Correlations among Jamaican 12th-Graders' Five Variables and Performance in Genetics

Autor/inn/en	Bloomfield, Deen-Paul; Soyibo, Kola
Titel	Correlations among Jamaican 12th-Graders' Five Variables and Performance in Genetics
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 4 (2008) 1, S.63-69 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Coeducation; Academic Achievement; Achievement Tests; Genetics; Biology; Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Background; Grade 12; Cognitive Ability; Science Instruction; Science Achievement; Correlation; Gender Differences; Self Esteem; Statistical Significance; Single Sex Schools; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Koedukation; Schulleistung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Humangenetik; Biologie; Ausland; Sozioökonomische Lage; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule
Abstract	This study was aimed at finding out if the level of performance of selected Jamaican Grade 12 students on an achievement test on the concept of genetics was satisfactory; if there were statistically significant differences in their performance on the concept linked to their gender, self-esteem, cognitive abilities in biology, school-type and socioeconomic background (SEB); and if there were significant correlations among the five variables and the students' performance. The sample (n = 357, 102 males and 255 females) was chosen from two all-boys' schools, four all-girls' schools, and 13 mixed schools in rural and urban Jamaica. The results indicated that the students' level of performance (mean = 22.81 or 45.62%) was unsatisfactory; there were statistically significant differences in the students' performance on the genetics test based on their self-esteem, cognitive abilities in biology and school-type in favour of students with a high self-esteem, high cognitive abilities, and students in the coeducational schools respectively; there was a positive, statistically significant but weak relationship between the students' (a) self-esteem, (b) cognitive abilities, and (c) school type and their performance on the genetics test. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10