scholarly journals High School Students’ Performance Indicators in Distance Learning in Chemistry during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 672
Author(s):  
Manal AlMahdawi ◽  
Salieu Senghore ◽  
Horia Ambrin ◽  
Shashidhar Belbase
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Class Participation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Collaborative Skills ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

All private and public schools in the UAE had to run online classes as they closed their face-to-face classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2021. In this context, the purpose of this study was to investigate the indicators of high school students’ performance in online chemistry classes in a private school in Al Ain, UAE. A quantitative study with an online survey questionnaire was carried out with 101 participants. The data were analyzed using One-Sample Wilcoxon Signed Ranked Test, Independent Sample Mann Whitney U, Independent Sample Kruskal Wallis H, and Spearman’s Rank Correlation in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS 26). The findings revealed that there was a statistically significant positive impact on critical thinking, collaborative skills, creativity and innovation, technology application, class participation, and overall achievement during online and distance learning of chemistry. There was a statistically significant difference in students’ critical thinking, collaborative skills, creativity and innovation, class participation, and achievement by gender and nationality. These skills were not statistically significantly different across students of grades 10, 11, and 12, except for creativity and innovation, which were significantly different between students of grades 11 and 12. All the six indicators of students’ performance had a significant correlation between each other, with the highest correlation between collaborative skills and participation level. These findings indicated that students’ performance in online chemistry classes during the COVID-19 pandemic provided opportunities to develop creativity and collaborative skills, together with better learning achievement as perceived by the students.

scholarly journals The influence of personality and chronotype on distance learning willingness and anxiety among vocational high school students in Turkey

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Randler ◽  
Mehmet Barış Horzum ◽  
Christian Vollmer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Anxiety ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

<p>There are many studies related to distance learning. Willingness and anxiety are important variables for distance learning. Recent research has shown that anxiety and willingness towards distance learning are moderated by personality. This study sought to investigate whether distance learning willingness and distance learning anxiety are associated with age, gender, occupation, chronotype and personality in a Turkish vocational high school students sample. Two measures of individual differences were implemented: chronotype (morningness/eveningness preference) and BIG-5 dimensions (agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness). Seven hundred and sixty-nine vocational high school students from Turkey filled out a self-administered questionnaire. Evening types, older, and female students had higher distance learning willingness scores than morning types, younger, and male students. No significant difference was found between chronotype groups with respect to distance learning anxiety. Furthermore, extraverted students reported a lower distance learning anxiety. Openness to experience was associated with high distance learning willingness. We conclude that evening types may benefit from distance learning more than other types.</p>

scholarly journals Efektivitas Strategi PBL Berbasis Potensi Akademik Terhadap Keterampilan Pemecahan Masalah dan Berpikir Kritis Siswa SMA Pada Topik Lingkungan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Wayan Karmana ◽  
Iwan Dody Dharmawibawa ◽  
Titi Laily Hajiriah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Academic Potential

The purpose of this research is to explain the effect of Problem Based Learning (PBL) and academic potential and their interactions toward problem solving and critical thinking skills of high school students. This research is a quasi-experiment that implements two different strategies with pretest-posttest non equivalent control group design by treatment factorial 2x2 which was conducted in the 2018/2019 academic year. Population of this research was class X students of SMA Negeri 8 Mataram, while the research sample was class X students of 2 classes with a purposive sampling technique. Research instruments is test of problem solving skills and test of critical thinking skills. Data analysis was performed with descriptive analysis and to test the hypothesis an anacova test was followed by further test used of Least Significant Difference (LSD). The calculation is aided by the SPSS 14 for Windows program. The results of this research showed that Problem Based Learning affects the problem solving and critical thinking skills. While academic ability (potential) and interaction of learning strategies with academic potential do not affect the problem solving and critical thinking skills of high school students on enviromental topic.

Combining Webduino Programming With Situated Learning to Promote Computational Thinking, Motivation, and Satisfaction Among High School Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 073563312110399
Author(s):  
Ting-Ting Wu ◽  
Jian-Ming Chen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Programming Languages ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Significant Difference

Many countries have incorporated computational thinking (CT) and programming languages into their science and technology courses. Students can improve their CT ability by learning programming languages. Moreover, situated learning enables students to generate knowledge and master problem-solving skills through interaction with situations. This study incorporated Webduino learning and the situated learning strategy into a programming course and analyzed its impact on high school students’ CT ability, learning motivation, and course satisfaction. A quasi-experimental research method was adopted, wherein the experimental group was subjected to the situated learning strategy and the control group was subjected to a traditional teaching method. The study results revealed that integrating Webduino programming with situated learning could effectively improve five categories of CT skills; moreover, the activity models of situated learning enhanced the value and expectation dimensions of learning motivation. In addition, satisfaction with the course content and self-identity slightly improved. However, because teachers were required to elaborate on stories to promote learner engagement with life situations, the time available for programming was limited. Thus, no significant difference was observed in teaching satisfaction.

Creativity and Intelligence: Research Implications for Equal Emphasis in High School

1970 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 565-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon J. Damm
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
School Students ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Creative Abilities

The possible relationships among creativity, intelligence, and self actualization were examined in 208 high school students to determine whether or not consistent self actualization scores existed for subjects high in the first two variables. Students high in both creativity and intelligence had significantly higher scores in self actualization than those obtained by students high in either creativity or intelligence. No significant difference in self actualization was found between students high in creativity only and those high in intelligence only. The results were interpreted as indicating that educational systems should stress both intellectual and creative abilities to achieve the highest level of psychological well being in students.

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