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Study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students
Thesis (M. Ed.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1996.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/55254 Study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students Mama, Silumko Nelson Malan, J. A. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Educational Psychology. Study skills -- Evaluation Students -- Attitudes High school students -- Attitudes Dissertations -- Education Thesis (M. Ed.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1996. ENGLISH SUMMARY: The aim of this study is to investigate study habits and attitudes of standard ten students in the former Department of Education and Training (D.E.T.) schools in Khayelitsha, Brown and Holtzman's Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes, Form H, (SSHA), adapted and standardized for use in South Africa by L du Toit (1994), was administered to 1140 standard ten students. This group consisted of 411 males and 729 females Xhosa speaking students in Khayelitsha. The 11440 students’ responses were divided into two categories, viz. group 0 aged 20 years and younger, and group 1 aged 21 years and older. The SSHA questionnaire measured seven dimensions, namely delay avoidance (DA), work methods (WM), study habits (SH), teacher approval (TA), education acceptance (EA), study attitude (SA) and study orientation (SO). The results of this survey indicate differences between students of' different sexes and ages on the attributes being investigated. From a statistical viewpoint the results appear to be highly significant. According to ·F-tests, significant subgroup effects, i.e. either main effects or interactions, were found in five of the seven variables. The significant differences on delay avoidance, work methods, study habits, study orientation and education acceptance subscales for students of different sexes and ages are consistent with findings. of other research on students' study habits and attitudes. All the students' mean scores were below the 50th percentile on the teacher approval subscale, the same with the study attitude mean scores with the exception of two schools. A significant number of students externalize their motives and they have negative study habits attitudes. 'Students aged below and equal to 20 years tended to have greater mean scores in work methods, study habits, education acceptance, study attitude and study orientation subscales when compared with students who are aged above and equal to 2l years. In the delay avoidance and teacher approval subscales, students aged below and equal to 20 years tended to have lower mean scores when compared with students who are aged above and equal to 21 years. On the students', Environmental Circumstances Questionnaire there are significant differences and the null hypothesis is rejected in four of the five aspects investigated, namely home circumstances, willingness of parents to visit the school, utilization of study time and availability of school library facilities. The null hypothesis on Study Skills questionnaire was not rejected. The overall results indicate clear differences in the effects of study habits and attitudes on students of different, sexes and ages as measured by five of the' seven S SHA subscales, Findings confirm the importance of study habits and attitudes on academic performance. The need for further application of the SSHA on black South African students was recommended. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om navorsing te doen oor studiegewoontes en houdings van standerd tien leerlinge in die voormalige Departenient van Onderwys en Opleiding. (D.O.O.) seskole in Khayelitsha. Brown en Holtzman se Opname van Studiegewoontes en Houdings, Vorm (OSGH), aangepas en gestandaardiseer vir gebruik in Suid-Afllka deur L du Toit (1994), is op 1140 standerd tien leerlinge toegepas. Hierdie groep leerlinge het bestaan uit 411 manlike en 729 vroulike Xhosa-sprekende leeflinge in Khayelitsha. Die leerlinge se response is in twee kategoriee verdeel, naamlik groep 0, met ouderdom 20 jaar en jonger, en groep 1, met ouderdom 21 jaar en ouer Die OSGH-vraelys meet sewe dimensies, naamlik vermyding van uitstel (VU), werkmetodes (WM), studiegewoontes (SG), onderwyser goedkeuring (OG), aanvaarding Van onderwys (AO), studiehoudings (SH) en studie-orientasie (SO). Die resultate van die ondersoek dui op verskille tussen leerlinge van verskillende geslag en ouderdom ten opsigte van die attribute wat ondersoek is. Vanuit 'n statistiese oogpunt blyk die resultate hoogs beduidend te wees. Volgens die F-toetse is beduidende sub-groepeffekte by vyf van die sewe veranderlikes gevind. Die beduidende verskille op die subskale vermyding van uitstel, werkmetodes, studiegewoontes, studie-orientasie en onderwysgoedkeuring ten opsigte van geslag en ouderdom is in ooreenstemrning met bevindinge van ander navorsing oor leerlinge se studiegewoontes en houdings. Al die leerlinge se gerniddelde tellings was laer as die 50ste persentiel op die subskaal vir onderwyser goedkeuring. Op die studiehouding subskaal was die gerniddelde tellings met uitsondering van twee skole laer as die 50ste persentiel. 'n Beduidende getal leerlinge ekstemaliseer hul motiewe en hulle het negatiewe studiehoudings en gewoontes. Leerlinge in die ouderdomsgioep 20 jaar en jonger neig om hoer gemiddelde tellings te he in werkmetodes, studiegewoontes,· onderwys aanvaarding, studiehoudings en studieorientasie wanneer vergelyk word met leerlinge in die groep 21 jaar en ouer. In die vermyding van uitstel en onderwyser goedkeuring subskale het -leerlingein die subgroep 20 jaar en jonger laer gemiddelde tellings getoon in vergelyking met die leerlinge uit die subgroep 21 jaar en ouer. Op die leerlinge se Omgewings· Omstandighede vraelys is daar beduidende verskille en word die nul hipotese verwerp ten opsigte van gesinsomstandighede, bereidheid van ouers om die skool te besoek, benutting van studietyd en gebrek aan skoolbiblioteek fasiliteite. Die nul hipotese ten opsigte vim die studievaardighede vraelys is nie verwerp me. Die algemene bevindinge van die ondersoek dui beduidende verskille aan op die effek van studiegewoontes en houdings vir leerlinge van verskillende geslagte en ouderdomme soos gemeet deur vyf van die sewe subskale van die OSGH. Bevindinge bevestig die belangrikheid van studiegewoontes en houdings op akademiese prestasie. Verdere navorsing met behulp van die OSGH op swart Suid-Afrikaanse leerlinge word aanbeveel. Master 2012-08-27T11:36:57Z 2012-08-27T11:36:57Z 1996-11 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/55254 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 127 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Study skills -- Evaluation Students -- Attitudes High school students -- Attitudes Dissertations -- Education Mama, Silumko Nelson Study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students |
| title | Study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students |
| title_full | Study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students |
| title_fullStr | Study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students |
| title_short | Study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students |
| title_sort | study habits and attitudes of senior secondary school students |
| topic | Study skills -- Evaluation Students -- Attitudes High school students -- Attitudes Dissertations -- Education |
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