Student control ideology and the science classroom environment in urban secondary schools of sudan

<p class="apa">This study aimed at 1) investigating the element of the learning environment management system in the secondary schools, 2) exploring the current states and problems of the system on the learning environment management in the secondary schools, 3) designing the learning environment management system for the secondary schools, and 4) identifying the effects of the learning environment management system at the secondary schools. This research was the research and development (R&D). Tools employed in this study consisted of: a questionnaire, a form of opinion expression of the scholars, a form of interview, a form of system evaluation as well, a form of satisfaction evaluation. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean and standard deviation. The findings were as follows: 1) The components of the learning environment management system on outputs included: school policies, personnel, budget, materials used in the application, management as well as participation. On process, there were: environment inside classroom, environment outside classroom, information technology, class atmosphere, creation of learning and instruction and curriculum.</p><p class="apa">The outputs comprised: an increase in the learners’ leaning achievement, eagerness to learn among the learners, learning resources conducive to learning of the learners, teachers’ and school administrators’ satisfaction as well as interaction between the teachers and learners. The feedback consisted of a report on the effects and recommendations to those concerned, application of evaluation results to be improved based on recommendations. 2) The current states of the learning environment management system in the secondary schools were at the high level while the problems of the application were at the moderate level. 3) The system of the learning environment management in the secondary schools comprised 6 sub-factors including: inside classroom environment, outside classroom environment, information technology, classroom atmosphere, creation of learning, and instruction and curriculum. 4) The effects of the system application revealed that the teachers obtained interaction with the learners at the high level. More learning resources were added to the schools. The learners gained the higher learning achievement. The school administrators and teachers were satisfied with the system on the learning environment management in the secondary schools.</p>

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Elementary School Science Classroom Environment Scale

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t72308-000 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Shelagh M. Peoples ◽

Laura M. O’Dwyer ◽

Yang Wang ◽

Jessica J. Brown ◽

Camelia V. Rosca

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Classroom Environment ◽

Science Classroom ◽

School Science ◽

Elementary School Science ◽

Environment Scale

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TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS IN A TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTED SCIENCE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT IN RELATION TO SELECTED LEARNER OUTCOMES:AN INDIAN STUDY

MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices ◽

10.52634/mier/2011/v1/i1/1625 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 41-59

Author(s):

Adit Gupta ◽

Darrell Fisher

Keyword(s):

Classroom Environment ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Science Classroom ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Communication Process ◽

Student Interactions ◽

Interpersonal Behaviour ◽

Learner Outcomes ◽

Teacher Student ◽

Teacher Student Interactions

The ultimate goal of teaching is to assist students to become independent and self- regulated learners capable of taking their own decisions. During this process the teacher has to perform many roles with main focus on communication with students. Thus teaching and learning can be considered a communication process. This communication process depends on the effectiveness of interpersonal behaviour of the students and teachers. In the modern educational scenario, technology is playing an important role not only in helping to establish this communication but also to enrich it. This study reports the use of Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) for assessing the studentsâ€™ perceptions of their teachersâ€™ interpersonal behaviour in a technology- supported science classroom environment in an Indian school. Analysis of data of 705 students from 15 classes provides evidence for reliability and validity of the questionnaire in Indian settings to be used at the secondary level. The same data is also used for studying gender differences and the associations between studentsâ€™ perceptions of their teachersâ€™ interpersonal behaviour with three learner outcomes i.e. their attitude towards science, academic efficacy and academic achievement which have been reported as significant.

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Association of Classroom Environment with Academic Achievement of Secondary School Girls in Pakistan

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.5901/mjss.2017.v8n2p121 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 121-127

Author(s):

Tariq Javed

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Secondary School ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Classroom Environment ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Positive Association ◽

School Level ◽

Chi Square ◽

Secondary School Level ◽

School Girls

Abstract The purpose of the study was to find out the association of classroom environment with the academic achievement of secondary school girls in Pakistan. The population of the study was 1104 Secondary School Teachers SSTs / Trained Graduate Teachers TGTs (Female), 5628 secondary school girls in 64 Federal Government Girls Secondary Schools. Multistage sampling was used in the present research. Three categories of schools (Large, Medium, Small) were constructed for research purpose on the basis of the number of students who appeared in SSC-I annual examination 2014 by a federal board of intermediate and secondary education Islamabad. The objectives of the study were to find out the nature of the classroom environment at girls secondary schools and to identify the association of classroom environment with the academic achievement of girls at secondary school level. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested with the help of statistical tests to achieve the objectives of the study. The study was descriptive in nature and survey technique was used to collect data from respondents. Data were collected on various aspects of the classroom environment, including temperature, furniture and fixture, arrangement of furniture, air, light, writing board facilities. The tool consisting of fourteen statements on classroom environment was getting validated from four experts to determine content validity. Reliability of the research instrument was determined by using Cronbach Alpha based which was. 855. The analysis of the collected data was carried out by using two non parametric statistical tests, i.e. (i) Chi Square test, (ii) Mann Whitney U test. There was a positive association between the classroom environment and academic achievement of girls at secondary school level.

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