Attitude Levels Of Students Research Articles

The Relationship Between Food Packaging Knowledge And Attitude Of Unp Culinary S1 Students To Using Plastic For Hot Food

This research is motivated by processed food products that are widely sold today packaged in various attractive forms. various types of materials, one of which is plastic. However, problems arise because there are people who use plastic packaging that is not in accordance with the standards for hot food which can endanger health. The purpose of this study was to describe: 1) the level of knowledge of food packaging, 2) the attitudes of students in using plastic for hot food, 3) to analyze the relationship between knowledge of food packaging and attitudes of S1 culinary students towards the act of using plastic for hot food. This type of research uses quantitative methods, correlational approaches. The population in this study were Catering students of 2019 and 2020. The research sample was 65 people who were selected by Proportional Random Sampling. Data is collected by distributing questionnaires via the Google form. The results showed: 1) the level of students' knowledge about food packaging was in the medium category with a percentage of 34%, 2) the attitude level of students towards the act of using plastic for hot food was in the medium category with a percentage of 43%, 3) there was a positive and significant relationship between knowledge of food packaging and students' attitudes towards the act of using plastic for hot food with a correlation value of rxy 0.621 and Tcount (6.283) > Ttable (1.999). meaning that the higher the knowledge, the higher the attitude of students in using plastic for hot food and vice versa.

Effect of Using Culturally Responsive and Differentiated Concept Cartoons on Students’ Academic Success and Attitude in Science Teaching

Effect of using of culturally responsive and differentiated concept cartoons (CRDCCs) in science teaching on students’ academic achievement in ‘Our World, Moon and Our Source of Life: Sun’ unit and attitudes toward astronomy were inspected in this study. The study has been conducted in quasi-experimental designs. Study group of the research includes 80 voluntary 6th graders selected from two different schools in Akçakale province. ‘6th Class Our World, Moon and Our Source of Life: Sun Achievement Test’ and ‘Astronomy Attitude Scale’ were utilized to determine academic achievement and attitude levels of students, respectively. CRDCCs supported lectures have lasted for 4 weeks. To collect data, only attitude scale at the beginning and both attitude and achievement tests were applied at the end of the study. To observe whether treatment and control group scores differ from each other, Independent Samples T Test and Covariance Analysis were applied respectively. In addition, data was analyzed according to various variables to be able to draw a profile of the study group. Findings revealed that group scores are differentiated in treatment group’s favor. As a result, CRDCCs are effective instructional tools to increase academic achievement in regarding unit and develop positive attitudes toward astronomy.

THE INFLUENCE OF SNAKES AND LADDERS GAME TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT STOP BABS IN BANDUNG CITY

Increased knowledge and attitude on students can be done by using interesting, convenient, and simple health promotion method or media such as snake and ladder game. This study is aimed to measure and analyze the effectivenes of snake and ladder game and Triggering stop BABS on elementary school students’ knowledge and attitude. The research method used is true experiment approach to the design of two group pre-test post-test design. The samples were 62 respondents, 31 for triggering group and 31 for snake and ladder game group. The research instrument was questionnaire. Analyzing data used R Commander program. The result indicated that There were significant differences improvement of knowledge and attitude of students before and after snake and ladder game stop BABS (p=0.0001 for knowledge, P=0.0001 for attitude). There were significant differences in knowledge and attitude level of students before and after the triggering (p=0.0001 for knowledge, p=0.0001 for attitude). There were no Effectiveness difference between triggering and snake ladder game (p=0,556) (p=0,226).The result of analysis also indicated that provision health education through both snake and ladder game and Triggering Method have impact to improvement knowledge and attitude of elementary schools students. Snake and ladder game can be used as alternative health education media in school.Keywords: Snack and Ladder Game, Triggering, Knowledge, Attitude

Attitudes of Pre-service Music Teachers Studying in Undergraduate Programs in Turkey Towards Piano Courses

Attitude, which is one of the important topics of social psychology, is defined in the literature as a psychological element that can direct the behavior of individuals (Özmenteş and Özmenteş, 2009). According to Tolan, the attitude “in its broadest sense is the way in which the individual is standing up against the objects or subjects that contain a psychological value” (Gömleksiz, 2003). It has been proved by many research findings that attitudes developed as a natural result of interaction, greatly affect the success of the individual (Canakay, 2006). The effects starting from childhood, the experiences gained in later years and the fields related to the interests, desires and aims of the personality play the most decisive and effective role in the formation of attitudes. These features, which are valid in music education, are also very important in the piano education of the student. From all these definitions, it can be concluded that students' attitudes to the piano have important effects on their education and their use of the piano in the future (Bakıoğlu, 2012).The main purpose of this research is to reveal the attitudes of pre-service teachers who take Piano courses in Music Education Departments of Faculty of Education. In this study, whether the scores obtained from the Piano lesson attitude scale showed significant difference according to some variables is also examined. The research was conducted on the students of Marmara University, Ataturk Faculty of Education, Music Education Department (N = 30) in 2017-2018 academic year. The data of the study was collected by using the “Personal Information Form” prepared by the researcher and “Piano Lesson Attitude Scale” which was prepared to learn the pre-service teachers' thoughts about Piano Lesson. As a result of the study, it was found that there were statistically significant differences between the attitude levels of students and some variables (p <.05).

Attitudes of University Students Towards Sport

The aim of this study is to examine the attitude levels of students receiving education at university level towards sport with regard to certain variables. The research was designed with the scanning model. A “sport attitudes scale” was applied to a total of 547 students, selected by random sampling method, who were studying at Balikesir University.The research findings revealed that the participants’ attitude levels regarding sport were at a “high attitude” level, with an average of 3.70±058. It was determined that participants who did sport regularly had a higher attitude level. It was also determined that according to the education department variable, students receiving sports education together with those in the economics faculty had higher attitude levels. As for the grade level variable, it was revealed that the lowest attitude level belonged to third-grade students.Consequently, with the aim of increasing university students’ attitude levels regarding sport, it is recommended that they be given the opportunity to do more sport and that they be given guidance in this direction.

Effectiveness of Snack-centered Nutrition Education on Promoting Knowledge, Attitude, and Nutritional Behaviors in Elementary Students

Background: Unhealthy nutrition at early years of life causes some diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, and bone and joint diseases during adulthood. In other words, many of wrong health behaviors are rooted in childhood experiences. This study was conducted to examine effect of interventional programs on knowledge, attitude and nutritional behavior of students at 5th grade of elementary schools. Materials and Methods: This is an experimental study in which, 168 elementary female students (in Paveh city, Iran) were assigned randomly to two experimental (n=84) and control (n=84) groups. A valid questionnaire was used as data collection tool. Pretest was done in both groups. According to results obtained from pretest, educational intervention was implemented in 2 sessions holding health food festival and classes for intervention group. Each session continued for 30-45 minutes. Two months after intervention, questionnaires were redistributed among two experimental and control groups to evaluate knowledge, attitude, and performance of participants. The obtained data were analyzed through SPSS 16.0 software. Results: Results showed a significant increase between means of knowledge scores and attitude level of students toward snack in experimental and control groups (p=0.008). Also, compared with control group, there was a significant improve between mean scores of snack-related behaviors in experimental group after educational intervention (p=0.04). Conclusion: Since, this study confirmed effectiveness of snack-centered nutritional education on increasing knowledge, attitude, and nutritional behaviors of students, it is recommended to design and implement suitable interventional programs to improve nutritional awareness, attitudes, and behaviors of students.

An Evaluation of Local and Oral History of Cyprus Teaching on the Basis of Postmodern Education: Student and Teacher Opinions

In postmodern education philosophy, the areas of interest of students, student-oriented teaching and regulating learning-teaching environments according to the student are essential. Based on this viewpoint, the purpose of this research is to evaluate the student-related factors in terms of Cyprus history. The aim is to determine the attitudes of students towards Cyprus history (in the case of local-oral history) and to explore the student-related problems from the perspective of teachers in particular. In the study, the attitude levels of students are determined and the problems experienced in Cyprus history are described; furthermore, this is followed by a discussion on postmodern education and local-oral history education. Postmodern education in the case of Cyprus history is evaluated. In this context, the problem sentence of the research is as follows: “What are the student and teacher opinions in regard to local and oral Cyprus history education on the basis of postmodern education?” The model of this study is a mixed research method, which is based on both quantitative and qualitative data. Stratified random sampling was used in this study and a total of 800 secondary and high school students from five different districts of Cyprus were reached.

The Effect of Teacher Charisma on Student Attitude Towards Calculus Learning

Teachers with an understanding of what and how their teaching influence students’ learning are better able to adapt their teaching in the class. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between teacher charisma and student attitude towards calculus. There are 1,150 Taiwanese undergraduates participated the research and two instruments, Attitude Toward Calculus Inventory (ATCI) and Inventory of Teaching Charisma in the College Classroom (ITCCC), were used to assess the participants’ attitudes toward calculus and the perception about their teacher charisma. After collection of data, analyses including descriptive statistics, t test, correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis were performed in SPSS. The study concludes that there are differences between the attitude levels of students by gender; male students report more positive attitudes than females on calculus. Moreover, students’ perceptions of the teacher’s charisma were found to contribute significantly to the predictor equation for students’ attitude towards calculus.

Determining Attitudes and Anxiety Levels of Students in Need of Protection Towards Mathematics Course

The aim of the study is to investigate anxiety and attitude levels of students who are in need of protection towards mathematics course. Data of the study is obtained by applying the scale of anxiety towards maths” and the scale of attitudes towards maths” to total 8 students in the spring semester of 2013-2014 who are sixth, seventh and eighth grade students of SOS Kindergarten. It is shown by the results of the study that anxiety levels of students who need protection are high and they are hesitant in having attitude towards mathematics course. Also, suggestions are provided for these students in the light of findings.

Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis among final year students in Yazd, central Iran

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem. Treatment and prevention of TB has shifted from inpatient to outpatient settings. A report from the World Health Organization has emphasized educational strategy to ensure students graduate with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to the effective management of TB. The objective of this study was to determine the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices among medical students.The survey was done from 2012 to 2013. Knowledge, attitudes and practices were assessed regarding tuberculosis with a questionnaire.Knowledge mean score of students was 16.13±2.06 and Attitude score was 36.08±3.76, Knowledge and attitude levels of students were moderate to high in the majority of them. Practice score of the study subjects was 22.77±4.95, 11.9% of students had poor practice level. 43% did not know that a sputum smear is the most important method used for diagnosis of TB. Two-thirds of them did not know the distance that should be kept from contagious patients. Half of them believed that the BCG vaccination has no role in the prevention of TB.This study concluded that more efforts should be made to improve the knowledge of students regarding TB transmission and the role of sputum smear in diagnosis. The importance of the BCG vaccination should be emphasized.

The Effects of Non‐CAS Graphing Calculators on Student Achievement and Attitude Levels in Mathematics: A Meta‐Analysis

Forty‐two studies comparing students with access to graphing calculators during instruction to students who did not have access to graphing calculators during instruction are the subject of this meta‐analysis. The results on the achievement and attitude levels of students are presented. The studies evaluated cover middle and high school mathematics courses, as well as college courses through first semester calculus. When calculators were part of instruction but not testing, students' benefited from using calculators while developing the skills necessary to understand mathematics concepts. When calculators were included in testing and instruction, the procedural, conceptual, and overall achievement skills of students improved.

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' PROBLEM POSING ABILITIES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS MATHEMATICS

ABSTRACT This study explored the problem posing abilities and attitudes towards mathematics of students in a university pre-calculus class and a university mathematical proof class. A measure of attitude towards mathematics and corresponding two sample t-test revealed a significant (p = .001) difference in the attitude levels of students in the two classes. A measure of problem posing ability explored students problem posing abilities in both numeric and non- numeric contexts. Two sample t-tests showed no significant difference in the problem posing ability (numeric or non-numeric) of students in the two classes. A matched pairs t-test showed a significant difference in numeric posing versus non-numeric posing ability in both classes. Lastly there was no correlation between students attitudes towards mathematics and problem posing abilities.