School Students In Jordan Research Articles

Attitudes of Jordanian school students toward dictionaries

This study aims to explore the attitude of English as a Foreign Language Learners (EFLL) in Jordanian schools about the use of different dictionary types - including paper-based, electronic monolingual, or electronic bilingual dictionaries. It also examines the challenges students face while using their dictionaries. To this end, a questionnaire was distributed among sixty-four students studying at the middle school level. The findings indicated a preference for electronic and bilingual dictionaries over monolingual paper dictionaries among most students. Based on their responses, the students predominantly use dictionaries to search for pronunciations (34.37 %) and various meanings of a word (polysemy and homonymy) (18.75 %). Preparation for speaking activities is primarily why they search for pronunciations. However, the search for abbreviations and parts of speech and other grammatical information is less frequent. Lastly, the students showed a preference for the use of more pictures and visual aids offered in pictorial dictionaries.

Evaluating the Role of Teachers’ Feedback in Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement: An Empirical Evidence from Jordan

The academic achievement of secondary school students in Jordan is evaluated based on the use of feedback-based teaching. The learners are stimulated to correct their areas of weakness through constructive feedback. Therefore, this study presents an investigation of the impact of feedback-based teaching on student’s academic achievement. To achieve that, the study involved a total 160 students were involved in the study from 4 randomly selected private schools in Jordan, Irbid Governorate, two English classes were selected randomly from each school. The students were divided into a control group and an experimental one. The control group received regular instruction while the experimental group was taught using feedback-based teaching, where feedback was provided by the teachers in different forms. Consequently, the analysis denotes that frequent and diverse feedback is highly constructive and improves students' achievement compared to feedback that is unstructured. It is clear that feedback has to be effectively structured to ensure that it achieves its objectives in improving students’ academic achievement.

The Role of the Physical Education Class in Achieving Social Interaction Among Primary School Students in Jordan from the Point of View of the Students Themselves

The Role of the Physical Education Class in Achieving Social Interaction Among Primary School Students in Jordan from the Point of View of the Students Themselves

Rich dad poor dad revisited: a study of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial propensity among school students in Jordan

PurposeDelving into the captivating landscape of entrepreneurship education, digital literacy and digital transformation, this study aims to investigate their interplay with entrepreneurial propensity and the moderating effect of school support among Jordanian school students aged 15–17. Anchored in the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the human capital theory (HCT), this work illuminates the intricate web of influences that shape students’ entrepreneurial mindset.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a quantitative approach and uses a “paper-and-pencil" translated questionnaire to collect data from a convenience sample of (n = 650) school students in Jordan. Covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) v28 was utilized to scrutinize the variables' direct, mediating and moderated mediated impact.FindingsThe three structural models revealed that (1) entrepreneurship education has a positive effect on students’ entrepreneurial propensity; (2) digital literacy and digital transformation mediate the interaction between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial propensity; (3) school support moderates the mediating effect of digital literacy, and digital transformation, on the link between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial propensity.Practical implicationsThe results offer actionable enlightenments for educators and policymakers in Jordan to tailor entrepreneurship education, digital literacy and support frameworks, effectively nurturing students' entrepreneurial mindset and aspirations.Originality/valueThis study contributes to understanding the complex dynamics between education, technology and entrepreneurship. Our modest contribution links the findings to a real-world case of two 15-year-old students in Jordan who were inspired by the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” to start their own business.

Friendship Quality and Its Relationship to School Engagement and Academic Achievement among High School Students in Jordan

This study aimed to explore the relationship between friendship quality and school engagement, and academic achievement and their levels among high school students for academic year 2020- 2021 in Amman. The sample of the study consisted of (300) male and female students, whose schools were chosen randomly. The results showed: highest level of friendship qualities was for help dimension (mean 3.98), followed by closeness (mean 3.94), highest level of school engagement was for behavioral (mean 3.93), cognitive engagement was second (3.46), and lowest level was for emotional (mean 3.40), level of academic achievement was very good (mean 81.57). Moreover, a positive significant correlation between companionship, security, closeness with behavioral engagement, while a significant negative correlation between conflict and behavioral engagement. A positive significant correlational relationship was found between all dimensions of friendship qualities except for conflict dimension. And all friendship dimensions correlated positively with cognitive engagement. As for academic achievement, it correlated with three dimensions of friendship (closeness, help, security).

Developing a Study Unit in the Arabic language Based on Literary Awareness and testing its Effectiveness in Developing Literary Appreciation Skills among Twelfth Grade Female Students in Jordan

This study aimed at developing an instructional unit in Arabic language based on literary awareness and test its effectiveness on developing the skills of literary appreciation among second year scientific secondary school students in Jordan. The participants of the study consisted of (80) female students from the second year of scientific secondary school at Al-Baqa’a Comprehensive Secondary School for Girls. The sections were randomly assigned into two groups, so that Division (C) represented the experimental group that was taught using the developed unit, and Division (A) represented the control group that studied using the usual way. To achieve the objectives of the study, the unit was developed, the literary appreciation test was prepared, and the test was applied to the two groups before and after teaching, as the experimental and control group studied for (20) days in the second semester of the academic year (2021/2022), and the results of the statistical analysis showed the absence of statistically significant differences in literary appreciation skills between the experimental and control groups on the pre-test among students of the second grade of scientific secondary school in Jordan, and the existence of statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in the literary appreciation test in favor of the experimental group attributed to the development of the unit based on literary awareness. In light of the results the study recommended conducting more studies on the development of academic units in other branches of Arabic language, with the concern of curriculum makers in the inclusion of literary awareness in the Arabic language.

The impact of COVID-19 on reading behaviors among high school students through the adoption of mobile learning

In this study, the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on Jordanian high school students’ reading habits and attitudes was examined. COVID-19 has indeed affected education systems all over the world; education institutions all over the world were compelled to implement innovative technological approaches so that education could still be delivered to students, fulfilling the academic expectations, while the Sustainable Learning and Education (SLE) ideals are consistently embraced. One of these approaches has been the use of mobile learning applications (MLA). These applications (MLAs) employ some prominent features of mobile apps, to allow students to collaborate and participate in purposeful online learning. Still, the success of any technology is dictated by the acceptance of the user, in this context, the acceptance of students. In other words, student acceptance of MLA will determine the success of MLA. Accordingly, the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the information behavior of high school students was examined in this study, with MLA being used by these students. Data were gathered from 394 high school students in Jordan. These students were chosen randomly, and they were all mobile phone users. The data covered the 2022–2023 fall term and were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Based on the analyses results: Self-Efficacy and Perceived Compatibility had significant impact on Perceived Performance Expectancy and Perceived Effort Expectancy; Perceived Convenience and Perceived Effort Expectancy had significant impact on Perceived Performance Expectancy; Perceived Enjoyment had significant impact on the Behavioral Intention to use MLA; COVID-19 had significant impact on the Behavioral Intention to use MLA; Perceived Compatibility showed no significant impact on Perceived Enjoyment; and Perceived Effort Expectancy, Perceived Performance Expectancy and Perceived Compatibility showed no significant impact on the Behavioral Intention to use MLA. The outcomes of this study demonstrate a practical indication in support of digital information behavior among high school students in this era.

Evaluating Physical Fitness Components for Secondary School Students in Jordan

Evaluating Physical Fitness Components for Secondary School Students in Jordan

A Thematic Analysis Of Textbook Graffiti By UNRWA Preparatory School Students In Jordan From The View Of Sociolinguistics As An Act Of Vandalism

Though graffiti has become a significant cultural and linguistic phenomenon that has been studied throughout history, there is still room for further investigation into how graffiti in various contexts, particularly in a primary education institution, serves to voice students’ thoughts and feelings. As a result, this study investigated the common themes as well as the lexical and syntactic elements of graffiti written on students’ textbooks at four UNRWA preparatory schools in Amman, Jordan. This study found that students' graffiti covered a wide range of themes, including love and hate as the most dominant themes and faith and religion as the least prevalent themes. The data analysis also found examples of lexical features such as autonomies and repetitions. The most common lexical feature observed in students’ graffiti was antonymy, while swear words were the least common feature. The findings provided great value to those interested in studying social, sociological, sociolinguistic and psychological issues as they explained some of the themes that help reveal the values and cultural norms of students’ society. The findings also offered a valuable source of data for those in education, especially teachers, school principals, school counsellors and education stakeholders to understand students’ community in an attempt to construct a conducive, supporting and peaceful learning environment and ultimately improve students’ achievements and performance.

العوامل المؤثرة في تدني التحصيل الدراسي لدى طلبة المرحلة الثانوية في الأردن الذي فرضته جائحة كورونا وسبل معالجتها

The study aims to determine the factors affecting the low academic achievement of secondary school students in Jordan, which was imposed by the Corona pandemic, and provides ways to address it. It examines the differences in results according to many variables of study. In order to achieve the objectives, two research's tools were conducted. The first method is the questionnaire and the second one is interviews. The methods stratified randomness distributed to 263 teachers and second grade secondary students in Irbid schools. The results of the study showed that the degree of the total arithmetic averages from teacher's point of view is medium. Study shoes also, that the arithmetic averages in the perspective of secondary school, according to student’s degree is also medium. The analysis of the study shows that there is a difference from the point of view of teachers related to the impact of sex in favor of males, and no difference is related to experience. The difference from student's views is related to the impact of sex in favor of males and no difference is related specialization. Both teachers and students agree that there must be communication between the school and the local community. In order to achieve the online learning.

Perceived Parenting Style and Their Relationship: Self-Identity and Social Competence among Adolescent Students

This study aimed to study the adolescent student’s perceived parenting style, and their relationship to the concept of self-identity and social competence among adolescent students in Jordan. To achieve these goals, the study followed the descriptive method and Pearson correlation analysis, with a questionnaire as a study tool. This was applied to a sample made up of 500 public school students in Jordan for the age group between 14-15 years. The study found that the most prominent techniques for parenting for both parents included dialogue, acceptance, bear the responsibility, and cooperation. The degree of the concept of self-identity and social competence was medium. The results showed the existence of a positive relationship between perceived parenting style and self-identity also social competence.

Techniques and Upbringing Parenting Perceived and their Relationship: The concept of Self-Identity and Social Competence among Adolescent Students

This study aimed to study the perceived techniques of upbringing and parenting , and their relationship to the concept of self-identity and social competence among adolescent students in Jordan. To achieve these goals, the study followed the descriptive method, with a questionnaire as a study tool. This was applied to a sample made up of (500) Public school students in Jordan for the age group between (14-15) years. The study found that the most prominent Techniques for parenting included: dialogue, acceptance, bear the responsibility, and cooperation, for both parents; the degree of the concept of self-identity and social competence was Medium, and the results showed the existence of a positive relationship between parenting and upbringing techniques and the concept of self-identity and Social efficiency.

Techniques and Upbringing Parenting Perceived and their Relationship: The concept of Self-Identity and Social Competence among Adolescent Students

This study aimed to study the perceived techniques of upbringing and parenting , and their relationship to the concept of self-identity and social competence among adolescent students in Jordan. To achieve these goals, the study followed the descriptive method, with a questionnaire as a study tool. This was applied to a sample made up of (500) Public school students in Jordan for the age group between (14-15) years. The study found that the most prominent Techniques for parenting included: dialogue, acceptance, bear the responsibility, and cooperation, for both parents; the degree of the concept of self-identity and social competence was Medium, and the results showed the existence of a positive relationship between parenting and upbringing techniques and the concept of self-identity and Social efficiency.

The degree of employment of peer assessment and self-assessment to develop the written expression skill of school students in Jordan, according to the viewpoint of Arabic language teachers

Objectives: The study aimed to demonstrate the extent to which Arabic language teachers employ peer evaluation and self-evaluation to develop the skill of written expression among students in Jordanian schools and to highlight the main challenges they face in achieving this goal. Methods: The study used the descriptive method, employing a questionnaire designed with 34 items divided into five-point scales across five areas: peer evaluation of expression, self-evaluation of expression, training in peer evaluation and self-assessment criteria, challenges related to regionalism, and challenges associated with students, society, and parents. The study sample consisted of 97 teachers from public schools in the Directorate of Education of the Marka Brigade during the second semester of 2020/2021. Results: The study's results indicated that Arabic language teachers greatly employed peer evaluation and self-evaluation to develop the skill of written expression. There were no statistically significant differences observed in relation to variables such as experience and scientific qualification. Regarding the challenges, most of the paragraphs received significant ratings of difficulty. Conclusions: The study recommends establishing criteria and foundations for peer assessment evaluation and self-assessment, conducting practical training courses on their implementation, and encouraging teachers to adopt modern evaluation strategies that enhance the development of written expression skills.

The Effect of a Training Program Based on Multiple Intelligences on Developing Environmental Awareness and Achievement Motivation among Primary School Students

This study aimed to measure the effect of a training program based on multiple intelligences in developing environmental awareness and achievement motivation among primary school students in Jordan. The study reached the most important result that the children have gained positive attitudes towards the environment by sensing environmental problems better, which increased their motivation to contribute to solving these problems and developing environmental conditions in a better way; trends can only be generated through the information that individuals obtain from various sources. Therefore, the program was best directed toward developing environmental awareness in Children. Thus, the program has created positive trends in children toward increasing positive interaction with their environment. Where the researcher recommended working to include school curricula, starting with the primary stage and ending with the secondary stage, with concepts of environmental awareness to improve positive trends towards the environment and conduct seminars, workshops, and lectures to deepen the concepts of environmental awareness in society to improve its positive trends in researching environmental problems and limiting or eliminating them.
 
 Received: 22 January 2023 / Accepted: 12 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023

The Effectiveness of Using the Semiotic Strategy in Developing The Personal Values for Eleventh-Grade Female Students in Islamic Education and their Attitudes towards Strategy

Objectives: The current study aimed to verify the effectiveness of using semiotic strategy in developing the Personal Values For Eleventh Grade Female Students In Islamic Education and their Attitudes towards strategy.
 Methods: The study sample consisted of (75) female students in the first year of high school in the Islamic education subject at Dar Al-Salaam School affiliated with the Directorate of Education of Major General Marka in the capital, Amman. The study used two types of tools: the personal values scale, and the attitudes towards the semiotic strategy scale, after verifying the validity and reliability of the tools, the appropriate statistical analysis was conducted for the two study questions. 
 Results: It was found that there is a difference between the average scores of the experimental group students who studied using the semiotic strategy and the average scores of the control group students who were taught by the regular method in developing personal values in favor of the experimental group Also, there is a statistically significant difference between the pre and post applications of the measure of attitudes towards the semiotic strategy in favor of the post application, which means the semiotic strategy is effective in developing the personal values for high school students in Jordan.
 Conclusions: The study recommended the need to train Islamic education teachers on using modern strategies, including the semiotic strategy.

The Reasons for Secondary School Students Dropping Out: The Teachers' Point of View

Students dropping out has become a serious attention recently, particularly in the third world countries. Many notions have addressed the main factors which underlies such a phenomenon. This study, therefore, aimed to identify the reasons for secondary school students in Jordan dropping out of their schools from the teachers’ point of view. In this sense, the teachers’ perspective was necessary to obtain overall depictions related to behind reasons of students’ dropping out. The descriptive approach was used in addition to the use of the questionnaire as a study tool. The study sample consisted of 150 secondary school teachers in Ajloun Governorate, Jordan. The study was held in the first semester of the academic year 2021-2022 AD. Based on the data, the study concluded that there were 16 reasons for students dropping out of their schools to a high degree, and 6 reasons leading to students dropping out of their schools to a moderate degree, and 4 reasons leading to students dropping out of their schools to a low degree.

Challenges faced by primary school students in Jordan in learning Islamic education online

Background: Jordan is an Islamic country with a substantial percentage of its population belonging to the Muslim community. It teaches the younger generation Islamic knowledge (Malkawi, 2020). Islamic teaching consists of the preaching of the Quran, Sunnah, and Islamic history to the students. In Jordan, the three basics of Islamic education are given to children. However, with the surge of the COVID wave, the lockdown was imposed all around the country and education was made online. Online education did not satisfy teachers and students because of different issues including technical issues and social issues. Results: Analysing the response from the interview conducted, it can be said that mainly the technical issues faced by the teachers and students of Jordanian primary schools were mostly related to lagging and troubleshooting issues of the Dark application used by them to conduct online classes. Some of the difficulties were caused by distraction in a home environment, difficulty in accurate assessments of the students, no or less physical interaction, absence of practice-based learning and the lack of digital literacy. Conclusion: Since COVID-19 online education has been on the verge to rise in different parts of the world, including Jordan.

Effectiveness of E-learning in the Engineering-related Lessons in the Math Course amongst the Higher Basic School Students in Jordan from the Teachers’ Perspective

This study explored the effectiveness of employing an e-learning platform for giving online engineering-related lessons in the math course for the higher basic school students from the teachers’ perspective. The researcher adopted a descriptive analytical approach and designed a survey that is based on the five point Likert scale. He chose a purposive sample consisting from 95 female and male math teachers. Those teachers were chosen from 95 public schools located in Jordan. Those schools were chosen from three Jordanian cities (Irbid, Amman and Karak). Those cities represent the Central, Northern, and Southern Provinces. The sampled schools include: 35 schools in Amman, 30 schools in Karak and 30 schools in Irbid.   The researcher passed the questionnaire forms to the chosen teachers through WhatsApp Application. All the passed forms were filled and analysed. It was found that it’s very effective to employ the e-learning platform for giving online engineering-related lessons in the math course for the higher basic school students from the teachers’ perspective. The researcher recommends holding courses for math teachers about the instructional strategies used for delivering online education in the math course.

Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Relationship with Self-esteem Among School-Age Children in Jordan.

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and their relationship with self-esteem among secondary school students in Jordan. A cross-sectional, retrospective design was utilized using a convenience sample of 559 secondary school children (grades 7-11). Results showed that among the participating students, emotional abuse was the most commonly reported type of abuse (59.6%), followed by household violence (52.2%), bullying (44.7%), physical abuse (31.7%), emotional neglect (26.3), physical neglect (12.7%), and parents' separation (5.2%). Male students reported significantly more physical abuse than female students (37.5% vs 26.2%, p < 0.001), and significantly more physical neglect than female students (18.2% vs 7.6%, p < 0.001). However, female students reported significantly more household violence than male student (60.0% vs 43.9%, p < 0.001). Self-esteem scores were lower for students who reported physical abuse (d = 0.38, p < 0.001), household violence (d = 0.25, p < 0.003), emotional neglect (d = 0.45, p < 0.001), physical neglect (d = 0.58, p < 0.001), and bullying (d = 0.29, p = 0.001). Self-esteem was best predicted by physical abuse (β = - 0.114, p = 0.009), emotional neglect (β = - 0.169, p < 0.001), and physical neglect (β = - 0.148, p < 0.001). Efforts should be exerted to prevent violence against children. National programs and community awareness campaigns should focus on the violence's detrimental effects on children.