarly journals Stigma and attitudes on epilepsy a study: with secondary school students

2007 ◽  
Vol 65 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda A. Reno ◽  
Paula T. Fernandes ◽  
Gail S. Bell ◽  
Josemir W. Sander ◽  
Li M. Li
Keyword(s):  
Epileptic Seizure ◽  
Pairwise Comparison ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Appropriate Education ◽  
Difference Test

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether an inappropriate attitude towards a person having an epileptic seizure contributes to the stigma found in society and whether an appropriate attitude helps to diminish it in the short term; to perform a long term investigation about information remembered and stigma perception after an educational lecture. METHOD: This study was performed in two steps: Step 1. Students of first year of high school of two schools in Campinas completed a questionnaire including the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy following a seizure demonstration. They were divided into three groups: a) one group had a demonstration of proper attitudes towards someone having an epileptic seizure; b) one group was shown incorrect procedures; c) control group. After the completion of the questionnaire, an educational lecture about epilepsy was given. Step 2: six months later, the questionnaire was re-administered. RESULTS: The comparison between the four groups (step 1 and step 2) show a significant difference (Anova (3,339)=2.77; p=0.042). Pairwise comparison using Fisher's Least-Significant-Difference Test showed a significant difference between the group shown incorrect procedures (step 1) versus step 2, and the control group (step 1) versus step 2, but no difference between the group shown correct procedures (step 1) versus step 2. DISCUSSION: Exhibiting proper attitudes towards a person experiencing an epileptic seizure may cause significant differences among the subjects’ degrees of stigma towards people with epilepsy. It is therefore fundamental that there should be de-stigmatization campaigns provided, to correct information and provide appropriate education.

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