scholarly journals Moving Beyond the One-Size-Fits-All Model in Describing the Climate Conserving Behaviors of Malaysian Secondary Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Nur Sabrina Mohamed Ali Khan ◽  
Mageswary Karpudewan ◽  
Nagaletchimee Annamalai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
School Students ◽  
Climate Change Education

The acceleration of average temperature of lands and oceans, rising sea level, frequent extreme weather events and ocean acidification denote that climate change is a contemporary pressing dilemma facing the world. Everyday human activities such as open burning, deforestation, burning of fossil fuels and agricultural activities significantly contribute to Earth warming. Preventing the aforementioned activities reduce the greenhouse gas emission to the atmosphere and subsequently slows the changes in climate. Thus, climate change education is integral to educate people on the destructive consequences of their actions to the climate. Past studies revealed that well-established theories and models guided the designing of education to deliver behavioral change in many countries and reportedly improved participants’ knowledge, attitude and motivation. However, these theories and models exist as an after effect of the education and the long-term impact of the initiative frequently not found and less information available on the sustainability of such education. Additionally, effective climate change education is typically context-based and designed based on factors related to local students’ behavior. Hence, this study examined how knowledge and psychological factors such as belief and motivation explain the formation of climate conserving behavior among secondary school students. A total of 221 questionnaires was distributed to 14 years old Malaysian secondary school students to measure knowledge, motivation and belief. The data obtained were later analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. The findings revealed that knowledge (β = 0.259, p < 0.05), belief (β = 0.295, p < 0.05) and motivation (β = 0.546, p < 0.05) positively affects the behavior. These findings reflected that knowledge, belief and motivation collectively explain a total of 65.5% of variances in the formation of climate conserving behavior among Malaysian secondary school students.

Climate strikes: Their value in engaging and educating secondary school students

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
Ria Bright ◽  
Chris Eames
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Worldwide Phenomenon ◽  
Political Literacy

The climate strikes of 2019, an extraordinary worldwide phenomenon, swiftly and succinctly showed the world the collective concern of youth. What insights might curriculum planning for climate-change education and classroom pedagogy gain from these climate strikes? Preliminary findings from this study identified four significant considerations in regard to climate-change education. First, the soaring level of climate anxiety among youth. Secondly, political literacy is as important as climate-change literacy for action. Thirdly, social justice is the key to engaging students in climate-change education. Fourthly, an inquiry-based pedagogy that considers the academic (head), emotional (heart), and practical (hands) is appropriate for climate-change education.

scholarly journals Virtual Platforms in Social Networking Sites for Climate Change Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Hasan Aydin ◽  
Md. Mokter Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Due to the aberrant nature of global weather in recent years, climate change has become an important issue in the national and international forums. This paper discusses a way of building intercultural virtual platforms in the social networking sites to coordinate the secondary school students and teachers from diverse corners of the world on a common platform where they can disseminate their voices on climate change issues.   Keywords: Social networking, Climate change education, and Global warming

scholarly journals Assessment of Awareness and Behaviour Among Secondary School Students on Climate Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 259-264
Author(s):  
Izzah Abd Hamid ◽  
Wan Asrina Wan Yahaya ◽  
Hairazi Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
School Students ◽  
Climate Change Issue ◽  
Behavioural Changes ◽  
Global Problem

The climate change issue has been recognised as a global problem and it has to be given serious attention. The human contribution is necessary, it can be done through spreading awareness that will lead to behavioural changes. This study aims to assess the awareness and behaviour of secondary students and their contribution towards preventing climate change. The study was conducted with Nature Lovers and Peer Counsellors Club members at SMK Bandar Bintulu. About 133 surveys using Likert-scale with rating 1 to 4 were collected and analysed on frequency and percentage by SPSS. Findings revealed that the respondents’ awareness of climate change occurs as they learn from the classroom and join the environmental related club. However, their awareness does not represent their behaviour in protecting climate change due to minimum exposure on the human contribution towards climate change. Therefore, this study, suggests a long-term campaign related to the effects of climate change on health, including proper education on rules and regulation implemented by authorities to cater for this situation.

A Study of Study Habits and Academic Achievement among Secondary and Senior Secondary School Students of Mysore City

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roya Sherafat ◽  
C. G. Venkatesha Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Study Habits ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Senior Secondary

The authors of this study have attempted to understand whether study habits affect academic achievement among secondary and senior secondary school students of Mysore. It is also attempted to know whether students at secondary level differ from senior secondary level on their study habits. The study was conducted on the sample of 625 students of Mysore City in India using stratified random sampling technique. Results indicated that the study habits facilitate higher academic achievement. Further, it was also found that secondary school students are significantly better than senior secondary students on study habits. The findings are analyzed and explained. Thus, study habit is found to be an important correlate of academic achievement.

FISHING ACTIVITIES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RACHUONYO NORTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 109-117
Author(s):  
GRACE AUMA OJIJO ◽  
Lucy Kibera
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Government

This study investigated the influence of fishing related activities on academic performance of secondary school students in Rachuonyo North Sub-County. The specific objectives were to examine the activities associated with fishing and determine how they influenced academic performance of secondary students in the Sub-County. The study targeted students and principals of the 49 secondary schools in Rachuonyo North Sub-county. The research used simple random sampling to select 14 public secondary schools and 20 Form Three students from each of the sampled schools. The total sample size was 292 respondents. Primary data was collected and analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods and then presented in tables in percentages. Data analysis was done using SPSS and the Microsoft Excel software. The study established that students participated in fishing activities while attending school. Major fishing activities that students engaged in included: actual fishing an agreement  index of 82.9% of students; repairing of fishing nets which was supported by 74.2% of students; setting of nets in the lake which was supported by 84.4% of students; and removal of fish from the nets which was agreed to by 83.9% of students. Some (91.7%) of the students believed that their counterparts who engaged in fishing activities tended to perform poorly in their classwork.  The study has recommended that parents, School Boards of Management and the communities along the beaches collaborate with each other in order to keep students from engaging in fishing activities for this likely to improve school attendance and academic performance of students. The Government should enforce compulsory basic education as well as provide it free to all children at this level of education.

scholarly journals Environmental Ethics for Sustainable Development: A Comparative Study on Tribal and Non-Tribal Secondary School Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanveer Ahmad Bhat ◽  
Prof. Ahrar Husain
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
School Students ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Novel Association

Science, as a part of way of life, has been developed to help human beings and has the ethical responsibility of improving the quality of life. As far as Environment is concerned, the preliminary harmonic association between man and Environment has been critically distressed throughout current decades. The unrestrained progression of Technology and mankind’s leading performance over Nature, have shaped serious environmental troubles. Unless these troubles will be restricted, they may create lasting unfavorable trends which may even put at risk earth’s capacity. In order to attain feasible progress and harmonious coexistence between Mankind and Nature, mankind has to shape a novel association with the environment. At present the world is witnessing numerous environmental problems, which are the result of un-mindful exploitations of natural resources by human beings. There is an urgent need to create environmental ethics among all the citizens in general and student community in particular so as to enable us in ensuring Environmental Sustainability which is one amongst the Millennium Development Goals. The present study was conducted on Tribal and Non-Tribal Secondary Students of Jammu and Kashmir on a randomly selected sample of 302 Tribal and 277 Non-Tribal Secondary School Students. The researcher found that the Non-Tribal Secondary School Students have high Environmental Ethics than their Tribal counterparts.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Participation in a Blog for Extra-curricular activities for Developing Students’ Critical thinking skills: A Case of Secondary School Students: فاعلية المشاركة في مدونة إلكترونية للأنشطة غير الصفية في تنمية مهارات التفكير الناقد لدى طالبات الصف الثالث الثانوي بمدينة جدة

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafa Abed M Al-Harbi, Sanaa Saleh Askool
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to identify the effectiveness of participation in a blog for extra-curricular activities for developing the critical thinking skills of third secondary students in Jeddah. The sample consisted of (100) students from several schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia randomly selected and divided into (50) experimental group, (50) control group. The study used the Semi-experimental method and conducted the Watson and Glaser test for critical thinking. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences (0.05) among the experimental group (individual and cooperative) For the officer in the brother Bar dimensional test critical thinking skills for the benefit of the experimental group because of its effect for the use of a typical blog (single, cooperative).

scholarly journals Validation of the Mathematics Motivation Questionnaire (MMQ) for secondary school students

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Logan Fiorella ◽  
So Yoon Yoon ◽  
Kinnari Atit ◽  
Jason R. Power ◽  
Grace Panther ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematics Motivation

Abstract Background Motivation is critical for supporting persistence and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In this study, we focus on the assessment of mathematics motivation among secondary school students. We provide validity and reliability evidence for the Mathematics Motivation Questionnaire (MMQ)—adapted from the Science Motivation Questionnaire designed for college students—using data from 2551 secondary students from seven states across the United States. Results Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed five latent factors of the MMQ indicated by 19 items: intrinsic value, self-regulation, self-efficacy, utility value, and test anxiety. The nonlinear SEM reliability coefficients of the five constructs ranged from 0.76 to 0.91. To assess criterion validity, analyses using a subset of the data that included students’ mathematics standardized scores (n = 536) indicated that intrinsic value, self-regulation, and self-efficacy were significantly positively correlated with mathematics achievement, whereas test anxiety was significantly negatively correlated with mathematics achievement. Conclusions The MMQ provides a reliable, valid, and feasible measure of the specific factors underlying mathematics motivation among secondary students.

scholarly journals A proposed strategy effectiveness of teaching literary texts based on the assumptions of NLP in developing reading comprehension levels and improving reading self-efficacy for second-grade secondary students

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-107
Author(s):  
بليغ حمدي إسماعيل عبد القادر
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Experimental Group

This current research aims to measure the effectiveness of using a proposed strategy for teaching literary texts based on the main assumptions of NLP in developing reading comprehension levels and improving reading self-efficacy for second-grade students, and to achieve this goal the researcher has prepared a list of reading comprehension levels and their behavioral indicators (Skills) required for second year secondary school students, as well as the appropriate reading self dimensions for secondary school students related to literary texts, and the researcher prepared a test that measures reading levels of comprehension, and a measure of the dimensions of the reading self, As well as preparing student worksheets and a teacher’s guide explaining how to use the proposed strategy. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group and the scores of the control group in the test of post-comprehension reading and the dimensional reading self-measure in favor of the experimental group. The results also indicated the effectiveness of using the proposed strategy based on hypotheses of NLP in developing reading comprehension levels and improving The dimensions of the reading self of the experimental group students.

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