scholarly journals Impact of Modified Laboratory Learning Environment on transformative Biology Process Skills among Secondary School Students in Osun State, Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. O. Salami
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Laboratory Learning ◽  
Biology Process

scholarly journals The Relationship between of the Learning Environment and the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) among Secondary School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Science Laboratory ◽  
School Students ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Laboratory Learning ◽  
The Relationship

Malaysia's achievements in the TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) and PISA (Program International Student Assessment) from 2007 to 2015 show a decline in the mastery of science and mathematics subjects among Malaysian students internationally (Shahril Sabudin, Azlin Norhaini Mansor, Subahan Mohd Meerah & Azliza Muhammad, 2018) [28]. Meanwhile, the science laboratory learning environment is found that can influence the student’s higher order thinking skills (HOTS). This finding is supported by Mubarok, Suprapto and Adam (2018)[21] who found that the investigative activities in the laboratory would influence the HOTS. However, there are still have no any studies that been found in Malaysia on the relationship between the science laboratory learning environment and the HOTS. Therefore, this study aims to know the relationship between of the learning environment and the HOTS among secondary school students in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu by using the quantitative method. There are two sections in the questionnaire form, which are part A regarding the science laboratory learning environment and part B on the student’s HOTS. The part A uses SLEI which was developed by Fraser et al. (1992) and the part B uses a set of subjective questions that was developed by the researchers. The researchers selected 89 students from two schools using a simple random sampling. The findings showed that there were a relationship between of the learning environment in the material environment and the student’s HOTS. The results of the study proved that the adequacy of materials and apparatus in science labs would enhance the student’s HOTS. The implications of this study enable the Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) to budget for the purchase of sufficient science materials and apparatus.

scholarly journals The Instructional Design of an Online Learning Environment (RISSC) for Upper Secondary School Students’ Research Skills

2019 ◽  
pp. 174-182
Author(s):  
Louise Maddens ◽  
Fien Depaepe ◽  
Annelies Raes ◽  
Jan Elen
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Upper Secondary

In today’s complex world, the acquisition of research skills is considered an important goal in (upper secondary) education. Consequently, there is a growing body of literature that recognises the value of well-designed (online) learning environments for effectively supporting the development of this complex set of skills. However, a clear consensus on how these research skills can be facilitated is currently lacking. Furthermore, interventions aiming to foster these skills are often implemented in specific domains, mostly in physics, biology and chemistry. In addition, current approaches to facilitation often refer to only a few epistemic activities related to research skills. Because of the broad and (mainly) domain-specific character of research skills, the purpose of this paper is to articulate the instructional design considerations for an online learning environment for upper secondary school students’ (broad set of) research skills in a(n) (underrepresented) behavioural sciences context.

scholarly journals Request Strategies: A Contrastive Study Between Yemeni EFL and Malay ESL Secondary School Students in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Amr Abdullatif Yassin ◽  
Norizan Abdul Razak
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Target Language ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Request Strategies

The aim of this study was to investigate the types of request strategies employed by Yemeni and Malay secondary school students in English language. It also aimed at investigating the influence of social power and social distance on the students’ choice of request strategies. The data was collected through a discourse completion test (DCT) and the analysis used both Blum-Kulk’s et al. (1989) Cross-Cultural Speech Act Realization Patterns (CCSARP), and Scollon and Scollon’s (1995) politeness system. The findings of the study showed that both groups often use non-conventionally indirect request strategies by means of query preparatory. The analysis revealed that both groups do not take into consideration the social power and the social distance between the interlocutors because they always use the same strategies with any person. The students have this sociopragmatic knowledge in their mother tongue; however, both groups are not sensitive to the social power and social distance existing between the interlocutors as they lack the sociopragmatic knowledge in the target language. Moreover, the students almost use the same strategies even though they have different cultural backgrounds, and this might be attributed to their assimilation in the school learning environment which is a positive indicator for conductive learning environment.

Relationship Between Science Classroom Psychosocial Learning Environment and Secondary School Students’ Motivation

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Samee Ullah ◽  
Beena Sarfraz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Science Classroom ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
School Students ◽  
Psychosocial Environment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Psychosocial Learning Environment ◽  
Integral Role

The learning environment of a classroom plays an integral role in students’ life. If a student’s surrounding environment is good then they perform well in studies. Learning environments are of different types like physical environment, social environment, psychological environment, instructional environment and psychosocial environment. Among these, Psychosocial learning environment is very important. It not only encourages the science learners to learn new things but also enhances their motivation for science learning.  The aim of this study is to investigate of relationship between science classroom psychosocial learning environment and secondary school students ‘motivation. The research design used is descriptive and quantitative in nature. Population of the study consisted of 10th grade Secondary School Students’ who enrolled in all the campuses of District public school Okara during academic session 2016-2018.The total numbers of students were 1146.The random sampling technique was used to select the sample. Two Questionnaires were used to collect the data about the perceptions of students for psychosocial environment and motivation.  Collected data were tabulated in SPSS (version24) and then analyzed by using one sample t-test, and two way between groups analysis of variance (Two-way ANOVA). Significant difference between science classroom psychosocial learning environment and secondary school students’ motivation in science classes was found for Student Cohesiveness, Teacher Support, Involvement, and Equity.

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