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Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleEvaluating the Implementation and Effectiveness of GIS-Based Application in Secondary School Geography LessonsAli DemirciThe purpose of the study was to investigate the barriers preventing the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in secondary school geography lessons and to determine its effectiveness on students’ success. A workshop focusing on ways to implement GIS-based application in the classroom for 14 teachers from nine high schools was conducted in 2006. The teachers were given GIS software, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2008 · 8,110 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleHIV/AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Behavior Among Junior Secondary School Students in South AfricaKarl Peltzer, Supa PromtussananonThe aim of the study was to assess HIV/AIDS knowledge and sexual behaviour among jun-ior Secondary School students in South Africa using a cross-sectional survey design. The sample con-sisted of 3150 students, with 44.1% were male and 55.9% female students. Their mean age was 15.75 yrs (SD=1.61) ranging from 13 to 24 years chosen from 150 schools in South Africa. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,770 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleFactors Affecting the Standard of Female Education: A Case Study of Senior Secondary Schools in the Kassena-Nankana DistrictI. A. Adetunde, Akampae Peter AkensinaThis study presents the current factors affecting the standard of female education in the Kassena-Nankana district in Upper East Region of Ghana. Poverty, long-held negative attitudes about women's intellectual capabilities, teenage pregnancy, early marriage, examination failure in mathematics and science and the traditional division of household labour are among the many factors that continue to keep vast numbers of girls … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,990 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleConceptual Understanding in Secondary School Chemistry: A Discussion of the Difficulties Experienced by StudentsKamisah Osman, Nur Suhaidah SukorIt has been widely discussed that students’ conceptual alternatives in science play a vital role in shaping their scientific understanding acquired through formal science learning. As one of the components in the science subject, students coming to chemistry lessons also bring in them own chemistry conceptual alternatives. It is widely argued that meaningful learning occurrs if students’ actively construct their … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 5 · 17 May 2013 · 10,054 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleMathematics Anxiety and Achievement Among Secondary School StudentsEffandi Zakaria, Normalizam Mohd Zain, Nur Amalina Ahmad, Ayu ErlinaResearch has shown that mathematics achievement in students is influenced by psychological factors such as mathematics anxiety. Weaknesses among students in learning mathematics in particular will affect the efforts of various sectors in making Malaysia a fully developed nation by 2020. The purpose of this study was to determine mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement among secondary school students in Selangor, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 11 · 1 Sep 2012 · 13,305 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleAn Analysis of Teaching Styles in Primary and Secondary School Teachers based on the Theory of Multiple IntelligencesTajularipin Sulaiman, Aminuddin Hassan, Hor Yen YiProblem statement: The practice of contemporary teaching methods that looked into student diversity had started to dominant most classrooms. In recent years, teachers had adopted a multiple intelligences approach in teaching to meet the needs of a wider range of students. Objective of the present study was to determine the Multiple Intelligence (MI) profile and teaching styles of primary and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 9,843 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleThe Relationship between School, Class and Co-Curriculum Absenteeism on the Academic Performance of Selected Secondary SchoolAzizi Yahaya, Jamaludin Ramli, Shahrin Hashim et al.Problem statement: The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between causes of truant, types of truant and activities done during truant against academic achievement among the lower secondary students. Approach: The research instrument used in this study was questionnaire with Likert scale. The respondents for this study were 80 students were randomly chosen as respondents through simple … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 8,098 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleMulticultural Upper Secondary School Life in Denmark: Identifications, Solidarity and CitizenshipYvonne MørckEducation has played an important role in the development of the Nordic welfare states. As in other European countries, present day Denmark wrestles with the problem of finding ways to handle the increased diversity of its population in terms of, for instance, ethnicity, religion and language. Hence, negotiations and contestations about how to operationalize different forms of multiculturalism on all … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2007 · 8,037 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleSex Bias in Secondary School Social Studies Textbooks: A Case Study in IndiaK. Sumalatha, D. RamakrishnaiahTextbooks are filled with names of famous men and authors. So a reexamination of the composition of the textbook writing staff has been necessary for the staff’s conception of male-female equality has a tremendous influence on the formation of gender role consciousness in children. It is difficult for girls to find names of women who were active in times of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2004 · 8,490 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titlePilot Investigation on the Mismatches of Classroom Furniture and Student Body Dimensions in Malaysian Secondary SchoolsRaja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla, Zahari Taha, Suraya Kamaruddin, Iskandar HasanuddinProblem statement: This study is an investigation of the mismatch between chair and desk dimensions and student body dimensions. Approach: The objective of this study was to determine whether design improvement and further study is required in order to improve the conditions in Malaysian primary schools. Results: The supplied standard government issued classroom furniture was measured and anthropometrics measurements data … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,384 accessesView PDFCite