Japanese High School Students Research Articles

To What Extent Do Japanese High School Students Acquire What They Have Learned in Junior High School?

To What Extent Do Japanese High School Students Acquire What They Have Learned in Junior High School?

Differences in Japanese High School Student Performances on Written Recall Tests After Translation for Examination and for Communication

Differences in Japanese High School Student Performances on Written Recall Tests After Translation for Examination and for Communication

The process by which Japanese high school students decide to participate in an exchange program

The process by which Japanese high school students decide to participate in an exchange program

Duty, desire, and Japaneseness

AbstractThis qualitative study draws on identity theory to explore the short-term study abroad and language learning experiences of Japanese high school students from a private high school near Tokyo as they travelled to the UK and the USA. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews both before and after the program, combined with daily journals written by the students, and then subjected to thematic analysis. Several themes emerged among the students’ accounts of their experiences, including drawing on Japanese cultural identities to interpret difficult intercultural experiences, seeing English-mediated identities as a means to overcome pressure to conform to idealized notions of Japanese femininity, and feeling a sense of duty to parents as a motivator to study abroad. These findings demonstrate the diversity of experiences in high school programs and highlight a need for further research on students travelling from non-English-speaking backgrounds to study abroad.

The reciprocal relations between experiential avoidance, school stressor, and psychological stress response among Japanese adolescents.

The present study aimed to investigate the reciprocal relations between experiential avoidance, stressor, and psychological stress response (which consist of anger, depression, anxiety, helplessness, and physical complaints). In this study, 688 Japanese junior high school students (353 boys, 334 girls, 1 unidentified; mean age 13.28 years) completed three waves of questionnaires on experiential avoidance, stressor, and psychological stress response, with one-week intervals between measurement waves. Results from cross-lagged panel analyses showed that experiential avoidance predicted subsequent stressor and psychological stress response. Furthermore, the stressor and psychological stress response influenced by prior experiential avoidance affected subsequent occurrence of experiential avoidance. The findings suggest that reciprocal relations exist among the variables, and that the interaction between experiential avoidance and psychological stress was possible in adolescents.

Relationship between Self-Rated Health and Lifestyle and Food Habits in Japanese High School Students.

Self-rated health (SRH), a subjective assessment of health status, is extensively used in the field of public health. It is an important and valid measure that is strongly related to morbidity, mortality, longevity and health status. Adolescence is a crucial period for the formation of health status, because health-risk behaviours (e.g., skipping breakfast) are often established during this period. In this study, we investigated the relationship of SRH with lifestyle and eating habits in Japanese high school students. In this study, 1296 students aged 16–18 years from 11 high schools in Japan participated. A questionnaire was administered to these participants that included a question on SRH, five questions on demographic characteristics, six questions on lifestyle items (e.g., wake-up time), five questions on miscellaneous health issues (e.g., anorexia), and 25 questions on food habits and attitudes towards food. We examined the differences between self-rated healthy and unhealthy groups using logistic regression analysis adjusted for gender and age. A dichotomy regression analysis was performed using a stepwise elimination method. Of the 1296 respondents, 16.7% reported feeling unhealthy, 57.7% of whom were females. The self-rated healthy group had a higher frequency of eating breakfast (odds ratio (OR): 2.13; confidence interval (CI): 1.07–4.24) and liked home meals to a greater extent (OR: 3.12; CI: 1.27–7.65) than the self-rated unhealthy group. The two groups did not differ significantly in terms of other lifestyle factors or unidentified complaints. Our results suggest that liking home meals during adolescence may lead to the development of good eating habits, i.e., eating breakfast, and better SRH.

Yun Dong-ju as the Japanese High School Students Read It

Yun Dong-ju as the Japanese High School Students Read It

Development difference in Dream Recall -Comparison of Dream Recall frequency and Dream Contents between Japanese High School Students, University Students and the Elderly-

Development difference in Dream Recall -Comparison of Dream Recall frequency and Dream Contents between Japanese High School Students, University Students and the Elderly-

Association between the time perspective and type of involvement in bullying among adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Japan.

To examine the association between the types of involvement in bullying and the time perspective among Japanese adolescents. A questionnaire was conducted among Japanese junior high school students at eight public schools that were located in two cities in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shirai's Experiential Time Perspective Scale was used, which comprises four subscales: goal-directedness, hopefulness, self-fulfillment, and acceptance of the past. An analysis of covariance was applied, with the time-perspective subscales as the objective variable, type of involvement in bullying as a fixed factor, and grade, family structure, and economic status as the covariates. The analysis sample included 2630 adolescents (valid response rate: 88.6%). The bullying rate of the boys was 10.8% and 4.1% for the girls, for the male victims it was 10.1% and 14.5% for the female victims, and for both the bully and the victim, it was 8.5% and 5.4%, respectively. The students who were not involved in bullying had the highest scores of hopefulness, self-fulfillment, and acceptance of the past. For both sexes, bullying was significantly associated with hopefulness, self-fulfillment, and acceptance of the past. Goal-directedness was not associated with the type of involvement in bullying. The victims of bullying had low time perspectives of hopefulness, self-fulfillment, and acceptance of the past. Providing support that increases hopefulness, self-fulfillment, and acceptance of the past might help to prevent pessimistic decision-making, such as that seen in cases of suicide.

“Kyara” and the self-formation in Japanese Adolescents: How do the Japanese high school students perceive “Kyara”?

“Kyara” and the self-formation in Japanese Adolescents: How do the Japanese high school students perceive “Kyara”?

高校生に対する多読指導と情意、使用する読解ストラテジーに認識との関係 : 縦断的研究

高校生に対する多読指導と情意、使用する読解ストラテジーに認識との関係 : 縦断的研究

A Retrospective Study on Changes in Food Preferences of Japanese High School Students from Childhood to the Present Day

Background: To conduct a retrospective study for investigating changes in food preferences of high school students from childhood to the present day.Methods: The study included 1,300 students aged 16–18 years who responded to a questionnaire regarding food items that they disliked at present and in their childhood; they selected a list of 55 foods and responded to 35 questions regarding their food habits. The distribution was categorized into four patterns of food preferences based on whether a particular student had disliked a particular food item during childhood (+) and during high school at present (+). Food preference at present was examined for all other items using logistic regression analysis after adjusting for gender and age. Results: In total, 66.9% of the subjects reported (+) to (+), 12.5% reported (+) to (−), 6.5% reported (−) to (+), and 14.1% reported (−) to (−). Even in the (+) to (+) group, a significant decrease was observed in the number of disliked foods from childhood (5.5 ± 5.4) to the present day (4.2 ± 4.1) (P < 0.001, ANOVA). No dislike for any food item at present was related to no dislike for any food item during childhood [odds ratio (OR), 12.57; 95% confidence interval (CI), 8.3–19.1]] and talking positively about food (OR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.11–1.49) but inversely related to the limited use of smartphone while eating (OR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.75–0.98). Conclusion: Decreasing the dislike for foods at present as well as no dislike for any food item during childhood may be crucial for developing future good food habits in high school students. In addition, to improve current food preferences, students may need to eat together.

Motives, beliefs, and perceptions among learners affect preparatory learning strategies

ABSTRACTPreparation is an effective and necessary activity; however, most students do not prepare for future lessons. The present study addressed this problem and examined how learners' motives, beliefs, and perceptions affected their strategy use during preparation for future lessons. Participants were 219 Japanese junior high school students who responded to a questionnaire about mathematics learning. The result of a path analysis suggested that learners' intrinsic motives, extrinsic motives, and cognitive beliefs about learning positively related to their spontaneously obtaining prior knowledge and solving example problems. In addition, noncognitive beliefs positively affected perceived cost of preparation and decreased obtaining prior knowledge. Implications for educational practice, limitations of the present study, and suggestions for future research are discussed.

日・韓高校生における無気力傾向に関する比較研究 : 進路発達との関連に注目して

日・韓高校生における無気力傾向に関する比較研究 : 進路発達との関連に注目して

日本人教師2名によるTeam-Teachingの学習者要因に関する研究 : 日本人教師2名によるTeam-Teachingに対する中学生の意識傾向

日本人教師2名によるTeam-Teachingの学習者要因に関する研究 : 日本人教師2名によるTeam-Teachingに対する中学生の意識傾向

A Longitudinal Study of Complexity in Spoken Performance by Japanese EFL Junior High School Students

A Longitudinal Study of Complexity in Spoken Performance by Japanese EFL Junior High School Students

日本人中学生の発話における「誤り」に関しての通時的研究

日本人中学生の発話における「誤り」に関しての通時的研究

Reading Strategies for Japanese High School Students Who Are Not Good at English

Reading Strategies for Japanese High School Students Who Are Not Good at English

Validity of Peer Assessment of Speaking Performance : A Case of Japanese High School Students

Validity of Peer Assessment of Speaking Performance : A Case of Japanese High School Students

英語多読プログラム : その読解力、学習方法への影響

英語多読プログラム : その読解力、学習方法への影響