Correlations among Six Learner Variables and the Performance of a Sample of Jamaican Eleventh-Graders on an Achievement Test on Respiration

Autor/inn/en	Soyibo, Kola; Pinnock, Jacqueline
Titel	Correlations among Six Learner Variables and the Performance of a Sample of Jamaican Eleventh-Graders on an Achievement Test on Respiration
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 3 (2005) 2, S.239-265 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-004-7155-8
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Science Instruction; Science Tests; Science Achievement; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Questionnaires; Self Concept Measures; Gender Differences; Student Characteristics; Cognitive Ability; Single Sex Schools; Urban Schools; Rural Schools; Females; Coeducation; Academic Achievement; Multiple Choice Tests; Achievement Tests; Biology; Grade 11; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Prädiktor; Korrelation; Fragebogen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Denkfähigkeit; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; Weibliches Geschlecht; Koedukation; Schulleistung; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Biologie; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11
Abstract	This study aimed at establishing if the level of performance of 500 Jamaican Grade 11 students on an achievement test on the concept of respiration was satisfactory (mean = 28 or 70% and above) or not (less than 70%); if there were statistically significant differences in their performance on the concept linked to their gender, cognitive abilities in biology, self-esteem, school location, socioeconomic background (SEB), school-type and school location and if there were significant relationships among the six variables and the students' performance. The sample (n = 500) consisted of 212 boys and 288 girls selected from five all-boys' schools (119 students), five all-girls' schools (159 students), and six coeducational schools (222 students). The students were from six rural schools (137 students) and ten urban schools (363 students), out of which 291 were from a high SEB and 209 were from a low SEB. A 40-item multiple choice test on respiration and a self-esteem questionnaire were used to collect data. The results revealed that the students' level of performance (mean = 23.44 or 58.60%, SD = 6.86) was regarded as fairly satisfactory; there were statistically significant differences in the students' performance on respiration based on their cognitive abilities, and school-type in favour of students with high cognitive ability in biology and all-boys' schools respectively. There was a positive statistically significant but weak relationship between the students' (a) cognitive abilities, and (b) school-type and their performance on respiration. (As Provided).
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