Browsing by Author "Forhad, Ziaul Abedin"
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ItemA comparative study of Grades 8 and 9 students' beliefs towards task-based approach and teacher-centered approach in teaching Chinese as a foreign language class at a private school in Bangkok, ThailandThe purpose of this studywas to investigate the levels of Grades 8 and 9 students'beliefs and determine whether there were significant differences between task-based and teacher-centered approachesin teaching Chinese as a foreignlanguageclass at a private school in Bangkok, Thailand. This study had 92 Grade 8 and 90 Grade 9 participants as a population sample in the 2020-2021 academic year. This research was designed as a quantitative comparativestudy. The students'beliefs towards teaching approaches questionnaire from Zhang and Liu (2014)was usedas the research instrumentin this study. Descriptive statistic was utilized to analyze the levels of Grade 8 and Grade 9 students'beliefs towards task-based and teacher-centered approaches in teaching Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) classes. Dependent samples t-test was used to compare whether there weresignificant differences between task-based and teacher-centered approachesin teaching CFL classes. The findings revealed that Grades 8 and 9 students expressed their positive beliefs towards a task-based approach in teaching CFL class butshowed their neutral belief toward a teacher-centered approach. There was a significant difference in Grade 8and Grade9 students'beliefs towards task-based and teacher-centered approaches in teaching CFL classes. According to these findings, the researcher provided recommendations for students, Chinese teachers, school administrators, and future researchers.
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ItemA comparative study of students' perceptions toward physical education course and their actual behaviors toward physical activities in Grades 10 and 11 in a public high school at Phnom Penh, Cambodia( 2020) Chhang, Mori Thorng ; Forhad, Ziaul AbedinThe purpose of this study was to determine students’ perceptions and their actual behaviors toward physical education course and to investigate if there is a significant difference in students’ perceptions and their actual behaviors in Grades10 and 11 at a public high school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Quantitative method and questionnaire was used to collect the quantitative data from 317 students (Grade 10 = 160 and Grade 11 = 157) from the public high school. The questionnaire was adopted from Chi-Kwong (1999) and Alselaimi (2010). Questionnaire was divided into three parts: demographic information, students’ perceptions toward physical education course (personal factor, behavior, environment, and perceived evaluation of curriculum) and students’ actual behaviors toward physical activities. The data was analyzed by using means, standard of deviation, and independent samples t-test for quantitative data related to students’ perceptions and their actual behaviors toward physical activities. The study discovered that both Grades 10 and 11 students had positive perception toward physical education course in that public high school. The results also conveyed that there is no significant difference among the Grades 10 and 11 students in regards their perception toward a physical education course and their actual behaviors toward physical activities.
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