scholarly journals EVALUATION OF E-STAR: AN ENHANCED SCIENCE TEXTBOOK USING AUGMENTED REALITY AMONG LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (29) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valarmathie Gopalan ◽  
Abdul Nasir Zulkifli ◽  
Nur Fadziana Faisal Mohamed ◽  
Asmidah Alwi ◽  
Ruzinoor Che Mat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Science Textbook ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students

As a developing country, Malaysia needs to produce adequate human resource in science and technology related fields. This is important especially towards making Malaysia a developed nation by 2020. Unfortunately, there is a downward trend in the number of students pursuing the science stream at the secondary education level. Lack of motivation has been identified as one of the cause of this phenomenon. This paper introduces an enhanced science textbook using Augmented Reality (e-STAR) application that facilitates students in science learning.  The e-STAR is intended to motivate the students to be more interested in science.  This paper also discusses on the evaluation of the e-STAR among a sample of form two secondary school students. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaires for evaluating the following dimensions: motivation, ease of use, engaging, enjoyment and fun. The results indicate that the users agreed on all the dimensions. The findings proved that the e-STAR application can be one of the potential solutions to the above mentioned phenomenon.

scholarly journals Statistical literacy of Slovak lower secondary school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 163-173
Author(s):  
Mária Jurečková ◽  
Lucia Csachová
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Statistical Literacy ◽  
9Th Grade ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis

The article is focused on monitoring the level of statistical literacy of 9th grade students at lower secondary schools in the Slovak Republic. The results of several years testing of students were used for this purpose. During the reporting period, more than 50 000 pupils from all over Slovakia participated in the testing. In addition to quantitative data analysis, attention is also paid to qualitative analysis of the problems in the field of statistics that were difficult for students. The article presents a part of the results of the research focused on the analysis of critical points in school mathematics.

scholarly journals Science Process Skills and Attitudes toward Science of Lower Secondary Students of Merbau Island: A Preliminary Study on the Development of MaritimeBased Contextual Science Learning Media

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulirfan Zulirfan ◽  
Muhammad Rahmad ◽  
Yennita Yennita ◽  
Nina Kurnia ◽  
Muhammad Sofyan Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Process Skills ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Attitude Toward Science

Science learning outcomes such as science process skills and attitudes toward science are still important issues in science education. In this study the researchers tried to get a picture of the students' learning outcomes to get input on the learning process of science in the coastal area. As an initial study of the development of maritime-based contextual science learning media, the purpose of this research is to know the extent of science process skill level, attitude toward science, and academic achievement of students in coastal area. There were 114 students of the 8th grade of four lower secondary schools in Merbau Island participated as respondents in this study. Instruments used in data collection are science process skills tests and attitude toward science questionnaires for lower secondary school students. The results showed that 8th grade lower secondary school students in Merbau Island had high attitude toward science. On the contrary, the science process skills and academic achievement of their science are relatively low.

scholarly journals Integration of Islamic Values for Environmental Conservation: An Analysis of School Textbooks

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 509
Author(s):  
Fatin Nur Marhamah Zabidi ◽  
Norshariani Abd Rahman ◽  
Lilia Halim
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Science Textbook ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Islamic Values

Environmental conservation behaviors are associated with one’s values toward the environment. This study therefore investigated the values related to conservation behavior from the perspective of a religion. In particular, this study aimed to identify how the Islamic values for environmental conservation were integrated in textbooks. Two textbooks comprising a science textbook and an Islamic education textbook for lower secondary school students (14 years old) in Malaysia were selected in this study. From the findings, it is concluded that both textbooks included the application and integration of Islamic values for environmental conservation based on the contents of the sub-chapters, activities, exercises, notes, and photos. Further, the integration of Islamic values for environmental conservation was mentioned most in the sub-chapter section of these two textbooks. However, findings showed that the science textbook contained numerous integrations of Islamic values for environmental conservation compared to the Islamic education textbook. Thus, the implications of the findings point to the need to establish collaboration between science and Islamic education committees in organizing activities based on science and Islam that are related to environmental education in the teaching and learning sessions.

Identity in adolescence and emerging adulthood: relationships with emotional and educational factors

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konrad Piotrowski
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Identity Statuses ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Shame And Guilt

Abstract In the processual approach to identity, the role of the interaction between subjective and contextual factors in the process of its development is emphasized. Based on the model of Luyckx et al. (2008) relationships between identity and educational context, as well as the tendency to experience shame and guilt were analyzed.. 821 people aged from 14-25 and belonging to six educational groups: (1) lower secondary school, (2) basic vocational school, (3) technical upper secondary school, (4) general upper secondary school, (5) post-secondary school (medical rescue, massage therapy, cosmetology, occupational therapy) and (6) university, took part in the research. Two questionnaires were used: The Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS), to allow the measurement of the five dimensions of identity postulated by Luyckx et al (2008) and The Personal Feelings Questionnaire-2 (PFQ-2, Harder, Zalma, 1990) to measure of the shame and guilt proneness. The results show that general upper secondary school students in terms of the dimensions of identity are closer to lower secondary school students rather than to their peers from technical and vocational schools. Among general upper secondary school students not only was a higher intensity of an identity crisis observed, but also a strong tendency to experience shame and guilt. Among lower secondary school students and general upper secondary school students, people with diffusion and moratorium as identity statuses prevailed, while in the remaining groups the achievement and foreclosure identity were observed more frequently. A general relationship was also observed, namely, a greater tendency to experience shame was associated with a higher intensity of an identity crisis.

The Relationship Between the Secondary School Students' Depression States and Their Feelings of Guilt and Shame

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurten Sargin
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Education Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractAdolescence is believed to be a highly problematic period when depression is prevalent. This study aims to investigate the relationship between adolescents' depression states and their feelings of guilt and shame in respect to gender, age, school performance and parental education levels. The participants consisted of 187 teenagers; 88 (47.1%) girls and 99 (52.9%) boys. Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), the Guilt and Shame Scale (GES, Şahin), and a personal information form developed by the researcher were used as instruments. The study found a relationship between guilt and shame, that levels of depression were higher in 17-year-olds, and also that levels of depression, guilt and shame were found to be higher in girls than in boys. There was also a negative relationship seen between increased guilt and shame, and a decrease in mothers' education level.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document