The Family is an essential factor for a human’s whole-being, everything about a man, his background, attitude, all of his achievements, his honor and dignity , relies on the structure of the family a man lives in with. Many students suffer from anxiety when facing difficult academic tasks. One of the fundamental components of an IEP, a present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP) statement summarizes the student’s current levels of functioning. This is evident through their nonparticipation in some parent-teacher association activities including meetings. Emphatically, the support being provided by the Liberian government and donors has triggered some achievements including the provision of textbooks, learning materials, teachers’ guides, the construction and renovation of schools, and education facilities around the country and the successful implementation of capacity development programs targeting school administrators, teachers, and Parent-Teacher Associations [4]. However, several factors indicate a student’s academic success. Though their judgement might tend to be subjective and relies exclusively on 9th and 12 graders performance in the WAEC exams, it seems apparently logical. This conceivably indicates that some students go to school hungry and without small cash for recess. http://www.globalpartnership.org/country/liberia, http://www.liberianobserver.com/education/waec-reports-%E2%80%98appalling-results%E2%80%99-mayjune-exams, http://allafrica.com/stories/201608050714.html, http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/TA09PovertyCapra.pdf, http://www.ciep.fr/en/revue-internationale-deducation-sevres/what-school-teaches-everyone, Harassment from teachers/principals/others, Poor learning environs (chairs, books, teachers), Social media (FB, YouTube, Twitter, etc.). Emphasis must not only be placed on grades or rewards as the surest way to academic success, but it must also consider other skills and talents of students. Utilizing a cross-sectional quantitative research design, 323 participants took part in the study from 2 counties. students’ academic performance in the first accounting course in Puerto Rican public and private universities. Liberia’s education sector is undergoing reform. At the same time, we juxtaposed the belief and strategy constructs as well as investigated participants’ genders in the framework of motivational beliefs and strategy use for learning. Many parents are not fully involved in their children’s learning and see it as a responsibility of the school. Last year most admitted students had an ACT score between 22 and 26 (or SAT scores between 1030-1190) and a GPA between 3.08–3.82 on a 4.0 scale. Of the population, 162 were male and 161 female. For example, self-efficacy influences how learners feel, think, motivate themselves, and behave [17]. Statement of the Problem There is public outcry on the standard of education system and poor academic performance of students in Uyo Local Government Area. As it can be noticed from Table 4, female participants reported greater extrinsic, control for learning beliefs, self-efficacy, and test anxiety motivational beliefs. Collaboration and Cooperation Part 1 Commitment and Professionalism Part 2 Attendance and Punctuality Part 3 Productivity and Quality of Work Part 4 Adaptability Part 5 Communication and Interpersonal Skills Part 6 Creativity and Innovation Part 7 Accountability Part 8 Customer Focus and Customer Satisfaction Part 9 Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Part 10 Dependability and … Nevertheless, help seeking strategies for asking for assistance from peers or instructors when needed remain the least strategy component considered. Table 3 presents SPSS output on the correlational relationships between motivational beliefs and learning strategy use by Liberian students. Social Media and Academic Performance has effect to each other. This study posits that there is disconnection between parents quest for their children to attain quality education and their corresponding involvement into children academics, which could be attributed to high illiteracy rate and purported busy schedules of educated parents. As noted by Pintrich [7], Bandura advises students to believe that they are able and that they can and will do well in order to have better changes of remaining motivated in terms of effort, persistence, and behavior. According to Schunk [12], Pintrich thinks students must monitor, regulate, and control their cognition, motivation, and behavior as part of self-regulated learning. Appertaining access (distance to and from school), the finding of this study is consistent with one of the challenges identified by the Ministry of Education to be impeding efforts to have every child in school, according to Gbollie et al. endobj
In an apparent response, the Liberian Ministry of Education has set out a number of priorities in this direction; the most paramount among them relates to dealing with underperformance of students by endeavouring to enhance students learning outcomes [4]. endobj
That’s why online games are addictive to teenagers. Table 1 presents descriptive statistical results on the coefficient alphas, means, and standard deviations of each belief component. Gasco et al. Hence, education must be blended with strengthening and giving of hope to students. The authors hereby wish to declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Furthermore, motivational beliefs are very essential to the academic achievement of students because they help to determine the extent to which students will consider, value, put in effort, and show interest in the task [17–19]. This study is critical because it delves into Liberian students’ motivations and strategies as well as factors hampering their learning. Purpose: The primary purpose of the study is to examine differences in mental health diagnoses and their related academic impact with a special focus on … The anticipated low self-efficacy for learning and performance hypothesized in this study was confirmed, which was our first aim. %PDF-1.5
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[10] propounded motivation plays a key role in learning; it largely explains academic performance as it is a construct that integrates both thoughts and feelings. students’ overall academic achievement as well as achievement in the subjects of Mathematics and English. Consequently, students are more interested in getting better test scores because they consider these scores to be the best rewards and a show of academic fulfilment, which in the long run adversely affects their disposition to perform well. Abolition of fire list in schools is recommended. From a list of 12 potential factors, students were required to choose, in order of effect, perceived learning hindrances. performance (academic achievement) plays an important role in producing the best quality graduates who will become great leader and manpower for the country thus responsible for the country’s economic and social development (Ali et.al, 2009). Teachers often consider results from quizzes and tests as the only criterion for judging students’ mastery of contents and their abilities to perform better in academic and nonacademic environments. Rehearsal and organization strategies are of priority to students as they make strides to progress through the academic ladder of high school. In their wisdom, extraordinary actions were needed to redeem the sector, reemphasizing the necessity for collectivism to mend the sector. The IEP (Individual Education Program) is a legal document that defines students with disabilities’ academic and behavioral performance in school communities. Accordingly, females exhibited persisting in the face of difficult or boring tasks (effort regulation) as well as appreciating more learning and using a study group or friends to help learn (peer learning) as compared to their male counterparts. They were drawn from eight public schools, comprising 182 (56.3%), and 7 private schools with 141 (41.3%) participants from Montserrado and Margibi counties. According to Niebuhr (1995) Academic performance of students is typically assessed by the … Male students had higher mean differences in intrinsic goal orientation and task value. academic performance in mathematics in Uyo Local Education Committee. Descriptive statistics indicating the means and standard deviations were run, which showed mean differences. Academic Performance: The cognitive ability of students in terms of passing performing well in continuous assessment / terminal examination. In compliance with Global Standards, Liberia Ministry of Education is working with its partners and relevant stakeholders to align the Sustainable Development Goal 4, which seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, with the Ministry’s Getting to Best Strategies and Education Sector Plan. On this basis, one-way repeated-measures ANOVA was introduced, which confirmed that the strategy components differ significantly as [, ]. There is a deviation, distraction and divided attention between social networking activities and their academic work. endstream
Participants completed the questionnaire within 20 to 30 minutes. They were also hypothesized to show limited use of critical thinking and effort regulation strategies. According to Niebuhr (1995) Academic performance of students is typically assessed by the use of teacher’s ratings, tests, and examinations. Based on the way motivational beliefs influence or show relationship with strategy use in this research, coupled with the available literature, it is argued that motivational beliefs and strategy use are “inseparable academic twins.” In this context, the two constructs cannot be separated or one completely goes without the other as students get involved in academic rituals. <>
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R.Q.3. There is a growing evidence about the importance of these strategies due to their bearings on academic performance [21]. 1.2 Statement of the Problem. This was even statistically significant for worrying about life challenges (poverty) and others (see Table 5), in comparison with male counterparts. Scale scores were obtained by computing the average of the item scores within a scale. As Gasco et al. They are also grateful to Mr. Flemmings Fishani Ngwira and other colleagues for their inputs to the final product of this article. C. Gbollie, E. B. Waydon, and J. Bernard. Table 5 shows descriptive and independent samples -test statistical results of participants in line with gender. <>
This is in support of GoL’s constitutional obligation to provide all Liberians equal access to educational opportunities and facilities to ensure the social, economic, and political wellbeing of Liberia [2]. The evolution of technology and social media communication has, in some countries if not most, made it easier than ever for young people to be exposed to environments that can make bullying unbearable and even more threatening than ever before. (2)Teachers must be trained to integrate the essence of motivational beliefs and the need for students to use all kinds of strategies during instructions. <>
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The authors’ sincere thanks and appreciation are due to FREE Liberia’s Board members, especially Dr. Michael P. Slawon, Atty. For the participants of the CNS, we found that the peers’ academic performance has a strong explanatory power for academic performance of individuals. Some learning strategy uses include rehearsal, organization, critical thinking, time and study environment management, effort regulation, peer learning, and help seeking [23]. On the other hand, test anxiety negatively correlated with rehearsal, organization, critical thinking time, and study environment management and peer learning, but it was only statistically significant with effort regulation and help seeking strategies. FREE Liberia is a registered and duly accredited not-for-profit NGO aimed at improving lives through quality research, education, and empowerment. Liberian junior and senior high school students were allowed to participate in the study before the climax of 2nd semester of academic 2015/2016 which made it nearly full academic year. This finding is overwhelmingly supported by a number of previous studies [27–29] and increases our comprehensibility of motivational beliefs and strategy use. Zimmerman believes that when students monitor their responding and attribute outcomes to their strategies, their learning becomes self-regulated, and they exhibit increased self-efficacy, greater intrinsic motivation, and higher academic achievement. Similar further study is recommended, taking into consideration students from a number of counties with increased sample size preferably focusing on the most vulnerable counties in Southeastern Liberia. The Statement also tells the story of how you got to the point of applying for this program at that school. Intrinsic goal orientation and self-efficacy for learning and performance were all positively correlated with organization, critical thinking, time and study environment management, and peer learning and help seeking strategies. Writing an Academic Mission Statement is the first step to finding focus and taking control of your career. endstream
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Even though several challenges remain visible in Liberia’s education sector, which might still be hampering quality education delivery, much has not been done to delve empirically into underlining factors for the downward trend in Liberian students’ academic performance level. Although the study particularly concentrated on the urban areas of Montserrado and Margibi counties, access is still a challenge as disclosed by participants. The findings of this study, no doubt, provide salient insights into the motivation and strategy use of Liberian students as well as factors hindering their learning and their implications for better student learning outcomes. If you feel like you are constantly putting out fires, that you are re acting instead of acting when opportunities (and problems) come your way, then you need an Academic Mission Statement. However, there was statistically significant difference when it comes to games (phone, computer, and PlayStations) as follows: male (mean = 2.57, SD = .80) and female (mean = 2.18, SD = .99) (323) = 3.78, (2-tailed) = 0.001. Although the finding seems puzzling, it obviously conforms to entrenched high rate of poverty among the Liberian populace. Both males and females can possess different types of beliefs and strategies for learning. If you feel like you are constantly putting out fires, that you are reacting instead of acting when opportunities (and problems) come your way, then you need an Academic Mission Statement.. They must also ensure that students learn to ask for assistance whenever necessary. 15 0 obj
Effects of online games to students: Thesis statement . In order words, “motivation is what gets you going, keeps you going, and determines where you’re trying to go” [14, p-317]. Finally, this research projected several factors deeply hampering students’ chances to do well in their academics. This research focuses on how online gaming affects the academic performance … Data analyses were conducted using SPSS 17.0. 23 0 obj
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Pupils must be repeatedly reminded to learn for their own good and the good of the society; hence, there is no need for bribery and other academic malpractice to get higher scores. The result also showed significant relationships between the two constructs. Drawing from the findings, this study offers a number of conclusions, vital for teaching, learning, and policy-making, particularly in Liberia. What motivational beliefs are held by Liberian junior and senior high school students to learn? 2 0 obj
Charles Gbollie, Harriett Pearl Keamu, "Student Academic Performance: The Role of Motivation, Strategies, and Perceived Factors Hindering Liberian Junior and Senior High School Students Learning", Education Research International, vol. A number of conclusions as well as some practical recommendations for action relative to the improvement of student performance have been advanced. 10 0 obj
In addition, teachers should assist their students to clearly understand the need for them to build up beliefs like task value, self-efficacy for learning and performance, intrinsic goal orientation, and control for learning beliefs as well as use of critical thinking, effort regulation, and peer and help seeking strategies to enhance their learning process. Unlike motivations, two strategy use components showed statistically significant differences, female participants getting the higher mean for the effort regulation strategies (mean = 3.40, SD = .74) than their male counterparts (mean = 3.02, SD = .90) = −4.445, (2-tailed) = 0.001, and with male participants getting higher mean on peer learning (mean = 3.79, SD = .95) than their female counterparts (mean = 3.58, SD = .86) (323) = 2.064, (2-tailed) = 0.040. Accordingly, the Liberian Education Law requires for Basic Education of the country, which comprises grades 1–9, to be free and compulsory [3], though the compulsion part is not being fully implemented due to limited access to learning facilities, among other constraints. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 595.32 842.04] /Contents 15 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>>
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(3)Does there exist relationship between students’ motivations and strategy use? In a study of 404 college students, Al Khatib [11] found that four of the independent variables (intrinsic goal orientation, self-efficacy, test anxiety, and meta-cognitive self-regulated learning) are significant predictors of college students’ performance. endobj
Accordingly, students must be motivated to muster courage to solicit assistance whenever necessary. ��e�F�>=���+Mʕ�B�fL�9��l�蜵�'!%�edV���E�u�,} v��eJ� ��\%{@9��)�. As a consequence of the deteriorating student performance, the education sector has received serious backlashes from a cross-section of Liberians including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who had called for its total overhaul, stressing the need for concerted efforts to address the situation. 5 0 obj
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In addition, teachers should assist their students to clearly understand the need for them to build up beliefs like task value, self-efficacy for learning and performance, intrinsic goal orientation, and control for learning beliefs as well as use of critical thinking, effort regulation, and peer and help seeking strategies to enhance their learning process. We are committed to sharing findings related to COVID-19 as quickly as possible. endobj
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Being a male or a female does not give any Liberian junior or senior high school student outright advantage. Accordingly, Pintrich [7] acknowledged that research on student motivation is central to research in learning and teaching settings. stream
Partner organizations like USAID, UNICEF, OSIWA, EU, Save the Children, and Plan International, among others, have also invested and continue to invest millions into different programs in the sector including teacher training and provision of teaching and learning materials. In addition, it can be clearly pointed out that rehearsal strategies were preferred over effort regulation strategies by participants of the study and this was statistically significant. 4 0 obj
Students are worried about life challenges (poverty) and future uncertainties. On the other hand, learning strategies have to do with steps taken by students to enhance their learning competencies. Relative to gender roles, female participants reported greater extrinsic, control for learning beliefs, self-efficacy, and test anxiety, while male participants had edge when it comes to intrinsic goal orientation and task value. However, learning strengths are just as important! 26 0 obj
Participants were required to rank on the scale of 1 to 12 in order of effect on their schooling, what is/are hampering them the most—1 means very serious effect and 12 not very serious effect. Statement of the Problem. It was found that girls perform better than the male students. Beyond single player games. Table 4 displays descriptive and independent samples -test statistical results of participants’ motivational beliefs and learning strategy use in relation to their gender. Academic performance was measured in society in many ways (Frias, 2000). Furthermore, this research did not consider all strategy use components by students. 8 0 obj
This is indicative of the incessant drops in the passing marks of 9th and 12th graders in the regional exams, administered by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Liberia office [5, 6]. The funding phased out in June, 2016. Let’s break down this optional academic personal statement so you know if you need to write one, what you should write about, and how much you should write.. Who needs to write the personal statement? We observed this effect across different channels of social interactions with calls and text messages showing the strongest correlations, further emphasizing the phenomena. Liberian parents, school administrators, policymakers, and partners must work out modalities to quench the level of divulged worries among students. This part of the analyses was conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS), version 17.0. Hypothesis. This means, Liberian students current performance is not as despicable as it may be perceived because they used a variety of motivational beliefs as well. x��VMo�6���Q*������$��n�h/M���J�"�S[�b��;CI����E �"g�y"9�m��>]���d2+�t�ʖ�v�l��L�oO��*}ȋ��7�����ĩ��t�m�Srz6'��x4���QgHr?q����
�Xg)S$Y�ه���n��Q��8&��6���I~����`�Sc�`=ȁ�_��o�p�qN�� Our Favorite Resources for Writing Personal Statements. The questionnaire was pretested. Further, research showed that students’ motivations and strategy use have some impact on student performance [11]. Liberian junior and senior high school students were less self-efficacious and would be extrinsically motivated to learn. Emphasis must not only be placed on grades or rewards as the surest way to academic success, but it must also consider other skills and talents of students. The nature of motivation and learning strategy use is vital to improving student learning outcomes. The nature of motivation and learning strategy use is vital to improving student learning outcomes. As hypothesized, students preferred rehearsal and organization strategies. It has increased our knowledge about the types of motivational beliefs and learning strategy use by Liberian junior and senior high school students and how these beliefs and strategies have implications for their academic performance. Consultations were made at national and school levels. The perceived uncertainty about the future might also be a source of reported worries by participants. R.Q.1. Another factor for students reporting more extrinsic motivation could be as a result of high emphasis being placed on grades. In the words of Zimmerman [21], self-regulated learning strategies are actions and processes directed at acquiring information or skill that involve agency, purpose, and instrumentality perceptions by learners. In addition, the issues of access, quality, governance, and management need to be enhanced for better educational service delivery for improved student learning outcomes. g5M��U�����2@,��>�W�e,a�������k�$�����/A�ֈi]6F�����$5�P]a(�)���N����0��)��P�)7�� ��'�Z�����|I�i�jv�/M��bXE���9�vj�\�x�.�^aKH���lQ��5��U�b�o8um�^)M�j�^���E�`�:���#А����'��^�� <>
The least reported were peer pressure (going out friends) and video clubs/games with little over 17%. Both males and females can possess different types of beliefs and strategies for learning. (4)What factors do Liberian students think are hindering their learning? 1.2 Statement of the Problem. The results also pointed out that organization strategies are the second most favored strategies by participants and they have significant mean differences with all other components, except critical thinking strategies (M = 3.69, SD = .61), and organization strategies (M = 3.70, SD = .79), = −0.004, and peer learning strategies (M = 3.68, SD = .91) and organization strategies (M = 3.70, SD = .79), = 0.023. [ 7 0 R]
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The Present Level of Performance Examples below will help you write an great PLOP section in your child’s IEP!PLOP statements are sometimes called the Present Level of Academic Achievemen… The following are conclusions of this research. It means academic performance can be estimated for any student by its home environment and learning skills and also by its academic interaction, study habits, and home environment. It involves internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to job, role, or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal. Writing a personal statement to get into grad school, college, residency or any other big academic program is probably unlike anything else you’ve written recently. As an old age yardstick for assessing students’ performance in Liberia, unremitting falloffs despite increased number of trained teachers with better incentive, built or renovated learning facilities, update-to-date textbooks, and so on in comparison with those of early 2000s are a matter of serious concern. (2)Rehearsal and organization strategies are of priority to students as they make strides to progress through the academic ladder of high school. It is very interesting that parents’ education means more than their occupation in relation to their children’s academic performance at school. �����sX�mZ����2r������$ʽۚ���}wy�Hz��V�!�����������-I��nŁhvS6����N�mu���A��x�����[��J�#g�r������q��f��������m�{}>䭗�m�p��*0�g=��۴����h��Nc�U��i:����l^|���uk��f�9?m+W= M�;q�ےc�{P���k_�6�'���@�֙ (4)Being a male or a female does not give any Liberian junior or senior high school student outright advantage. Besides, parents must limit workloads given to school going age children and provide sufficient time for them to study their lessons. At this time, they could scrupulously report on factors that impeded their learning. <>
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It is foreseen that this research findings would provide better and clearer comprehensibility of Liberian students’ motivation and use of learning strategies to help students, administrators, and policymakers improve teaching and learning through the development or alignment of policies and programs in the interest of nation building. That’s why online games are addictive to teenagers. Harassment in schools, which is said to be an issue, was among hindrances highly identified by females. Liberian government through the Ministry of Education and partners must intensify efforts to alleviate various problems confronting students including worries about life challenges (poverty), access, poor learning facilities, and harassment in schools. Such equitability does augur well towards curbing gender disparity, especially at senior high school level in Liberia. <>
What factors do Liberian students think are hindering their learning? Pintrich et al. For 2016, 22,671 out of 46,927 students who registered for the exams failed, which constitutes nearly half (48.46%) of the total number of students registered [6]. Effects of online games to students: Thesis statement . The general expectancy-value model of motivation characterizes motivation into three components: value components that include goal orientation and task value; expectancy components that include self-efficacy and control beliefs; and the effective construct of test anxiety [18], all of which are considered in this study. students’ academic performance in the first accounting course in Puerto Rican public and private universities. Possibly, the high extrinsic motivation of students is triggered by their conception of education. Sign up here as a reviewer to help fast-track new submissions. Poor learning facilities and social media will be the most reported challenges hindering students learning, while worrying about life challenges and distance to and from school are the least factors hampering students learning. Under the grant 189 classrooms were built or rehabilitated; more than one million textbooks and 20,000 teachers’ guides distributed to 2,489 schools, approximately 1 million supplementary reading books, 1.4 million supplementary pieces of instructional materials procured, and school grants disbursed to 2,579 schools following their reopening after the Ebola crisis [1]. 7 0 obj
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