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ItemA comparative study of teachers’ self-efficacy for teaching in primary education according to gender, years of teaching experience, and educational background at six church-based primary schools in Northern Shan State, MyanmarThe purpose of this quantitative, comparative study was to determine if there were significant differences in teachers’ self-efficacy for teaching in primary education (in terms of efficacy for student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management) according to their gender, years of teaching experience and educational background, at six purposively chosen church-based primary schools in Northern Shan State, Myanmar. The study was conducted on 127 teachers teaching at the target schools during the academic year 2020-2021. The Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES, short-form, Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001) was used to measure the levels of self-efficacy for teaching in primary education, including the three subscales (efficacy for student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management). A total of 99 out of 127 (77%) teachers completed the questionnaire. After the data collection was done, descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) and statistical hypothesis testing (multiple analysis of variance, MANOVA) were carried out to address this study’s research objectives and hypotheses. The findings from this study revealed no significant differences in teachers’ self-efficacy for teaching in primary education (in terms of efficacy for student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management) according to their gender, years of teaching experience, and educational background.
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ItemA comparative study of technology-based motivation for learning English as a foreign language among Thai learners at Wall Street English Bangkok according to their gender and English language proficiencyThe purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which new technologies, such as the Internet or social media, served as sources of motivation for Thai English language learners to learn English as a foreign language (EFL) at Wall Street English (WSE) Bangkok. The study also sought to compare learners’ technology-based motivation for learning EFL based on their gender and English language proficiency. For these purposes, the researchers adopted a quantitative comparative research design, using a questionnaire that was developed, piloted, validated, and checked for internal consistency. The questionnaire was administered to 214 Thai English language learners from all four levels of proficiency (beginner, pre-intermediate, intermediate, and advanced) from 11 centers of WSE in Bangkok. After splitting the collected data by gender, an independent samples t-test was conducted to assess the significance of the results. At the same time, a one-way ANOVA test was used after splitting the collected data by English language proficiency to determine if there was a significant difference in technology-based motivation for learning EFL among the resulting groups. The research findings indicated that Thai learners were highly motivated to learn English to work with technology more effectively, regardless of their gender or English language proficiency. No significant difference in technology-based motivation for learning EFL between male and female Thai learners was derived from the data analysis. However, in relation to English language proficiency, it was found that the overall technology-based motivation for learning EFL was significantly higher in the beginner group than in the advanced group, as well as in the upper-intermediate group than in the advanced group.
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ItemA comparative study of grade 12 students' motivation for learning science and social science according to gender at Escola Secundaria 5 de Maio in Dili, Timor-LesteIn the learning process, motivation is considered as the main component that encourages learning activity and empowers the process of learning to achieve learning goals. Motivation itself includes one's sense of intrinsic and extrinsic goal orientation, the impression and value of task, control of learning beliefs and self-Cognitive Theory of Motivation for learning. Although the gender gap continues to exist in all aspects of life, in education several studies on motivation for learning showed that the gender gap is gradually decreasing in the learning of science and social science. This research aimed to find out the level of grade 12 students' motivation for learning science and social science and to investigate that if there was any significant difference according to their gender at Escola Secundaria 5 de Maio in Dili, timor-Leste. The participants were 226 students among 537 students majoring in science and social science. This study utilized a questionnaire as the instrument for data collection and the collected data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and independent samples t-test. The research findings indicated that the level of students' motivation for learning science and social science was very high. Also, there was no significant difference between male and female students' motivation for learning science and social science. The students also showed high average of overall motivation scales. The paper concludes with recommendations for practice and for future research.
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ItemA comparative study of Kindergarten 3 Students’ Chinese academic achievement and attitude toward learning Chinese language according to gender and linguistic family background in a private school in Bangkok, ThailandThe study was conducted to investigate the Kindergarten 3 (K3) students’ Chinese academic achievement and attitude toward learning Chinese language according to their gender and linguistic family background at a private school in Bangkok, Thailand. The study was carried out with a total of 124 K3 students at the target school during the second semester of the academic year 2019-2020. It was designed as a quantitative and comparative study. Two instruments were used in this study for data collection. One was the Attitudes Toward Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language Questionnaire, developed to measure students’ attitudes towards learning Chinese language. The other instrument was the Chinese Midterm Test, used to measure participants’ Chinese academic achievement. Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) and independent samples t-tests were performed on the collected data to address the research objectives driving this study. The findings indicated that girls had a significantly more positive attitude toward learning Chinese language than boys, and girls had also a significantly higher Chinese academic achievement than boys in the target school. Moreover, it was also found that students with bi- and multilingual family background had a significantly more positive attitude toward learning Chinese language than students with monolingual family background, and students with bi- and multilingual family background had a significantly higher Chinese academic achievement than those with monolingual family background. Based on the discussion of the findings, recommendations for action and further study are provided.
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ItemA comparative study of middle school deaf students' perceptions towards vocational internships according to their gender, grade level and family income at the Special Education School of Qujing, ChinaThe purpose of this study was to identify the demographic factors of the deaf students, to determine the deaf students’ perceptions towards vocational internships, and to compare the deaf students’ perceptions towards vocational internships at the Special Education School of Qujing according to gender, grade level and family income in 2015. A total of 147 deaf students (106 male and 41 female), from grade level 7 to vocational high school completed the survey. Statistical measures employed included frequency and percentage, mean and standard deviation, one-way ANOVA and independent samples t-test. The result of this study has indicated that gender difference was not a significant issue to impact students’ perceptions, yet the researcher discovered that students from different grade levels and different extents of family income had significant perception differences. Specifically, students from a higher grade level had higher perceptions than those from lower grade levels. In terms of family income, students from families whose monthly income was lower or included 1000 RMB had lower perceptions than other students. Recommendations for directors, teachers, the school, the students and future researchers are provided.
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ItemA comparative study of teachers' knowledge of common ICT software, their perceptions towards using ICT and their perceived self-confidence in integrating ICT in their classes according to gender in two international schools in ThailandThis study aimed to determine teachers' knowledge of common ICT software, their perceptions towards using ICT and their perceived self-confidence in integrating ICT in their classes according to gender in two international schools in Thailand in 2015. Students in Thailand and globally need to be able to cope well with the demands of the 21st century skills and ICTs are an important element of curricula worldwide. Therefore, the researcher wanted to determine if the male or the female teachers were more skilled in ICT to be able to pass on the knowledge to their students. An online questionnaire was used as a primary data collection instrument. The questionnaire measured the three variables of interest: knowledge of common ICT software, perceptions of ICT use, and perceived self-confidence in integrating ICT in their classes. The study respondents were teachers working in two international schools in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 145 teachers (84 male and 81 female) were targeted with the online questionnaire. Ninety-seven teachers responded out of which 49 were male and 48 were female. The study found that both male and female teachers had high knowledge of common ICT software. However, the male teachers had more positive perceptions of ICT and higher perceived self-confidence in integrating ICT in to their classes as compared to the female teachers. Recommendations For both practice and future research are provided.
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ItemA comparative study of teachers' self-efficacy for teaching stem subjects and attitudes toward stem education according to gender at Wattana Wittaya Academy, Bangkok, Thailand( 2020) Sunita Sachdev ; Suwattana EamoraphanThe purpose of conducting this research was to determine the level of teachers’ self-efficacy when teaching STEM subjects and their attitudes towards STEM education at Wattana Wittaya Academy in Bangkok, Thailand. A second purpose was to determine whether there was a significant difference in teachers’ self-efficacy for teaching STEM subjects and attitudes toward STEM education according to gender. As a source of data collection, the researcher used Teachers’ Self-Efficacy for Teaching STEM Subjects and Attitudes Toward STEM Education (T-STEM Questionnaire). The respondents were 67 teachers completed the questionnaire. The data obtained were analyzed by descriptive statistics, means and standard deviations and independent samples t-test. The findings of thisstudy were as follows: Teachers had a high level of self-efficacy for teaching STEM subjects. Teachers had positiveattitudes toward STEM education. There was no statistical difference between teachers’ STEM teaching self-efficacy for teaching STEM subjects and attitudes toward STEM education according to gender at Wattana Wittaya Academy, Bangkok, Thailand. Recommendations for practice and future research are provided.
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ItemA correlational-comparative study of Grades 6 to 8 students' mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics anxiety according to their gender and Grade levelat Pan-Asia International School, Bangkok( 2020) Mendi, Murat ; Suwattana EamoraphanThis study was designed to identify middle school students’ mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics anxiety levels at the Pan-Asia International School (PAIS) in Thailand and to determine if there was a significant difference among students’ mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics anxiety levels according to their gender and the grade level, and further aimed out to find out if any statistically significant relationship between their mathematics self-efficacy and the mathematics anxiety exists. The study focused on ninety-four Grade 6-8 students at PAIS in the academic year 2017-2018. The researcher used the Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Anxiety Questionnaire (MSEAQ) to identify their levels of mathematics self-efficacy and anxiety and data organized according to gender and grade levels of students. The data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed descriptively as frequency tables, mean and standard deviations and inferentially by independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA test, and the method of Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient. The results of this study showed that the level of students’ mathematics self-efficacy and anxiety were moderate and there was no significant difference neither between the genders nor among their grade levels. In terms of the association between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics anxiety, the current study revealed a significant and a strong negative relationship based on the Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient at the .05 level.
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ItemThe influence of culture, gender and academic achievement on foreign language anxiety( 2016) Angsana ChanakAlthough a multitude of research studies have been conducted on communication anxiety, studies investigating cultural factors and communication anxiety from both a reading and writing perspective are limited. To help educators, the present study compared students from Thailand and the People‟s Republic of China (PRC) at an international university, in order to discover if culture, gender and academic achievement are significantly related to reading and writing anxiety. The results indicated that overall reading anxiety was not significantly different for Thai and Chinese students but an inclusion of gender shows that Chinese male students experienced more reading anxiety compared to Thai male students but Chinese and Thai female students showed no differences. In addition, Chinese students who possessed a lower grade point average (GPA) displayed higher overall reading anxiety. Writing anxiety was manifested overall, more by Chinese students than Thai students and an in-depth analysis revealed that the somatic dimension was more for Chinese students but the avoidance dimension was higher for Thai students. Furthermore, when gender was considered, Thai female students displayed more somatic anxiety compared to Chinese female students. Chinese male students on the other hand, had higher somatic anxiety and avoidance compared to the Thai male students. When grade point average (GPA) was included it was found that overall Thai students had better grades but still more avoidance compared to Chinese students with lower grades but more somatic anxiety.
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ItemTHE INFLUENCE OF GENDER, SELF-ESTEEM, AND COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY ON THE INTERNET USAGE PATTERNS OF SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BANGKOKThe current study attempted to examine the influence of gender, self-esteem, and computer self-efficacy on the Internet usage patterns of high school students in Bangkok, aged between 13 and 19 years who have access to the Internet for social and academic purposes. Reliability analysis was conducted on the self-esteem and computer self-efficacy scales for the purpose of maximizing the internal consistency of these two measures. MANOVA was conducted to test for gender differences in the variables of self-esteem and computer self-efficacy and the three Internet usage patterns of number of hours of computer use at home, hours spent on the Internet at home, and hours of computer use at school. The results indicated that: (1) female participants reported spending more time using the computer at home and at school than their male counterparts, whereas the male participants reported spending more time on the Internet at home than their female counterparts. (2) MANOVA results indicated that there was no overall gender effect for all variables of this study, namely: Internet usage patterns, self-esteem, and computer self-efficacy. (3) To test the impact of the male and female participants’ levels of self-esteem and computer self-efficacy on the number of hours of computer use at home, Internet at home, and the hours of computer use at school, multiple regression analysis was conducted for the male and female participants. The results showed that for both the male and female participants, levels of self-esteem and computer self-efficacy were not significantly related to their Internet usage pattern.
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ItemThe moderation effect on the relationship between the TPB-based predictor variables and intention for healthy eating among Thai university students in BangkokThe present study was conducted to explore the moderation effect of health science education, internal health locus of control, and gender on the relationship between theory of planned behavior (TPB)-based variables and intention for healthy eating among Thai university students in Bangkok. There are 199 participants in this study whom were recruited from two universities via convenience sampling. Questionnaire about TPB-based variables from previous research and Multidimensional health locus of control scale were utilized to access participants’ attitude towards healthy eating, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intention for healthy eating, and internal health locus of control. The results from this study show that TPB is applicable with Thai university students in Bangkok. Furthermore, the results showed three moderation effects. The first two moderations are the moderation effect of internal health locus of control on the relationship between two TPB-based predictors variables (attitude towards healthy eating, subjective norm) and intention for healthy eating. Meanwhile, gender also moderate the relationship between subjective norm and intention for healthy eating. Hence, considering client’s level of internal health locus of control and gender are necessary because those moderator variables will promote the efficacy of healthy eating strategy for Thai university students in Bangkok.
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ItemA path model of the effects of attitudes to the internet, depression, anxiety, stress, gender, and study time on internet addiction and academic performance of undergraduate students in Kachin Region of MyanmarInternet addiction has become an increasing problem with young people these days. The objectives of this study were to determine the relationship between attitudes toward the internet, depression, anxiety, stress, gender, and study time on internet addiction and academic performance in the second year students of Institute of Education and Maija Yang College in Maija Yang of Kachin Region in Myanmar. In August 2018 113 students completed a self-report survey questionnaire which included the Internet Addiction Test, DASS-21, and the Internet Attitude Scale. Multiple regression analysis was used to predict internet addiction, study time, and academic performance. Results showed that anxiety, gender, and internet attitude were significant predictors of internet addiction. The research did not find any significant predictors of study time. Gender (female) and study time were significant positive predictors of academic performance, while internet addiction was a negative predictor of academic performance (GPA). Although females reported having higher levels of internet addiction, they also had higher GPA. The findings, limitations, recommendations, and conclusion of the study were discussed accordingly.