High School Pupils Research Articles

Barriers to the implementation of primary prevention of risky behaviour in school in the context of teacher/ school prevention methodologist activities

This research article is related to the issue of risky behaviour of elementary and high school pupils from the point of view of teachers responsible for implementing school-based primary prevention programs. The author aims at the perspective of teachers who serve as school prevention methodologists and who organize, realize, and assess school prevention programs. The text describes discursive questions related to prevention and the potential of the teachers leading to the effective implementation of school-based prevention programs. The presented research outcomes show the teachers’ evaluation of conditions provided for the realization of prevention programs in schools; it then analyses interviews with the teachers about behaviour issues they encounter in their students.Risky behaviour prevention is an obligatory component of education in the Czech Republic. Schools create prevention strategies and programs as part of the school curriculum. The key questions related to creating these documents include clarifying the general topics that the school should address within the theoretical bases, defining the key priorities and specifying the main topics in the prevention program. School prevention methodologists have a lack of confidence, which prevents them from preparing and evaluating the programs properly. Teachers must contend with a number of issues, yet they are not certain enough about the effective conditions and processes needed for the successful realization of prevention programs.The first part of the research design is based on data obtained from the mind maps analysis. These mind maps are the outcome of the school prevention methodologists’ participation in focus groups (n=28). Within these groups, participants captured the issues and conditions related to their personal view of the realization of prevention programs in their schools. The subsequent content analysis of the text, according to Klapko (2013), provides an interesting use of the connection between the primary mass mapping of the issue of the distribution of variables due to the categorical key and the in-depth data analysis within the context of the qualitative research study. The analysis of mind maps was realized in accordance with the research method described by Gavora (2010): the basic set of texts was determined (in this particular case, the mind maps), then the semantic units were classified into several analytic categories, and these units were finally quantified and described. The interpretation of the results (by the technique of “laying cards on the table”) is based on the research data obtained during the second phase of the research. This part concerns the interviews with teachers about their mind maps. The participants were asked to explain their personal attitude reflected in the selection of given categories and in the formulation of the logic chains. Research outcomes show important knowledge related to the realization of prevention programs in 28 schools in the South Bohemia region, all of which require support in this respect.

Néo-bretonnants – konstruowanie tożsamości językowej przez młode pokolenie osób bretońskojęzycznych

Néo-bretonnants: The Construction of Linguistic Identity by the Young Generation of Breton-Speaking PeopleAccording to statistics there are today only about 200,000 people who know the Breton language, but 70% of them are over 60 years old. However, every year more than a thousand young Bretons learn the language in schools and another several thousand adults attend language courses. It seems that in a dozen years or so the Breton language will be known almost only as a second/learned language. This paper is based on open interviews conducted with pupils in the Diwan immersion High School, students of the Faculty of Breton at Rennes University and Breton language learners (aged 16–25). A large majority of them come from families who have not used Breton for two generations. The reason why these young people have decided to learn the language of their ancestors and their relation to the language are studied. The Breton identity of today is not based on knowledge of the language but on the strong emotional relation to it. The relation between their Breton identity and the language is interesting. Speaking Breton is their conscious choice. It is not their first language, in which they think and feel. The central question of the paper is concerned about to what extent the identity of néo-bretonnants is based on the relation with the language as a distinguishing feature of cultural membership, and to what extent the Breton language is the medium of enforcing this selected and consciously created identity.

“Why did we lose our snapchat streak?”. Social media gamification and metacommunication

As social media becomes one principal mediator of human interaction around the globe, its features such as gamification both enable and shape user behavior (e.g. enhancing habit formation), communication and relationships. In order to contribute to the understanding of social media and the impact of its gamified features, we conducted in-depth praxeological interviews with high school pupils (aged 14–18, N = 25) which revealed youth's reliance on gamification-related metacommunication. Metacommunication - communication about communication - both illustrates the interplay between gamification and relationships and helps users manage it. More specifically, this paper examines verbal metacommunication revolving around Snapchat Streaks – a highly popular gamified feature that quantifies subsequent days of exchanging snaps (pictures or videos) on the app. Using data from the interviews, we lay out metacommunication connected to the main phases of adolescents' streak practice: initiating a streak, maintaining it and losing it. We discuss how youths metacommunicate: 1) to mitigate potential adverse effects of gamification on their relationships; 2) as a support to their gamification “gameplay”. Ultimately, we use the example of streaks-related metacommunication to discuss how the ever-growing gamification of social media affects interaction and relationships.

SOLUTIONS OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HANOI’S SUBURBS

<p>The article is written based on legal, practical, and philosophical documents, to offer some physical development solutions for students in junior high schools in Hanoi's suburbs. By researching theoretical and practical bases, and employing traditional approaches in the field of sports science research, the article constructed 10 solutions divided into 5 groups relating to five aspects: awareness, facilities, quality, internal-external PE programs, and organizational structure. It is ensured that the solutions mentioned in the article are feasible enough for the physical growth of junior high school pupils in Hanoi's suburbs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0960/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Prevalence and risk factors of acne among adolescents in Kosovska Mitrovica: A cross-sectional study

Background/Aim: Acne can occur in people of all ages, but mostly affects the population at puberty. Given the high prevalence and large impact that acne has on young people, the aim of this study was to assess adolescents' knowledge about factors that improve or worsen the clinical picture of acne, as well as to evaluate the sources used to obtain information on acne. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 460 high school pupils from the Medical School and Gymnasium in Kosovska Mitrovica. A self-administrated questionnaire was used. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used to model the association between gender (males/females) or presence of acne (no/yes) and potential exacerbating and ameliorating factors, as well as sources of information. Results: 36.7 % of the respondents were male and 63.3 % were female. 48.9 % of high school pupils confirmed that they had acne. The main factors that worsen the condition of acne, were irregular face washing (88.7 %), hormones (87.0 %), fatty foods (80.9 %) and sweets (79.3 %). The majority of respondents believed that the intake of more water (83.9 %), cosmetic treatment (77.8 %), dietary changes (75.9 %), holiday (54.1 %) and sunbathing (39.3 %) affect improving acne. Taking more water (OR = 1.77; 95 % CI = 1.01-3.11) as a factor in improving acne was significantly more common in girls, while boys more often believed that sunbathing (OR = 0.62; 95 % CI = 0.41-0.94) and weight loss (OR = 0.53; 95 % CI = 0.32-0.88) affect the improvement of acne. The most important sources of information about acne were the Internet (73.0 %) followed by parents (62.6 %), friends (54.1 %), and a doctor (42.8 %). Conclusion: Acne was more common in women and those with a positive family history. The presence of misconceptions among young people regarding the factors that improve or worsen the condition of acne indicates the need for additional education.

Youth of the Civil War: history in fates

Working with award lists, orders and announcements of the High Command of the White Army, I suddenly came across a very peculiar set of documents concerning the participation of children and youth in the Civil War on the side of the whites. A characteristic feature of the White resistance, which began immediately after the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks in October 1917, from the very beginning was the massive participation of young people - pupils of military school, cadets, gymnasium students, high school and university students. Throughout the Civil War, the White Army constantly experienced a shortage of fighters and problems with mobilizing the population. Many documents that I came across in the course of my searches tell about this. In the orders of the commander-in-chief, in the reports of the officers, much is said about irreplaceable losses, difficulties of the new conscription, and melting of military contingents. The article reveals the tragedy of Russia, which survived a fratricidal war, and shows the fate of those who were able to return to productive work in Soviet times. The materials of the article, based on archival documents, make it possible to comprehend with renewed vigor the dramatic events of the early 20th century in Russia.

A zaklatás jelenségének vizsgálata városi általános iskolás tanulók körében

The study presents the results of a survey among pupils of grades V-VIII of an urban primary school in Szeklerland, where the author investigated the phenomenon of bullying in the school environment. The results of the data collection are summarized in five aspects: (1) to what extent bullying is present in the studied group of pupils, (2) to what extent bullying is present in each grade, (3) to what extent bullying is experienced by pupils with high school performance and pupils with low school performance, (4) in which school locations bullying is experienced, and (5) what reasons are given by pupils.

Does One More Time Verbalization’s Sequence Increases the Progression of Motor Learning

This work studies the effect of the verbalization sequences constructed by the pupils during a cycle of eight basketball sessions in Physical Education and Sport (PES) on motor learning for a mixed class of Tunisian high school pupils. On the one hand, we compare the effects of pupil’s discursive productions after a first and a second sequence of verbalization. On the other hand, we consider the differences in the action projects between the language interactions of girls, boys and mixed groups. The observation is used as data collection instruments. The didactic interaction is studied by exercising the quantitative approach to identify hidden intentions. The measured parameters are: played balls, shots and scored baskets. The results of the experiments showed that the practice of learning in condition with verbalization brings positive effects in terms of behavioral modification. The addition of a second sequence of verbalization during the same session is more effective for the learning than the practice under condition of a single sequence application. We suggest to Tunisian PES teachers to give more time to verbalization, pupils learn better after identifying the mechanisms that lead to the success of their action projects and have a more pronounced rate of learning.

Cases Study: Evaluation of Student Readyness in Teaching After Microteaching

Capability to teach is expected to have by Biology Education students after having Microteaching. Case study was conducted to evaluate how teaching performance of students from the start to the end of microteaching. Research samples were 6 students of Biology Education Study at 6th semester. microteaching was done online and offline. Eight skills was firstly conducted online step by step. Each performance was evaluated by other students and written in log book. Evaluation was used to improve each performance. Microteaching was continuedly offline in which students must performe teaching three times, two with supervision dan one independenly. Improvement had given for a better performance supervised for opening to closure of teaching. Results from online and offline training was implemented in independent teaching performance for 30 minutes. Teaching performance was evaluated by 15 students of 2nd semester acting as high school pupils by using questionare. All six students were evaluated having clear and loud voice but lack of ability to motivate their pupils to learn. Most students stayed closely with PPT slides. Students also had difficutly to manage the time so teaching closure and evaluation could not be done.

The Impact of a Three-Step Interview on Students’ Speaking Ability

The goal of this study was to determine the impact of employing a Three-Step Interview on students' speaking abilities. This study's population consisted of all 80 students in their first year at MAN Talang Leak Kabupaten Lebong. The sample consisted of 56 individuals drawn from two courses. The students were separated into two groups: the experimental group got therapy utilizing the Three-Step-Interview method, while the control group was taught using traditional methods. The data will be collected using several methods in the exam. The pre-test will be given once before the therapy begins, and the post-test will be given once the study is completed. This research includes seven treatment meetings. It is based on MAN Talang Leak's academic timetable and semester program. The post-test would be given to the students after they had received seven treatments for each topic. The results from this study will be statistically analyzed using the t-test for the pre-and post-tests. The post-test will be used to collect data on the influence of using the Three-Step-Interview method on students' speaking performance. The disparity between the two classes was substantial. According to the data analysis, the outcome demonstrates that the Three-Step-Interview approach may increase students' speaking abilities. It is possible to conclude that the usage of the Three-Step-Interview had a beneficial influence on students' speaking skills. Based on the findings, teachers are advised to utilize the Three-Step-Interview approach when training senior high school pupils to talk.

Writing Units or Decades First in Two Digit Numbers Dictation Tasks: The Case of Arabic-An Inverted Language.

This study investigated the effect of educational level and of the syntactic representation of numbers in Arabic on the task of transcoding two-digit numbers from dictation. The participants were primary, junior-high, and high school pupils and higher education students. All spoke Arabic as a mother tongue. They performed a transcoding task, namely writing two-digit numbers from dictation. Units first\\decades first writing patterns were collected depending on the differential syntactic structures of the two-digit number dictated (decades first: whole tens; units first: teen numbers; identical units and decades, remaining two-digit numbers). The findings reveal that in general, Arabic speakers adopt a decades-first writing pattern for two-digit numbers, especially when it is consistent with the syntactic structure of two-digit numbers, as in whole-tens numbers. This decade-first writing pattern is more evident and consistent in junior-high school, high school, and higher education than in primary school due to the improvement in mathematical skills and second and third languages. However, this pattern is modulated by the syntactic complexity of the unit–decade structure. This complexity is more pronounced in two-digit numbers whose processing is more dependent on numerical syntax. Thus, whole-tens numbers, teen numbers, and identical-decade–unit numbers are less complex than the remaining two-digit numbers.

What Is Most Desirable for Nature? An Analysis of Azorean Pupils’ Biodiversity Perspectives When Deciding on Ecological Scenarios

Understanding pupils’ biodiversity perspectives is essential to developing educators’ sensitivity to students’ multi-faceted views of the world, thus increasing teaching effectiveness. In this study, we asked 1528 school pupils in the Azores to choose between alternative schemes in three ecological scenarios and to justify their decisions. The study’s objectives were to understand biodiversity perspectives underlying pupils’ choice of the most desirable schemes for nature and to examine whether gender and school level (middle school/high school) influenced their choices. Quantitative (frequency analysis and Chi-square statistics) and qualitative (thematic analysis) methods were applied for data analysis. The majority of pupils made appropriate choices, arguing from different biodiversity perspectives, which were classified in 10 categories and 24 subcategories. High school pupils did not exhibit significant differences among the main arguments employed, and mostly referred to ecological concepts, while middle school pupils exhibited different choices according to gender, emphasizing richness over the threats posed by introduced species. Biodiversity education should thus be strengthened, especially at the middle school level, where different complex issues would benefit from classroom discussion and systematization. The chosen methodological strategy proved to be effective in assessing pupils’ biodiversity perspectives, which may be useful to deal with other ill-structured problems.

Social impact of extracurricular activities in terms of the universality of the benefits involved

In the field of educational management, extracurricular activities play a very important role. In most schools, pupils come from different backgrounds and in the academic environment they form a new, special community. And extra-curricular activities help the pupils to integrate into the team more easily. Creating specific skills in those activities, especially coping quickly with potential challenges, is important for pupils who feel more relaxed in such an informal environment than during class. And the high possibility of diversification that extracurricular activities entails has increased potential to bring benefits throughout the lives of current pupils. The topicality of the research derives from the fact that high school pupils must be prepared to direct their own learning and development, and extracurricular activities contribute significantly to this process. Based on this reality, the author aimed to elucidate the essence of extracurricular activities and analyze the benefits that their practice brings to the students involved, from a short and long-term perspective

Developing Noun Words Domino Card (NWDC) Learning Media to Improve English Vocabulary Mastery of Junior High School Students

For junior high school pupils, research on the development of learning media is badly needed. Students' understanding and mastery of specific materials should improve as a result of the availability of learning media. The goals of this study are to (1) create a product in the form of a learning media called Noun Words Domino Card (NWDC) that is appropriate for seventh-graders at Satap Woja State Junior High School; and (2) develop a product in the form of a learning media called Noun Words Domino Card (NWDC) that is appropriate for eighth-graders at Satap Woja State Junior High School. (2) understand the use of NWDC learning media for students, and (3) understand the efficacy of NWDC learning media in improving student vocabulary knowledge. The ADDIE paradigm, which consists of five steps: Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate, was used to conduct this research. The findings revealed: (1) The noun words domino card (NWDC) is a viable learning material for students to use and assess. The practicality is determined by material experts, who gave it a score of 3.7, and media experts, who gave it a score of 3.5. (2) The noun words domino card (NWDC) is a useful tool for pupils to improve their vocabulary mastery. (3) Learning media noun words domino card (NWDC) is helpful in developing student vocabulary knowledge, according to the student's reaction as a user of learning media with a total average score of 3.6. It was calculated using the average oral test score of students who met the English subject's minimal completion criteria.

The influence of electronic education on students of Islamic science

AbstractIn contemporary education, classes are designed to include children with various characteristics. Due to such a heterogeneous class structure, certain innovations in instruction are necessary for every pupil to maximise their abilities during the school period. In the subject of Islamic science, instruction individualisation can be performed successfully to educate pupils. Pupils can vary greatly according to their religious beliefs, home upbringing, and morality. For this research, individual differences among students were identified. In the literature, e‐learning is deemed significant in the pedagogical and didactical sense in the individualisation process. E‐learning based on e‐courses has obvious advantages in instruction individualisation compared to traditional instruction, which predominantly uses printed textbooks. The use of Moodle e‐course in Islamic science instruction was tested. The course is developed according to principles of individualised instruction and was tested in one high school. The research population consists of third grade high school pupils in Serbia who take Islamic science. The significance of the research is related to discovering the most efficient way of improving instruction by using e‐courses and emphasising the possibilities that e‐education provides in the field of instruction individualisation. The research demonstrates that e‐education can improve instruction individualisation because it gives greater possibilities for pupils to express their individual preferences towards the type, format, and scope of learning material. The study was quasi‐experimental. In total, 53 pupils were in the study, with 25 in the experimental group and 28 in the control group.

Concept Cartoon as a Teaching Technique for Conceptual Change: A Ghanaian Junior High School Experience

This study investigated the use of concept cartoons to diagnose and remedy pupils’ misconceptions in selected science concepts. The sample comprised 37 Junior High School (JHS) pupils and one science teacher in Abelemkpe Junior High School in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Completed worksheets of pupils on concept cartoons of selected science topics were discussed and analyzed to find out their misconceptions about the concepts under study. Results revealed that pupils had a host of misconceptions on the concepts. During class and group discussions, the pupils had the opportunity to compare their original ideas with the ones in the cartoons. They also listened to their peers’ explanations about the correct science concepts and built on their initial conceptual framework. These enabled the pupils to correct their misconceptions in an interactive environment through concept-cartoon based instruction. The results showed that concept cartoons could be used to determine pupils’ misconceptions of selected science topics to enable appropriate interventions to be designed to address them when possible. Concept cartoon is therefore recommended to be used by JHS teachers to teach science effectively.

Impact of Mathematics Anxiety on the Academic Performance of Junior High School Pupils in the Bongo District of Ghana Stanley Appiah Essuman, Josephine Nyarko, Kwarteng Frimpong

This study aimed to explore the impact of mathematics anxiety on the academic performance of junior high school pupils in the Bongo district of Ghana. In this study, 492 pupils in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region of Ghana were sampled. Using a questionnaire to gather data for the study, Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation and inferential statistics such as the independent samples t-test, one-way between-groups analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson Moment Correlation were used for analysis. Findings from the study identified that mathematics anxiety negatively affects the mathematics performance of pupils and the study also revealed that, gender plays a very key role in influence the mathematics anxiety of pupils. Based on the findings, it was recommended that mathematics teachers should teach Mathematics with the psychology of teaching and learning the subject to prepare pupils’ for the subject.

Харчова поведінка та якість життя школярів старших класів м. Львова

Актуальність. Негативна динаміка захворюваності дитячого населення та щорічне її збільшення свідчать про необхідність посилення уваги до проблеми, передусім до забезпечення дієвого профілактичного компонента. Аналізуючи причини негативної динаміки показників стану здоров’я дітей та молоді в Україні, не можна ігнорувати спосіб життя, що в структурі чинників впливу на формування стану здоров’я займає провідні позиції. Мета дослідження — вивчення особливостей способу життя, харчової поведінки школярів старших класів та їх впливу на основні показники якості життя. Матеріали та методи. Спосіб життя та харчову поведінку 80 здорових дітей віком 14–17 років було вивчено за допомогою анкети, що містила питання про сімейний анамнез, житлово-побутові умови, харчування та режим дня. Для оцінки основних параметрів якості життя було використано опитувальник MOS SF-36. Результати. Аналіз опитування показав, що 45 % дітей щоденно вживають м’ясні продукти промислового виробництва. Страви з риби в щоденному раціоні дітей наявні лише в 13,8 % випадків. Молоко і молочні продукти відзначені в щоденному раціоні менше ніж у половини опитаних дітей (35 %). Виявлено високий відсоток вживання підлітками слабоалкогольних напоїв (15 %). З’ясовано, що 45 % дітей проводять більше 3 годин на день за комп’ютером або біля телевізора, лише 22,5 % гуляють на свіжому повітрі більше 2 годин на добу. Показники якості життя були вірогідно вищі за шкалою життєздатності в дітей при тривалості прогулянок більше 2 годин на день. У дітей, які повноцінно обідають щодня, вірогідно вищі показники соціальної активності, значення за шкалою психологічного здоров’я і шкалою життєздатності. Відзначено вірогідне зниження показника життєздатності в групі дітей із тривалим перебуванням біля комп’ютера (3 години і більше). У школярів, які займаються в спортивних секціях, вірогідно вищі показники якості життя за шкалою психологічного здоров’я і шкалою загального здоров’я. У дітей із тривалістю нічного сну 8 годин відзначена вірогідно вища емоційна стабільність за шкалою емоційного функціонування (р < 0,05). Висновки. Раціон харчування сучасних школярів не відповідає встановленим нормативам. Це може бути фактором ризику гастродуоденальної патології в майбутньому, тому потребує систематичної корекції. Крім раціонального харчування, чинниками, що впливають на самопочуття та психоемоційний статус школярів, є дозовані фізичні навантаження, регулярні прогулянки на свіжому повітрі та обмежене користування комп’ютером. Оцінка якості життя є простим та інформативним методом комплексного вивчення стану здоров’я школярів і може бути рекомендована до широкого застосування в педіатрії.

1531Monitoring of substances use among a sample of Tunisian high school pupils

Abstract Background Epidemiologic surveillance of substances use is necessary for its prevention policy. Objective To monitor the extent of substances use among the high school pupils of Sousse, Tunisia between 2018 and 2019. Methods Two successive cross sectional studies were led in 2018 and 2019 among 1399 et 1342 high school students respectively. In 2018 and 2019, the same probability sampling procedure served to recruit participants and the same pretested survey was self administered to pupils anonymously in the classrooms in the presence of pre-trained medical doctors. Results The mean age of participants was 17.5 ± 1.5 years in 2018 and 17.6 ± 1.5 in 2019 (p = 0.302). Females represented 60.5% and 63.2% of participants in 2018 and 2019 respectively (p = 0.143). Prevalence of lifetime tobacco use was of 29.4% in 2018 and 26.7% in 2019 (p = 0.161). Concerning alcohol consumption, it was reported by 9.4% of participants in 2018 versus 6.1% in 2019 (p = 0.002). Cannabis was the most frequently used illicit substance reported by 4.6% and 3.9% participants in 2018 and 2019 (p = 0.358). Conclusions Compared to 2014, prevalence of lifetime tobacco use and lifetime cannabis use have doubled. In order to limit this trend, a national comprehensive substances use prevention program should be implemented early among Tunisian adolescents. Key messages Tobacco experimentation is frequent in Sousse, Tunisia Prevention of tobacco use should be combined with other substances use prevention actions

Addressing the Poor Performance of Ghanaian Junior High School Pupils in selected science concepts through the use of Concepts Cartoons: A Study of Okai-Koi District, Accra

This study explored the use of concept cartoons to enhance the performance of Junior High School pupils in selected science concepts by using pre and post intervention test. Sample comprised 37 Junior High School pupils and one science teacher in Abelemkpe Junior High School in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Concept cartoons are instructional tools designed to generate scientific thinking among learners. Adapted to the 5E instructional model, they can be used at any stage of the learning process to facilitate effective learning of scientific concepts. Completed tests based on five selected science concepts were analyzed using the t-test inferential statistics to establish any significance difference between respondents’ mean scores of the pre and post intervention data. Results revealed that the use of concept cartoons to teach the selected science concepts enhanced the pupils’ cognitive achievement. The concept cartoons affected learners’ academic achievement in positive ways. The pupils were able to construct their own knowledge and made meaning of their everyday experiences. Results of the t-test (t (36)=8.41, p=.000), (t (36)=9.38, p=.000), (t(36)=4.85, p=.000), (t(36)=10.58, p=.000) and (t(36)=11.85, p=.000) indicated a significant difference between the mean scores of the pretest and posttest. This implied that the use of concept cartoon had a positive effect on the cognitive achievement of pupils. It is therefore, recommended that JHS integrated science teachers adopt the use of concept cartoons to teach science effectively and to increase the pupils’ motivation to learn science.