Brief Report: The Urban Project: A Model to Help Minority Students Prepare for Mathematics-Based Careers

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-176
Author(s):  
Lucille Croom
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Urban Project

In recognition of the need to prepare students better for careers in science and technology and of the underrepresentation of minorities in such careers, various efforts have been launched around the country to improve minority students' academic preparation for college. Any project designed to help high school students from minority groups prepare for mathematics-related careers should be broadly based. In addition to intensive jnstruction in mathematics and science, it should provide training in various academic skills, information about careers and their requirements, experiences in various working environments, opportunities to meet people who might serve as role models, assistance in making the transition from high school to college, and support in developing positive attitudes and self-confidence.

High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Providing Girls Opportunities to Participate in Sport

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-253
Author(s):  
Marni Brown ◽  
Erin Ruel ◽  
Stephanie Medley-Rath
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Athletic Status ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Women In Sport ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Average High School

In light of the increasing participation of girls/women in sport, we investigate the attitudes of high school boys and girls toward potential increased opportunities for girls’ to participate in sport. There has been little research on high school students’ attitudes toward girls’ sport participation decomposed by gender and athletic status. We find that, on average, high school students are supportive of increased opportunities for girls to participate in sport. Girls are more supportive than boys on average. While there is no difference among girls by athletic status, male competitive athletes show the most negative attitudes toward opportunities for girls to participate in sport compared with male noncompetitive athletes. Lastly, racial minority groups express positive attitudes toward increased opportunities for girls to participate in sport compared with whites.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Attitudes of Students Attending Non-Inclusive School Towards Inclusive Physical Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-171
Author(s):  
Dagmar Nemček ◽  
Julie Wittmannová
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Goal Achievement ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Inclusive School

Summary The objective of the study was to determine and compare the attitudes of high school students of the non-inclusive school towards inclusive physical education according to gender. This study deepened the knowledge about the students’ attitudes toward the inclusion of students with physical and intellectual disabilities. The research sample comprised a total of 181 able-bodied high school students (56 boys and 125 girls) attending one non-inclusive high school in Bratislava, Slovakia. Modified Czech version of the CAIPE (Children’s Attitude toward Inclusive Physical Education) questionnaire was used as a primary research method. Girls presented higher levels of positive attitudes towards inclusive physical education (IPE) in goal achievement, motivation, and motor skills learning. Boys showed a higher level of positive attitudes in the self-confidence of students with disabilities through IPE. In the goal achievement, girls expressed a significantly higher positive attitude towards IPE in students with intellectual disabilities inclusion (U = 2817, p = 0.029, r = 0.168). The highest level of a positive attitude toward IPE declared both genders by society inclusion and the lowest level of positive attitude by motor skills acquisition. Slovak students of a non-inclusive high school showed a positive attitude toward IPE for the inclusion of pupils with physical as well as intellectual disabilities.

scholarly journals A Peer-Based Educational Intervention Effects on SARS-CoV-2 Knowledge and Attitudes among Polish High-School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 12183
Author(s):  
Maria Ganczak ◽  
Oskar Pasek ◽  
Łukasz Duda-Duma ◽  
Julia Komorzycka ◽  
Karol Nowak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Serious Disease

To support high school students to develop knowledge they need to adhere to control measures during the pandemic, a peer-based educational intervention on SARS-CoV-2 was developed and its impact was evaluated. Multistage random sampling was used. The 50 min peer-based intervention was conducted by final year medical students. Baseline and post-intervention knowledge and attitudes were assessed. Significance was tested by McNemar’s/Wilcoxon rank tests. Of 518 participants (mean age 17.8 years ± 0.43), 81.0% did not receive any school-based education on SARS-CoV-2. After intervention, the knowledge score improved from 65.2% to 81.6%, attitudes from 63.2% to 70.8% (both p < 0.0001). The effect size after the intervention compared to pre-intervention showed moderate improvement of knowledge, but not attitudes (d = 0.46 and d = 0.18, respectively). Pre- and post-intervention, females, students in non-science programs, living in cities < 250,000 inhabitants had lower knowledge, while fewer males, non-science program students, living in smaller cities presented positive attitudes. Before intervention, 67.0% students correctly named SARS-CoV-2 preventive methods and 73.6% were concerned COVID-19 is a serious disease; these improved after intervention (to 80.1% and 86.3%; p < 0.0001). The intervention was not very successful in increasing the intent to vaccinate for COVID-19 (pre-intervention 52.9%, post-intervention 56.4%; p < 0.007). Peer-based teaching for high school students can be effective in increasing SARS-CoV-2 knowledge and awareness. More efforts are needed to improve attitudes and enhance acceptance of vaccination against COVID-19.

Development of a Writing Attitude Survey for Grades 9 to 12: Effects of Gender, Grade, and Ethnicity

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 587-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth E. Knudson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Attitude Survey ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Writing ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Senior High School Students

In this study was developed an instrument for reliably and quickly assessing senior high school students' attitudes toward writing, primarily through modifying an instrument developed for Grades 4 to 8, and for examining the effects of gender, grade, and ethnicity on these students' attitudes toward writing. A 19-item survey instrument was administered to 870 students. There was no significant main effect for ethnicity, but effects for gender (girls had more positive attitudes toward writing than boys) and for grade. Students in Grade 12 had significantly more positive attitudes toward writing than students in Grades 9, 10, or 11.

SELF CONFIDENCE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-58
Author(s):  
B. Venkataramana
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
School Students ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In ◽  
Type Of Management

An attempt was made in the present investigation to study the impact of gender and locality and type of management on self condence among high school students. The present study consists of 400 students studying in government and private high schools in rural and urban areas in Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh State. The subjects were in the age group of 14-17 years and using purposive random sampling method. Self-condence Inventory developed by Basavanna (1975) was used to collect the data. A 2×2×2 factorial design was employed and ANOVA was used to analyse the data. Findings of the study revealed that gender, type of management and locality have signicant impact on self condence among high school students.

Israeli Arab Minority Students’ Help Seeking for Bullying From School Counselors

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaacov B. Yablon
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
School Students ◽  
Willingness To Seek Help ◽  
Arab Minority ◽  
National Representative Sample

Minority students are less likely to seek help to deal with bullying at school than their majority counterparts. Nonetheless, very little is known about the factors that influence their willingness to seek help, or the role of school counselors as potential help providers. Thus, in the present study we examined Israeli Arab minority high school students’ help seeking from school counselors for coping with verbal, physical, and social bullying. A national representative sample of 730 high school students participated in the study. Our findings revealed that the vast majority of students did not seek help at all. Students who sought help, in comparison with those who did not, reported more positive relationships with their school counselors, and noted that their counselors were more available for them. Students who experienced higher levels of victimization were more willing to seek help than those who experienced lower levels. Implications for help seeking and the role of counselors in schools are discussed.

scholarly journals Environmental Education, Knowledge, and High School Students’ Intention toward Separation of Solid Waste on Campus

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanhui Liao ◽  
Hui Li
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Important People ◽  
Separation Behavior

To achieve substantial and sustainable levels of separation of municipal solid waste (MSW), it is essential to engage young people as they are important drivers of change and will have a major influence on the future of the world. This study aimed to understand Chinese high school students’ intention toward the separation of solid waste on campus (SSWC). The study has used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as its theoretical framework, and further incorporates two additional constructs (environmental education and environmental knowledge) to explain the separation of solid waste (SSW) behavior of 562 high school students. The results indicate that environmental education is essential to ensure that students have required knowledge and positive attitudes toward SSWC. Knowledge was the best predictor of high school students’ separation behavior. Moreover, a lack of subjective norm from the important people could prevent students from participating in this process, regardless of their positive attitudes. The implications for policy and scope for further research are discussed.

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