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Focarile, Deborah Ann Sharp Patricia Tipton. "The accelerated reader program and students' attitude towards reading." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/2693.
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Chan, Chuk-yue Gloria, and 陳燭餘. "A study on high school students' attitude towards marriage." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248354.
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Liang, Miaoyin, and 梁妙茵. "Medical students' attitude towards antibiotics misuse in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4842447X.
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Background
Antibiotics resistance is a major public health threat worldwide. Super bugs, for example, drug resistant tuberculosis or Staphylococcus aureus, are increasingly common in the communities. Hong Kong is one of the areas which have the highest antibiotics resistant strains prevalence rate in the world. Irrational use of antibiotics is an important contributing factor to the emergence of antibiotics resistance. Physician stewardship in the prescription of antibiotics is pivotal in the prevention of antibiotics resistance emergence. Medical students are going to be practicing doctors after graduation from medical school. But few studies had been conducted to investigate their knowledge and attitude towards antibiotics resistance and use, and relations with anticipated antibiotics prescription behaviour.
Method
145 medical students at the University of Hong Kong were recruited in this study to complete a self-administered questionnaire. There were in total 14 questions in this questionnaire, covering 2 major themes 1.Self-report of current and past antibiotic use and behaviour; 2.Anticipated prescription behaviour of antibiotics upon graduation and practice in the future. Chi-square test was used to investigate the association between attitude and knowledge of antibiotics with their anticipated prescription behavior upon graduation and practice. Multivariable logistic regression model was used to adjust for potential confounders.
Results
67.6 % of the participants hold the correct knowledge of the proper use of antibiotics. Compare with the participants who hold the wrong knowledge, they were to 0.18 times more likely to inappropriately prescribe antibiotics for non-complicated Upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). (OR: 0.18, 95 % CI: (0.08, 0.43); p <0.001). Respectively 33.6 % and 4.9% of all the participants perceived the severity of antibiotics resistance in Hong Kong as “Severe” and “Very severe “. Those who rated “Severe” or above were 0.37 times more likely to inappropriately prescribe antibiotics for non-complicated URTIs compared with the participants who rated “Neutral” or below. (OR: 0.37, 95 % CI: (0.15, 0.91); p = 0.03). Logistic regression model was employed to test the interaction effect. Result showed that clinical training significantly interacted with antibiotics knowledge (p < 0.01)and perceived severity of antibiotics resistance (p = 0.02) in their relations with inappropriate prescription for non-complicated URTIs.
Conclusion
For the medical students who have received clinical training, those who were more aware of the severity of antibiotics resistance in Hong Kong were less likely to inappropriately prescribe antibiotics for non-complicated URTI. For the medical students who have not received clinical training, correct knowledge of antibiotic use is associated with less inappropriate antibiotics prescription behaviour. These suggest that knowledge and attitude towards antibiotics resistance and use are important factors that may impact on physician stewardship in antibiotics use in the community.published_or_final_version
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Thornberg, Göran. "High performing students’ attitude towards motivation in English classes." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för språkdidaktik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-86957.
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This study aims towards high performing students’ perspective on motivation and how they consistently obtain high grades in English classes. Different characteristics from Skolverket’s study that were common for high performing students along with Reeve’s self-determination theory was used as background research. Qualitative interviews were used to analyse the high performing students’ perception of how they are challenged in English classes and how they motivate themselves. The results show that high performance in English classes is not so much an innate ability, which some are born with, but rather a question of motivation and character.
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Radu, Maria Carina. "Designing for a sustainable attitude : The role of informal education in changing students' attitude towards recycling." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96537.
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An essential part on the way to a sustainable society is each individual’s perspective on handling consumption. To develop a sustainable attitude towards one step in the consumption process, such as recycling, is a way to prevent environmental problems. This project aims to design through informal education and social innovation a solution for increasing the rate of waste separation among students in Sweden. In order to do so, it focuses on students at Linnaeus University in Växjö as an example and it responds to the local needs. It supposes collaborations with student associations, Linnaeus University, recycling companies and Växjö municipality. The solution proposes an innovative framework formulated to develop the habit of separating waste. Through informal education, it intends to deliver the knowledge and create the social space for practice and connection necessary in developing the proposed habit. The theoretical perspectives include design for learning in the context of waste separation, while gamification and learning by doing are tools for development. Several methods are used throughout the innovation process. Among these, conducting a workshop is the main one for defining the design project. The project can be considered a social innovation because it responds to the students’ needs of connection and self-worth, addressed through knowledge about recycling, awareness and interaction, and to the needs of the Swedish society of a higher rate of waste reparation.
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Yildiz, Veysel. "Investigation Of The Change In Sixth Grade Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610255/index.pdf.
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Teaching mathematics is now gaining more importance, as the new
elementary mathematics school curriculum has been adapted to Turkish
Educational System. One of the main goals of the curriculum reform is to
increase elementary school students&rsquoproblem solving abilities in mathematics (Koç
, ISiksal &
Bulut
2007). In this study, the aim is to investigate the change in sixth grade students&rsquo
problem solving abilities, attitude towards problem solving and attitude toward mathematics after mathematics instruction based on Polya&rsquo
s problem solving steps. The sample of this study consisted of 53 sixth grade students from an elementary school in Istanbul. The participants consist of a class selected conveniently among all the sixth grade classes in the school. In these selected classes, mathematical problems are solved according to the Polya&rsquo
s problem solving steps by following different problem solution techniques during the semester.At the end of this study, the three main results were found: 1) Instruction based on Polya&rsquo
s step has significantly affected students&rsquo
problem solving abilities in a positive way, 2) students&rsquo
attitudes towards problem solving has changed in a positive way, 3) students&rsquo
attitudes towards mathematics is enhanced by the instruction based on Polya&rsquo
s problem solving steps.
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Alabdullah, Jihad [Verfasser]. "Attitude of medical students towards psychiatry: transcultural perspective / Jihad Alabdullah." Berlin : Medizinische Fakultät Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1121007449/34.
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Bayudan, Kenny Juntilla. "Students' attitude towards mathematics at the University of Évora, Portugal." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/11825.
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Este estudo é uma tentativa de determinar a atitude dos estudantes de
primeiro ano, que tiveram como objecto de estudo a matemática no primeiro
semestre no ano académico de 13/14 na universidade de Évora, Portugal.
Um questionário foi feito, passou por verificações de fiabilidade e validade, e
serviu para reunir dados sobre a atitude dos estudantes em relação a
matemática tais como a motivação, interesses, compreensão e níveis de
ansiedade. Os resultados desta pesquisa mostraram que os alunos de
primeiro ano normalmente têm uma atitude positiva em relação à matemática
antes de entrarem na universidade. Existe uma forte correlação ente a
atitude, motivação e interesse, perceção da competência e nível de
ansiedade. Esta avaliação é importante para a universidade e para o seu
corpo administrativo pois levanta preocupações sobre o fator aprendizagem.
Também ajuda a entender a predisposição dos estudantes para a matemática
e ajuda a criar hipóteses de intervenção para ajudar aqueles que tem uma
atitude mais negativa em relação ao objecto de estudo; ### Abstract:
Students’ Attitude towards Mathematics at the University of Évora,
Portugal
This study is an attempt to determine the attitude of freshmen students who
were taking a math subject in the fall semester of the academic year 2013-
2014 at the University of Évora, Portugal. A questionnaire was developed,
which underwent validity and reliability analyses, and used to gather data
about students’ attitude towards math and their motivation, interest, perceived
competence, and anxiety levels. The results of this research show that
freshmen students generally have positive attitude towards mathematics prior
to commencing university formation. There is a strong positive correlation
between attitude and the motivation and interest, perceived competence and
anxiety dimensions. This assessment is important to the university faculty and
administration as it raises concern on the affective aspect of learning. It also
helps them to understand the disposition of their students in math and create
possible means of intervention to help those with a negative attitude towards
the subject.
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Hargrove, Emily J. "Nutrition Knowledge and Attitude Towards Nutrition Counseling Among OsteopathicMedical Students." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469139245.
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O'Hara, J. Martin (John Martin) 1922. "Student attitude towards school in Quebec English secondary schools." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=55623.
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Halalau, Ruxandra, and Gustaf Kornias. "Factors influencing users' attitude towards display advertising on Facebook." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Marketing and Logistics, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-19005.
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Background: Researchers have investigated display advertising in the past several years from different perspectives but only in connection to traditional Web sites and not specifically for social networking sites. Facebook is the most prominent social networking site in terms of number of users and its main source of revenue is its online advertising business. Having display advertising in their virtual space is the reason why social networks are able to offer free service and as such the need to understand how users perceive it arises The most important way of understanding users’ perceptions about the advertis- ing messages is by studying attitudes. In order to understand the attitudes toward Facebook display advertising, it is necessary to examine the factors that affect the attitude-toward-the-ad. Ad perceptions, ad credibility, attitude toward advertisers, attitude toward advertising and mood have been identified by previous researchers as clearly influencing the attitude toward specific ads. Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate user’s attitude toward display advertising on Facebook by identifying the main factors that influence the formation of attitudes. Method: In order to fulfill the purpose and uncover the main factors that influence the attitude towards display advertising on Facebook, a qualitative research has been conducted. Both a primary and a secondary data search was per- formed. The primary data was collected by carrying out semistructured interviews with students at Jönköping University which resulted in a number of 20 respondents. The secondary data was gathered through the use of the resources available at the university library, both digital and paper based. Internet Web sites have also been reviewed when needed. Conclusions: The authors found that users display an accepting, positive attitude toward display advertising on Facebook. There have been identified five main fac- tors influencing Facebook users’ attitude and these are ad credibility, ad perceptions, attitude toward the advertiser, informativeness and lack of irritation. Moreover, the informativeness factor was found to have the greatest influence in terms of the behavior Facebook users have toward display advertising.
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Bassette, Lorraine Pratt. "An assessment of the attitudes and outcomes of students enrolled in developmental basic mathematics classes at Prince George's community college." Diss., [Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2004. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01072005-164605.
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Pershad, Priya, and Viktoriia Baibuz. "A quantitative research on the attitude of European students towards Chinese web shops." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39645.
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A quantitative research in the attitude of European students towards Chinese web shops. The purpose of this research is to determine which factors influence the attitude of European students the most while purchasing from Chinese webshops. The research framework is inspired by the Theory of Planned behaviour. The responses from the questionair were analysed using SPSS and the findings indicated that perceived behaviour control influences the attitude of European students the most, closely followed by website factors and service quality. In contrast, the factors subjective norms, price as well as product variety shows relatively smaller influence. Nevertheless, these factors should not be neglected when targeting European students for online shopping.
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Friis-Jespersen, Christopher. "Celebrity endorser’s credibility: effect on consumers’ attitude toward advertisement : Factors influencing vloggers credibility among viewers and their relation with attitude toward advertisement." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-64645.
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Social media has become an attractive platform for companies to advertise their brands on and a common method is to pay internet celebrities to use their fame to promote the companies’ brands. One of these social media platforms is Youtube where “YouTubers” using their fame to promote brands on a daily basis in form of video logs (vlogs). Studies has indicated that the more credibility an endorser has, the more likely the purchase intention is, but also higher retention for the advertised brand. Therefor the purpose of this study is to describe the factors of endorser credibility, benefiting endorsers in how they can increase their credibility. The study also looked at the relation between endorsers’ credibility and attitude towards the advertisement, benefiting companies in choosing the most profitable endorser. A quantitative study was conducted to answer the research purpose, where a questionnaire was sent out to students on LUT (Luleå University of Technology). The results of this study suggested that endorsers credibility consists of all the five factors that was looked at in this study which was trustworthiness, attractiveness, expertise, homogeneous and tie strength. Findings of this study also suggested a direct and positive relation between some factors of endorser credibility with attitude towards advertisement
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Svensson, Daniel, and Amelie Sjöberg. "A quantitative study of the attitudes towards loyalty programs among students." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-19148.
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Title: A quantitative study of the attitudes towards loyalty programs among students Course/ course code: 2FE16E – Independent degree project of the marketing program with integrated method, 30 hp Authors: Sjöberg, Amelie 880410; Svensson, Daniel 890329 Background: In today’s global market, companies strive to gain a competitive position and attract as many customers as possible. One of the most important factors within the retail industry is customer loyalty. Loyalty program have become a common tool for companies to carry out in order to attract and keep customers and make them loyal to the company. However, little research has been conducted to understand what attitude customers have towards the programs. Are they really that value adding and effective for customers as companies think they are? Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe students’ attitudes towards loyalty programs within the grocery retail industry. To get an understanding of what offerings that are attractive within a membership in a loyalty program, as well as to see if a membership affects the behavior of customers. Method: This quantitative study has been carried out by a deductive approach with questionnaires as the data collection method. The research design has been based on a descriptive design. Conclusion: The study found that students have favorable attitudes towards the usage of loyalty programs. Further, the attitudes toward offering segmented loyalty programs were also favorable from students. The study also found signs that indicated that membership inICA’s loyalty program, lead to an increase in frequency of store visits. Additionally the research also found that student’s value economical benefits as the most attractive offerings in a loyalty program, such as discounts and personally customized discount. Keywords: Attitude, loyalty program, frequency, segmentation, offerings, ICA.
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Law, Sin-yee Angelina, and 羅羨儀. "Effects of training on attitude of student-teachers towards integration." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3195568X.
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Zebelman, Edna S. "Attitude change towards faculty careers during the socialization experience in nursing doctoral programs /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7717.
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Lawrence, Michelle. "Exploring attitudes of University students towards seeking psychological counselling." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3327.
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Magister Psychologiae - MPsychStudent counselling services, typically located within a holistic developmental approach, aim to render comprehensive student services to service users in relation to their psychological, social,educational and spiritual well-being. However, a number of cognitive and affective barriers reportedly reduce the likelihood of young people at universities seeking professional psychological help for personal-emotional problems. Accordingly, the aim of this study, which is located within the Theory of Reasoned Action, was to explore students’ attitudes towards utilising student counselling services, as well as their interpretations of the influence of age, gender and education on their attitudes and self-rated knowledge regarding seeking psychological help. The study thereby attempts to provide an understanding of the factors that influence help-seeking behaviours in university students. The research sample consisted of twenty nine students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The data was collected through focus group discussions, which were conducted using an open-ended and participantcentred approach to the discussion. The qualitative approach of the study was informed by the theory of social phenomenology. Data gathered from the focus group discussions was thematically analysed. The results suggest that attitudes have a potentially important influence on intentions to seek out psychological counselling. Findings show that students feel shame and guilt when they are struggling psychologically and as a result avoid seeking psychological intervention for fear of being negatively stigmatised. The study revealed that education around mental health disorders and the management thereof was crucial in order for them to be demystified and de-stigmatised, and to facilitate openness in the sharing of these problems, and society’s understanding and acceptance of people experiencing psychological disorders. Results also indicate that there is a shift taking place in these attitudes, and suggest ways in which this change can be further facilitated, such as the utilisation of peer helpers who could play a key role in facilitating and reinforcing help seeking behaviour. The outcomes of the study may further contribute to informing universities’ goal to provide accessible, quality and effective development and support services to its students.
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Roos, Karen. "An investigation into the attitudes of male undergraduate students towards menstruation: The psychometric properties of the Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6702.
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Magister Artium (Psychology) - MA(Psych)Menstruation is an integral and normal part of human life, indeed of human existence. Instead of being celebrated as a noteworthy landmark of biological maturity in a young girl‟s life, menstruation has become an organic experience burdened with socio-cultural implications (Ussher, 2006). Existing studies suggest that males often view menstruation in a more negative light, which have shown to promote sexism and negative attitudes towards women (Marvan, Vazquez-Toboada, & Chrisler, 2013). The Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire (MAQ) was designed to assess attitudes towards menstruation among men and women and has been applied in a variety of contexts (Brooks-Gun and Ruble, 1980). Despite the extensive use of this scale in various contexts (Jarrah & Kamel, 2012; Neşe Sahin Ozdemir, 2013) there is limited information on its psychometric properties, specifically the factor structure of the instrument. For the MAQ to be meaningful when used in South Africa, it is first necessary to explore the psychometric properties of the instrument when applied to a South African sample. Participants (n = 163) for the study were young male students from the University of the Western Cape who were recruited through purposive sampling. Permission to access students was obtained from the registrar‟s office. Informed consent was obtained from participants for data collection and for use of the data for research purposes. The questionnaires were anonymous in order to protect participant identities. To further ensure confidentiality, all data was kept on a password protected personal computer. Furthermore, this study utilised a cross-sectional research design. Two self-report measures were administered: the MAQ and a demographic questionnaire. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to uncover the underlying structure of the MAQ. The study found that both the EFA, as well as the forced factor solution, did not produce a meaningful pattern of loadings. All ethical guidelines stipulated by the University of the Western Cape were strictly adhered to.
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Tuvesson, Joakim, and Shiyu Yu. "Student saving, does it exist? : A study of students' saving behavior, attitude towards saving and motivation to save." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-45157.
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Swedish households are getting deeper in debt and house prices keeps on rising. This is what happened in USA and it was one of the major causes of the recent financial crisis. To avoid a similar crisis in Sweden we think one part of the solution is to make sure that those who are students today and soon will get jobs, buy houses, take loans etcetera have necessary knowledge to do so. Students’ saving is an area that almost completely lacked researchers’ attention, and one goal with this thesis is to point out why it’s an important subject and to increase interest among other researchers. We want to give other researcher a foundation to start from, to give an idea of what students saving looks like, so they can continue to explore this important subject. Our research is using theories developed on private saving in American households as a background, and two psychological theories, The theory of planned behavior by Ajzen (1991) and Self-determination theory by Deci and Ryan (2000) as a foundation. This thesis primary focus is on researching students attitude towards saving, students attitude towards stocks and students motivation towards saving. This is researched by distributing a Likert Scale based questionnaire to two groups, business students and technical energy students, a total of 133 students. The answers were collected in two classrooms and all students agreed to fill in the questionnaire leaving us with no non-response bias. The result was very positive and quite surprising. A majority of the students in our study have a positive attitude towards saving, a slightly positive attitude towards stocks and they are motivated to save. Our conclusion is that although the result is positive students saving and students knowledge about saving can be further improved by more education.
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Wong, Ho-yan Joyce, and 黃可欣. "Junior secondary school students' attitude towards school science in aHong Kong co-educational school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50177102.
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This study aimed at finding out junior secondary student’s attitude towards school science in a co-educational school in Hong Kong. Eleven items from the survey instrument Attitude towards School Science (AtSS) were used to collect both descriptive and explanatory data on student’s attitude towards school science. The sample consisted of 393 Form 1 to Form 3 students. Their positive AtSS were found to decline with grade level (i.e. declining from Form 1 to Form 3). The decrease in positive attitude was sharpest between Form 2 and Form 3. A remarkable decrease in positive attitude towards their science teachers was also noticed between Form 2 and Form 3 mainly due to the decrease in variety of activities during the lessons. In general, female students were less positive to school science but they were trying harder than the male students because they wanted to do well even though they were not as interested as male students in the subject. In terms of interest, female students were more favorably inclined towards biological science and male students towards physical sciences. Based on the findings, it is suggested that the curriculum and time allocation for junior secondary science, especially for Form 3, should be revised so as to help cultivate student’s interest in science. Also, peer observations can be arranged more frequently to let teachers learn from each other.published_or_final_version
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Laubscher, Dorothy Joy. "Mathematics teacher–students attitude towards information and communication technology across three countries / D.J. Laubscher." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4718.
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Low achievement in Mathematics is a problem that faces schools, colleges and universities, not only in South Africa, but worldwide. Many efforts have been made to explore different ways in which teaching and learning can be more effective. ICT provides endless possibili–ties to enhance the teaching and learning of Mathematics. The purpose of this study is to determine teacher–students’ attitude towards ICTs in order to plan for effective, efficient and appropriate methods of Mathematics education. It further aims to determine to what extent these students will be willing to use ICTs in their own studies as well as in the teaching pro–cess in their classrooms, and aims to compare the students’ attitudes across three countries i.e. South Africa, Tanzania and Finland. The population consisted of Mathematics education teacher–students enrolled at the following institutions: School for Continuing Teacher Educa–tion (SCTE) at the North–West University in South Africa (317 students), the Iringa University College, University of Tumaini in Tanzania (111 students), and the University of Joensuu in Finland (56 students). This study followed a quantitative cross–sectional survey design com–prising a single mode research questionnaire to three groups of students in three countries. The instrument that was used was based on the Loyd and Gressard Computer Attitude Sur–vey (1984) (CAS), with a few additional questions to add to the relevance of this study. Questionnaires were completed by each group of students. The questionnaires were posted to each Mathematics teacher–student at the SCTE with a return envelope included. The re–searcher visited Tanzania and administered the questionnaire to the students at their univer–sity and some students in Finland completed the survey online while others completed a pa–per–based copy, which was returned to the researcher. Descriptive statistical techniques, reliability and validity of the instrument scale, inferential statistics (ANOVA), and cross–tabulations were used, and where appropriate, effect sizes were calculated. Findings indi–cated that the teacher–students have a positive attitude to computers and that they are willing to use ICTs in their own studies and in their teaching at school. The comparison of their atti–tudes revealed that the South African and Tanzanian teacher–students have a more positive attitude towards ICTs than the Finnish students. The teacher–students in the two African countries were also more willing to use ICTs than the students in Finland, despite their in–creased exposure and access to technology. To create an environment of effective Mathe–matics education, a number of factors play an important role. Mathematics education sup–ported by good pedagogical content knowledge can be transformed into effective Mathemat–ics education with the aid of a positive computer attitude and willingness to use technology. Together these aspects are supported by the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) framework.Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Thulin, Sofie, and Nadine Rashid. "Chinese students’ knowledge and attitude towards sustainability : focus on IKEA and their sustainability work." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-13997.
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Consumers consider themselves being able to change their consumption behavior and by that make a difference. This makes it easier for organizations in the usage of sustainability in their marketing strategy in order to attract customers and keep the already existing ones. As one of the world’s largest furniture retailing company, IKEA has a well established sustainability policy. They believe that they have a responsibility to control the impact of their business and the role that they play in society. The aim with this research is to contribute to IKEA’s awareness of the Chinese students’ level of knowledge when discussing sustainability in China. This thesis studied the Chinese students’ knowledge and attitude towards IKEA’s sustainability work. The purpose is to establish an understanding of the students’ viewpoint when discussing environmental friendly purchases. It was also within the scope of interest to investigate whether IKEA manage to reach the selected group of respondents. The study was conducted with a quantitative method. Data was collected through a distribution of self-completion questionnaire with 120 respondents.The analysis of this study showed that 57,3% of the respondents have never heard of IKEA before, which leads to next analysis where they believe that IKEA should put more effort in marketing their sustainability work.
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Avén, Johanna, and Christel-Anne Jacobson. "Nursing students´knowledge of and attitudes towards female genital mutilation : a quantitative study in Ghana." Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-193.
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The topic of this study was Female Genital Mutilation, a crime against human rights and a severe problem in parts of Africa. Laws against FGM have had limited effect and nurses are faced with many opportunities to inspire behavioral changes in individuals, making the aim of this study to explore Ghana’s nursing students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards female genital mutilation. Data was collected at the Atibie Midwifery and Nursing Training School located in central Ghana. It was a descriptive non-experimental empirical study carried out by collecting quantitative data with questionnaires. Data was registered and analyzed manually. The outcome of this study indicated that nursing students at Atibie Midwifery and Nursing Training School in Ghana have a fairly high knowledge of FGM and FGM-related complications. Further, the students seem to have very mixed attitudes towards FGM, the majority being a negative attitude towards the practice. Although, a small part of the study population does have a more traditional point of view.
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Sunny, Cijy Elizabeth. "Stakeholders’ Conceptualization of Students’ Attitudes and Persistence towards STEM: A Mixed Methods Instrument Development and Validation Study." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1521190666039014.
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Farahlexis, Durano. "Attitudes Towards English and Fil-English Code-switching Amongst High School Students in Ormoc City, Philippines." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-32844.
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This study presents findings obtained from 280 fourth year high school students in Ormoc City, Philippines concerning their attitude towards English and towards Fil-English code-switching. It is a partially comparative study that surveys similarities and differences of attitude towards code-switching between 140 public high school students and 140 private high school students. The survey incorporates both quantitative and qualitative methods. The result shows that participants are generally positive towards English and Fil-English code-switching. However, there are more private school students who have a neutral attitude towards code-switching, compared to public high school students. In addition, the result shows that code-switching amongst the 280 high school students is a marked socio-linguistic activity. Furthermore, the result shows that Fil-English is both subtractive and additive bilingualism from the students’ viewpoint. Finally, findings show that the participants’ attitudes towards English and Fil-English illustrate diglossia in their speech community.
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Ma, Kin-hing, and 馬健慶. "The relationship between achievement in and attitude towards science, approach to learning and classroom environment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31957341.
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Akimanimpaye, Furaha. "Attitudes of undergraduate nursing students towards E- learning at the University of the Western Cape." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3292.
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Magister Curationis - MCurThe development of internet has provided an opportunity for offering online learning. Online learning otherwise known as ‘e-learning’ is a fast growing new concept of modern education. Substantial evidence indicates that many universities across the world have started offering study programmes through a variety of e-learning methods. Although e- learning environments are becoming popular, there is minimal research on learners’ attitudes toward online learning environments. Past research has recommended a variety of factors affecting user attitude so far as e-Learning is concern. It is thus against this background that this study purports to determine the attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward e–learning at the University of the Western Cape. The study developed an integrated model with six dimensions: learners, instructors, courses, technology, design, and environment. A survey was conducted on 213 undergraduate nursing students to assess their attitudes toward e-learning. The study employed the survey methodology based on the questionnaire that was distributed randomly to students to assess their attitudes towards e-learning and to find out if any existing demographical factors impact on the students’ use of e- learning. The results revealed that males and females differed significantly in terms of satisfaction levels. When specific demographic variables with two outcome levels (age group, computer facility at home, computer training experience and experience in e-learning prior to registering at UWC) are considered, there is no statistically significant difference (from the sample t-test) in learner satisfaction between these groups. From a valid response rate (90% of the sample), statistical analysis (multivariate analysis) revealed that learner satisfaction as the control variable is influenced by perceived easy to use, gender and year level of participants. The findings also showed a significant difference between male and female satisfaction. In this regard, 4th year nursing students were proven to be less likely to be satisfied with e-learning than 2ndyear nursing students, whereas female nursing students are more likely to be satisfied with e-learning than male nursing students. Generally, the study’s findings demonstrate a favourable attitude towards e-learning among nursing students at University of the Western Cape.
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Tiavin, Kiril, Frederic Köllisch, and Vili Nurminen. "Product placement in Hollywood blockbusters: brand recognition and attitude towards the practice : A case study on product placement attitudes among international students." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-26742.
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Background: Advertising channels in today's marketplace are becoming more limited with the development of ad-free sources of entertainment. The phenomenon of product placements is therefore becoming one of the most important sources for advertising in media. Especially film productions have turned into a canvas for companies to display their brands upon. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the case of product placements in Hollywood blockbuster movies. In particular, brand recognition and audience's ac-ceptance of a brand’s presence in movies were examined. Method: A mixed method approach was applied in order to fulfill the purpose of this thesis and answer research questions. A questionnaire in the form of a handout and focus group discussions were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data from audiences consisting of international students. The questionnaires were handed out after the movies had been shown in a setting resembling that of a movie theater, meaning that respondents were not aware of the study beforehand and were therefore not biased. The focus group discussions gave us information needed in answering the second research question and getting more insights of the practice. Conclusions: Our research showed that product placements in movies lead to brand recognition, and audience’s acceptance of a brand’s presence is influenced by congru-ency of product placement in movies. This outcome resulted from the combination of four determining factors: movie genre, execution factors, appropriateness in the movie setting and brand characteristics.
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Robinson, Heather. "THE USE OF SCIENCE REFORM INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS AND THEIR EFFECT ON 3RD GRADE STUDENTS' PARTICIPATION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS S." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3871.
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The purpose of this research study was to determine whether the use of science reform instructional methods had an effect on student participation in and attitudes towards science education. The participants in this 12 week study were third grade students. Data were collected using a pre and post attitudinal survey, student journals, a participation log, and a researcher reflection journal. Several conclusions were made. The use of science reform instructional methods did affect student participation and attitudes towards science. Student journals indicated that students enjoyed the use of technology, hands-on science equipment, working in pairs or small groups and the opportunity to share their ideas and learn from their classmates. This study does lend itself to additional research. Due to the small sample size, the shortened time for research, and the population, these research questions should be investigated with another group of students in order to make more definitive decisions regarding the methods to use in their classroom. If the research is conducted again using a different group of students, a larger population will be needed, as well as a lengthened period for research.M.Ed.
Department of Teaching and Learning Principles
Education
K-8 Math and Science MEd
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Egbera, Joyce Ifeanyi. "Male University students’ knowledge, beliefs and attitude towards screening for prostate cancer in Benin City, Nigeria." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1542.
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DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN FINAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE MASTERS OF TECHNOLOGIAE IN NURSING
IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS SCIENCES AT THE CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
2015Beliefs and awareness towards prostate cancer screening among men is very crucial for early detection and management of the condition. From various literatures reviewed, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death amongst men. In Nigeria, it is the most common male cancer and may be as high as that seen in African Americans in the United State. In most developing countries e.g Benin Republic, Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria, access to health care and prostate cancer screening methods for early detection is limited. AIM: The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge, belief and attitude of male students in the Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria towards prostate cancer screening in order to curb the high incidence and death rate resulting from this disease. POPULATION: The study populations will be Faculty of Social and management Science students of range 18-35 years at Benson Idahosa University, Benin-City, Nigeria. SAMPLE: All students will be selected from the number of male students that are registered in the Faculty of Social Science. METHODOLOGY: This design selected for this study is qualitative cross-sectional. METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION: Interviews and questionnaires will be used as tool for data collection. KEY FINDINGS: The students had never received information from their health care provider about prostate cancer. Very few were able to identify the possible symptoms of prostate cancer. There is low level of knowledge about prostate cancer screening and they do not know what abnormal prostate specific antigen (PSA) is. Majority of the participants gained informed knowledge about prostate cancer screening for the first time from this study. The students have a pronounced negative attitude towards prostate cancer screening. Lack of awareness about cancer screening programs is also identified as a major barrier why many Nigerian men do not go for screening. The level of education has a positive influence to prostate cancer and screening. Prostate cancer screening is not a taboo to Bini culture. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study revealed that there is low level of knowledge about prostate cancer among male university students in Benin-City, Nigeria. RECOMMENDATIONS: Initiation of cancer teachings in schools, churches, and traditional gatherings. Demonstrations with the use posters in public places about prostate cancer menace and screening should be 3 encouraged. There should be implementation of policy that every male student from age 30 be involved in health education and promotion programs for prostate cancer. KEYWORDS: male, University students, knowledge of prostate cancer, beliefs and attitude towards screening for prostate cancer, Prostate cancer screening
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Stridh, Sandra, and Solvind Hammar. "Knowledge of Human papillomavirus (HPV) and attitudes towards HPV-vaccine among Thai female university students." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-214748.
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Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection and causes 529.000 cases of cervical cancer every year. Nowadays, there are vaccines available to prevent infection. Knowledge of HPV influence the attitude towards the vaccine and is therefore a factor of accepting the vaccine. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge of HPV and attitudes towards HPV-vaccine among Thai female university students. Method: Descriptive and cross-sectional study with quantitative method using a questionnaire. Purposive sampling was used. The sample consisted of students from two different universities in Bangkok, Thailand and out of the 201 students whom filled in the questionnaire, 192 questionnaires were used. Result: There were 64.6% of the participants that had heard of HPV previously. Of these, the most common source of information was health professionals. The HPV-vaccine was known by 42.6% of the participants and 17.4% had taken the vaccination. Over 90% of the participants had a poor or moderate knowledge of HPV. In total, most of the participants in the sample were found to have a positive level of attitude towards the vaccine (72.4%). Almost all participants wanted to know more about HPV and the HPV-vaccine and 88.5% thought it was necessary for them to get the vaccination. Conclusion: As some gaps in knowledge among the participants were shown, the information to young women should be improved and aim to increase the motivation towards the use of preventive methods, such as taking the HPV-vaccine.
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Kgagara, Murutluluga Reuben. "An assessment of the attitude towards entrepreneurship among higher education students in Sedibeng district / Kgagara M.R." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7371.
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Entrepreneurship has played an important role in economic prosperity and social
stability in many developed countries. Today South Africa as developing country is
faced with massive challenges of high levels of unemployment among the youth,
especially university graduates, due to lack of work experience, low skills base and
education. The formal labour market in South Africa is currently saturated, unable to
absorb the ever increasing number of labour force; hence, the decision by the
government to prioritise the development and support of small medium enterprises.
Beside all these interventions, South Africa is still ranked among the lowest of all
developing countries participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).
Today entrepreneurship is offered in most of the universities as part of the curriculum
but it is evident that levels of entrepreneurship are still not improving in the country.
There has been an upward trend in the number of young South Africans entering
higher education; this can be attributed to the poor market conditions for low–skilled
workers and the high monetary benefits to education. The daunting observation is
that while the graduate labour force is on the rise, a large number of graduates
possessing diplomas and degrees are finding it difficult to find employment.
Graduate unemployment in South Africa has been rising very fast since 1995 along
with national unemployment.
In this study the entrepreneur was used casually to refer to the owner or creator of a
new business, small, growing, and successful business. This includes any person
who sets up a small business, or changes from being an employee of an
organisation to being self employed, even though neither needs any significant
degree of innovation nor capital.
Risk taking and risk tolerance is one component of entrepreneurship that is very
critical, hence there is a need for more attention in the entrepreneurial education. In
the discovery perspective, cognition has impact on the chance that some people will
identify and seize the opportunity. Opportunity identification depends on prior
awareness and knowledge, whilst exploitation depends on having the necessary
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capabilities. Entrepreneurs should be able to read and recognise patterns for them to
recognise opportunities. Profile of an entrepreneur and skills required are technical
skills, perseverance, communication skills, managerial skills, leadership skills,
innovative skills, pro–activity, information seeking skills, and financial skills.
The primary objective of this study was to assess the attitudes and perceptions
towards entrepreneurship among students in a higher education institution in the
Sedibeng District of the Gauteng Province. The empirical study was conducted
among the population and recommendations on entrepreneurial education were
compiled.
The survey was conducted using a self–completion questionnaire method, whereby
questionnaires are handed out to respondents for self–completion and returned to the
researcher immediately. In an effort to encourage high response, the questionnaire
was accompanied by a cover letter which assured the respondents of confidentiality.
An attitude scale to test the prevalence of entrepreneurial attitudes and perceptions
among the respondents was used. The Likert scale was used whereby the
respondents were asked to rate a particular issue on a scale that ranged from
strongly disagrees to strongly agree.
The majority of the respondents are predominantly young Africans, from low income
families with only few parents that made it to university level, and mostly not involved
in entrepreneurship. The gap exists with regard to equipping the respondents with
entrepreneurial education and training. The university and other stakeholders should
create an environment that is supportive towards entrepreneurial activities. There are
still many business opportunities that need to be explored in South Africa but the
biggest challenge remains the access to knowledge and information with regard to
available support structures.
Tertiary institutions should: Develop start–up capital systems for students whilst
studying. The curriculum design should support employability skills such as
languages, starting your own businesses, presentation skills, creativity and
leadership abilities, specific qualifications focusing on business creation should be
developed, case studies should focus more on opportunity orientated ideas and
business and lecturing staff should be empowered to support entrepreneurial
activities in their respective fields. Databases of possible business ideas should be
developed.
A conceptual research model that will support accelerated youth entrepreneurship
should be developed in the country and research institutions should be contracted to
populate this research model. Furthermore, government regulations should be tested
regarding their impact on youth entrepreneurship development as a standard item.
Fresh approaches are thus needed to stimulate youth entrepreneurship in rural
areas. Therefore, policies and programmes to encourage youth entrepreneurship in
these areas should be researched.
National competitions for youth entrepreneurs should be encouraged and visible
events should be organised such as enterprise weeks at tertiary educational
institutions. Tertiary institutions can also investigate the possibility of business hives
for students or allowing students businesses to operate on campuses for the
duration of their studies.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Oruc, Akif. "Comparison Of 2002 And 2004 Elementary Science Curricula With Respect To Cognitive And Affective Characteristics Of Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610707/index.pdf.
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ABSTRACT
COMPARISON OF 2002 AND 2004 ELEMENTARY SCIENCE CURRICULA WITH RESPECT TO COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS
Oruç, Akif M.S., Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Giray Berberoglu June 2009, 116 pages The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of 2004 elementary science and technology curricula at grade level 7. For this purpose, the effect of 2004 curricula on the (1) achievement of the students in knowledge, conceptual understanding and higher order thinking skills clusters, (2) attitude toward science and technology, (3) teachers&rsquo
classroom activities were evaluated. This study was conducted on 290 7th grade students at six elementary schools in 2006-2007 spring term. These schools were located in Sincan, Yenimahalle and Mamak in Ankara. Two schools were administering 2004 curricula as pilot group and four of them were teaching science with 2002 curricula. Grade level 7 was selected for the study since both 2002 and 2004 curricula were being implemented in the schools only at this particular grade level. The achievement test questions were selected from TIMMS science achievement tests and the researcher&rsquo
s own questions written in line with the test plan. The questions include the common objectives of both 2002 and 2004 curricula. The Test of Science Related Attitudes was developed by Chaerul (2002). As a result of the factor analysis it was decided that, the scale contains five sub categories: Social implication of science, Scientist lifestyle, Enjoyment of learning in science lesson, Leisure interest in science, and Career interest in science. Teachers&rsquo
Classroom Activities Scale was taken from Pekiner (2007). It was decided that, the scale contains five sub categories
New Approach, Care of Teacher, Use of Equipment by teachers, Classical Classroom Activities and Processing the Subject category. The data were analyzed by using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The results of this analyses indicated no major difference between two science curricula. On the other hand, significant differences were found in leisure interest of students and use of equipment by teachers in favor of 2004 curricula. Knowledge and conceptual understanding level learning, the enjoyment of learning in science lesson and teachers&rsquo
classroom activities with reference to new approaches indicated significant results in favor of 2002 curricula.
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Hamm, D. Michael (Don Michael). "The Association Between Computer- Oriented and Non-Computer-Oriented Mathematics Instruction, Student Achievement, and Attitude Towards Mathematics in Introductory Calculus." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332306/.
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The purposes of this study were (a) to develop, implement, and evaluate a computer-oriented instructional program for introductory calculus students, and (b) to explore the association between a computer-oriented calculus instructional program, a non-computer-oriented calculus instructional program, student achievement on three selected calculus topics, and student attitude toward mathematics.
An experimental study was conducted with two groups of introductory calculus students during the Spring Semester, 1989. The computer-oriented group consisted of 32 students who were taught using microcomputer calculus software for in-class presentations and homework assignments. The noncomputer-oriented group consisted of 40 students who were taught in a traditional setting with no microcomputer intervention.
Each of three experimenter-developed achievement examinations was administered in a pretest/posttest format with the pretest scores being used both as a covariate and in determining the two levels of student prior knowledge of the topic.
For attitude toward mathematics, the Aiken-Dreger Revised Math Attitude Scale was administered in a pretest/ posttest format with the pretest scores being used as a covariate. Students were also administered the MAA Calculus Readiness Test to determine two levels of calculus prerequisite skill mastery.
An ANCOVA for achievement and attitude toward mathematics was performed by treatment, level, and interaction of treatment and level. Using a .05 level of significance, there was no significant difference in treatments, levels of prior knowledge of topic, nor interaction when achievement was measured by each of the three achievement examination posttests. Furthermore, there was no significant difference between treatments, levels of student prerequisite skill mastery, and interaction when attitude toward mathematics was measured, at the .05 level of significance.
It was concluded that the use of the microcomputer in introductory calculus instruction does not significantly effect either student achievement in calculus or student attitude toward mathematics.
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Lalor, Jennifer. "An investigation of students' perceptions of teacher support and equity in the classroom and their impact on students' attitude towards science." Curtin University of Technology, Science and Mathematics Education Centre, 2006. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=16797.
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This study investigated the relationship between students’ perceptions of learning environments and their attitude to science in Australian secondary schools. It focussed on teacher support and equity in the lower secondary school years of 8, 9, and 10. Teacher Support and Equity are two of the five scales of the What Is Happening In this Class (WIHIC) questionnaire. The scale to measure Attitude to Science was drawn from the Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA). Using the statistical package SPSS, gender differences and year level differences were examined for each of the scales. Results showed that the females rated the scales of Teacher Support and Equity more highly than did the males but the males had a more positive attitude to science than did the females. The Year 9 students were considerably less positive than those from years 8 and 10 on all three scales. Of the three scales, Equity received the highest rating across all the groups, while Attitude scored the lowest. Regression analysis showed statistically significant and positive associations between Attitude to Science and the Teacher Support and Equity scales. These results were consistent when tested separately for the male and female students, and for each of the year levels. To gain insights into science teaching and learning from a teacher’s perspective, one primary teacher, two high school teachers, and one pre-service teacher were interviewed. Their comments were found to support the quantitative results in that they agreed that teacher actions or inactions within the learning environment would affect the students’ attitude to science.They expressed the view that students needed to feel able to ask questions without criticism and receive the help they needed to progress, which corresponded to the Teacher Support scale. They also felt that it was not appropriate for teachers to favour any group of students over any other, thus supporting the concept of the Equity scale. The findings will assist teachers to develop strategies to address the problem of students’ declining attitude to science, a problem that is viewed as a potential threat to the economic future of Australia.
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Cicek, Ibrahim. "Investigation Of Secondary School Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605722/index.pdf.
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The purpose of the study was to investigate secondary school students&rsquoperformance on proof and attitude towards proof in geometry. The research was conducted on 367 10th grade students. The numbers of subjects were 94, 96, 90 and 87 from General High Schools (GHS), Anatolian High Schools (AHS), Science High Schools (SHS) and Private High Schools (PHS) respectively. The number of girls and boys were 142 and 225 respectively. To obtain the data of this study, the following measuring instruments were utilized: 1.Proof Performance in Geometry Test (PPGT)
2.Proof Attitude Scale in Geometry (PASG). They were developed by researchers. The results indicated that: 1.There were statistically significant differences among the mean scores of students enrolled in different school types with respect to performance on proof in geometry
2.There was no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of boys and girls with respect to performance on proof and attitude towards proof in geometry
3.There were no statistically significant differences among the mean scores of students enrolled in different school types with respect to attitude towards proof in geometry
4.There was statistically significant correlation between secondary school students&rsquo
performances on proof and attitude towards proof in geometry
5.While students in SHS got the highest scores from each question, students in GHS got the lowest scores
6. While most students in SHS perceived themselves as successful in geometry, most students in GHS perceived themselves unsuccessful.
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Ozdemir, Esra. "An Investigation On The Effects Of Project-based Learning On Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607166/index.pdf.
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Although geometry is important area in the mathematics curriculum, evidence from numerous research studies makes it clear that many students&rsquogeometrical understanding is not at the level they need or are expected to be, especially in Turkey. The project-based learning approach offered to be one of the most effective learning tools to provide for the students an environment in which they can reach their own conclusions instead of just lecturing them, in the new mathematics curriculum in Turkey. In this study, the effects of project-based learning on the 7th grade students&rsquo
achievement in geometry and these students&rsquo
attitude towards geometry were examined. This study was conducted with a group of 24 seventh grade students in the Bilim College during the last five weeks of the 2004-2005 academic year. One group pre-test and post-test design was used. The instruments used for data collection are as follows: polygon, circle and cylinder achievement tests, geometry attitude scales, student survey forms, teacher&rsquo
s observation scales, and interviews. The data obtained was analyzed by a paired-sample t-test. The results from achievement tests and attitude scale indicated that project-based learning increased students&rsquo
geometry achievement and attitudes toward geometry, respectively. The student survey form and interview responses of the students, teacher&rsquo
s observation form responses of the teachers and the observation of the researcher also suggest that project-based learning increased their achievement in and their attitudes towards geometry as a result of making their own models, dealing with authentic daily life problems, determining the dimensions and the areas by trial and error. Moreover, this study helped grasp the attention and increase the desire to study particularly of those students with high capacity who performed unsatisfactorily due to their inclination to get distracted during classes. Providing those who were easily distracted and used every chance to disrupt the lectures with the opportunity to engage in something they could see as their own project brought about favorable results.
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Campbell, Penny Renae. "Effects of Time Spent on Computer-Assisted Instruction on Attitudes of Sixth Grade Students Toward Computers." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332374/.
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The purposes of this study were threefold: (1) to examine the effects of time spent on CAI on student attitudes, (2) to examine the effects of time spent on CAI among ability groups, and (3) to determine whether initial attitudes would be maintained throughout a school year, and if not, determine variables associated with an attitude shift.
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Barnes, Helen F. A. "Writers' Club: The Effect of Extra Writing on Fourth-Grade, Hispanic Students' Writing, and Their Attitude Towards Writing." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2183.
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Nationally, as well as at state and local level, 75% of students in Grades 4, 8 and 12 have been determined to be writing at the basic or below basic level. In 2012, the standards were made more stringent for the incorporation of details and adherence to customary English conventions. After that, students’ writing scores plummeted. Hispanic students scored more poorly than their White counterparts. Earlier studies indicated that students’ attitude towards writing becomes less positive as they progress through the grades. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of extra writing on 60 fourth-grade, Hispanic students’ writing, and their attitude towards writing through participation in a Writers’ Club versus an At Home Writing Group or a group with no extra writing.
The study followed a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest, non-equivalent group design. The groups were the Writers’ Club (n = 22), the At Home Writing Group (n = 18 and no extra writing (n = 20). All students received regular writing instruction and homework. The Writers’ Club met 24 times for 30 minutes each meeting, over an 8-week period. Pretest and posttest writing samples were evaluated using Spandel’s Teacher Six-Point Writing Guide and attitude towards writing was evaluated using Kear, Coffman, McKenna, and Ambrosio’s Writing Attitude Survey.
A univariate analysis of covariate was conducted on the pretest and posttest writing samples and responses to the Writing Attitude Survey protocol. The independent variable was group membership, the dependent variable was the posttest scores and the covariate was the pretest scores. The writing samples were examined for three conditions: incorporation of details (ideas), adherence to the conventions of customary English and overall writing skill.
The results of the current study showed no significant difference in fourth-grade, Hispanic students’ writing or their attitude towards writing based on group membership. The conclusions of the study are that the results were potentially compromised by a variety of limitations and that it may have been conducted over too short a period for positive effects to be seen. The conclusion is that further research is warranted with adjustments to the setting and the timeframe.
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Xue, Dong. "First- and Third-Person Effects of Alcohol Advertising on Chinese College Students." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6054.
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Alcohol consumption among Chinese college students has become a serious problem. The present research examines the relationships among attitudes towards alcohol advertising, attitudes towards alcohol products, the perceived influences of alcohol advertising on the self, the perceived influences of alcohol advertising on others, and attitudes toward government restrictions on alcohol advertising. Data were collected from 578 Chinese college students via an online survey. The results supported the hypothesized relationships between attitude toward alcohol products and alcohol advertising, as well as the relationship between attitude toward alcohol advertising and perceived influence of alcohol advertising on oneself. Results also supported the looking glass perception hypothesis whereby the perceived influence of alcohol advertising on oneself (first-person effect) had strong influence on the perceived influence on others (third-person effect) which in turn led to greater support for restrictions on alcohol advertising.
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Piong, Teck Wah. "An investigation into the dispositions of Malaysian private college students towards web-based learning : attitude and contextual factors." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439877.
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Roux, Charl J. (Charl Jacobus). "The effect of selected cultural and initiative activities on the attitude of first year students towards ethnicity in a multicultural institution." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51970.
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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 1994 the Durban College of Education, that used to be an all white Afrikaans-medium institution, changed to a multicultural institution with Afrikaans and English as medium of instruction. The author, other lecturers and teachers of all races have not been educated to teach from a multicultural perspective and due to stereotyping and prejudices which were still dormant, a great need arose to address the cultural diversity of the college. This diversity lead to differences in culture, which lead to conflicts and may even have been responsible for poor academic achievements. As a lecturer at the Durban College of Education, the author became interested in whether selected initiative and cultural activities could foster a positive self-concept and a positive attitude towards other students of the same ethnic group, as well as towards students of other ethnic groups. The author agreed with De Klerk and Labuschagne (1995) that cultural differences have a great impact on the life, personal development and academic achievements of the students at a multicultural institution of higher education. The author also believes that students should be guided (Wasserman, 1997) in how to perceive themselves and other students of all ethnic groups. This will assist them. to achieve a successful academic career (Greyling, 1997) without wrong perceptions, stereotyping and prejudices (Van der Walt, 1991). The subjects for this study (N=127) were all first year students at the Durban College of Education. The group was comprised of black students (n=24); white English speaking students (n=58); white Afrikaans-speaking students (n=34) and Indian students (n=11) (see table 3 page 43). A pre-test was administered to determine the initial status of the subjects. An intervention programme followed and a post-test was administered directly after the intervention programme (see chapter 4). A follow-up test was administered three months later to determine the influence of the daily college routine on the self-concept and attitude towards ethnicity of the subjects. A control group (N=30) also completed the three questionnaires. The control group did not follow the intervention programme. Adolescent Sport Self-concept Scale of Smith (in Paterson 1991) and an ethnic attitude scale, was administered. The ethnic attitude scale was based on the ethnic attitude scales used by Paterson (1991) and Pretorius (1978). This ethnic attitude scale was adapted to adhere to the needs of this study. The data were computerised; at-test statistic and a Duncan's multiple range test were applied to determine if there were significant differences. By comparing the results of the experimental group with that of the control group, it was evident that after the intervention programme, there was a significant positive change (p
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Lowe, John Paul. "The Effect of Cooperative Group Work and Assessment on the Attitudes of Students towards Science in New Zealand." Full text available, 2004. http://adt.curtin.edu.au/theses/available/adt-WCU20041112.102310.
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Gungor, Almer. "Teaching Practices Enhancing Students'." Phd thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612581/index.pdf.
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This study was aimed to provide insight about affective teaching practices that influence students'affective characteristics in physics lessons using mixed methodology. Affective characteristics consisted of attitudes and motivation. For this purpose Keller'
s ARCS (attention, relevance, confidence, satisfaction) model was revised by adding Communication category. The Affective Teaching Practices Questionnaire, including these categories, was administered to 1,138 students and 31 physics teachers in Ankara. Moreover, the Affective Characteristics Questionnaire was administered to students to find out the relationship between students'
affective characteristics and their perceptions about the teaching practices used by teachers. Four physics teachers, who were performing teaching practices frequently, were purposefully selected according to results of quantitative phase. In qualitative phase, observations were conducted in these teachers'
classrooms to find out teaching practices used to enhance affective characteristics and their effects. Besides, interviews were conducted to support observations. The quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, while qualitative data were analyzed by cross case analysis. Results revealed that affective teaching practices are related to students'
affective characteristics. Assisting comprehension and providing role models to students are effective for enhancing affective characteristics. Similarly, providing students concrete materials
arousing their inquiry
organizing what is taught from simple to difficult
attributing success to effort
relating topic to students'
experience
stating clearly what is expected of students
providing feedback
using positive outcomes
giving enough time to students
using clear, understandable, fluent language in lessons
caring about teaching
being self-confident
caring about students
and providing an atmosphere suitable for learning are also effective.
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Ozkal, Kudret. "Scientific Epistemological Beliefs, Perceptions Of Constructivist Learning Environment And Attitude Towards Science As Determinants Of Students Approaches To Learning." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609091/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate scientific epistemological beliefs, perceptions of constructivist learning environment, attitude towards science, prior knowledge and gender as determinants of students&rsquoapproaches to learning. This study was carried out in 2005-2006 Spring Semester. One thousand, one hundred and fifty two eighth grade students from seven public schools in Ç
ankaya, a district of Ankara participated in this study. Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire, Constructivist Learning Environment Scale, Learning Approaches Questionnaire and Attitude towards Science Scale were administered to students in order to determine their scientific epistemological beliefs, their perceptions of constructivist learning environments, approaches to learning and attitudes towards science respectively. Descriptive statistics were used in order to explore the general characteristics of the sample. Paired samples t-test was used in order to evaluate the mean difference iv between the scales of the actual and preferred learning environments. Pearson Correlation Analyses and Multiple Regression Analyses were conducted to see the relationships among the variables and the variables that contribute to students&rsquo
meaningful and rote learning approaches. Results of the paired samples t-test showed that the actual learning environments of the students did not adapt their preferences. In fact, students preferred more constructivist learning environments where they have more opportunity to relate science with the real world, communicate in the classroom, take role in the decision making process of what will go on in the lesson to be more beneficial for them, question what is going on in the lesson freely and experience the formulation of scientific knowledge. Pearson correlation analyses, however, showed that students who had meaningful learning orientations had tentative views of scientific epistemological beliefs, positive attitudes towards science, high prior knowledge and perceived their learning environments as constructivist. On the other hand, students who had rote learning approaches had fixed views of scientific epistemological beliefs, positive attitudes towards science and low prior knowledge. In addition, the rote learners perceived their environments as constructivist in all scales except shared control scale. Multiple Regression Analyses by using actual learning environment showed that attitude towards science is the best predictor of both meaningful and rote learning approaches.
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Irkorucu, Ayse. "An Investigation Of Attitude Towards Help Seeking Of Middle East Technical University Students With Respect To Attachment Style And Early Maladaptive Schemas." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614471/index.pdf.
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The aim of the study is to investigate the relation between attachment style, early maladaptive schemas and attitude towards help seeking. Participants of this study were composed from 572 university students (264 female, 308 male). Participants were selected by convenient sampling method. The data was obtained by using the scale of Attitudes toward Seeking Psychological Help - Shortened (Türkü
m, 2001), Relationship Questionnaire (Bartholomew &
Horowitz, 1991), Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (Young &
Brown,2006) and a demographic information form. One-way analysis of variance used to analyze the data. The findings of the study indicated students with secure attachment style was found to have more positive attitude towards psychological help seeking than preoccupied, dismissive and fearful attachment styles. As for early maladaptive schemas, the students who have Social Isolation/Alienation schema, Emotional Inhibition schema, Entitlement / Grandiosity schema and Defectiveness / Shame schema show more positive help seeking attitude than students who don&rsquo
t have. In addition, female students were found to have more positive help seeking attitude than male students.
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Senturk, Eray. "The Effect Of Science Centres On Students'." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610939/index.pdf.
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of Middle East Technical University’
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attitudes towards science. The sample (N=251) consisted of 131 males (52.2%) and 120 females (47.8%). The age range of the students varied from 11 to 14 (M=12.71, SD=0.80). The attitude scale was administered before, immediately after, and one week after a visit to METU SC. Because of the limitations on sampling procedure two different research designs were used. Design 1 was a quasi-experimental design (46 students in experimental group, 46 students in control group) and attempted to determine the impact of METU SC on 6th graders&
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attitudes towards science with respect to six constructs of the attitude scale. Design 2 was a weak experimental design (N=159) and attempted to determine the impact of METU SC on students&
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overall attitudes towards science with respect to their gender, grade levels, and science achievement scores. The results of this study suggest that METU SC has high potential on increasing middle school students&
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Wu, Jyun-Ping, and 吳君萍. "The Seventh-Grade Students’ Attitude towards Geography." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78558080034369442656.
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Previous research often found that geography is not a favorite subject to most students. This study investigates Taiwan’s seventh-grade students’ attitude towards geography based on factors from three aspects: individual, teacher, and curriculum. Individual factors are students’ gender, school location, the importance of geography, and geography academic achievement. Teacher factors are teachers’ gender, background of training, seniority, teaching innovation, and classroom atmosphere. Curriculum factors are hours allocated for geography course, difficulty of materials, and support of geographic facts. Fifty classes are selected by stratified and proportional sampling with 1392 valid samples, which account for 92.99% of all participants. Statistical methods adopted include descriptive statistics of attitude towards geography, differences test and regression analysis. The results of the study are as following. 1. The mean score of attitude towards geography is 3.27, which indicates that students’ attitude towards geography is generally positive. 2. Male students significantly demonstrate a more positive attitude than female students do. The results also demonstrate that students taking 1.5 hours of geography course show a more positive attitude than those with one hour. However, there are not statistically significant differences in school location, teacher’s gender, teacher’s background and seniority. 3. Result of regression analysis indicates that the attitude towards geography is significantly related to all of the six factors, including the importance of geography, teaching innovation, classroom atmosphere, difficulty of materials, support of geographic facts and geography academic achievement. Among these factors, the support of geographic facts explains best. 4. In regression analysis of positive attitude, the result indicates that the attitude towards geography is significantly related to the five factors, including the importance of geography, teaching innovation, classroom atmosphere, difficulty of materials, and support of geographic facts. It contributes about 40.6 % of variance being explained. The seventh-grade students in Taiwan like geography on average. This study finds that curriculum factors are important to attitude. Further improvement on curriculum factors are suggested.
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Englund, Alma. "Physicians’ And Medical Students’ Attitude Towards Euthanasia In Sweden." Thesis, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-444827.
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