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| Author |
Goh, Chew Meng |
| Title | Personality type as a determinant of help-seeking behaviour. |
| Institute | Thesis (M.A.) (Applied Psychology) National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University |
| Year | 2000 |
| Supervisor | Lim, Kam Ming |
| Call no. | LB1031.4 Goh |
Summary
This research study was mooted as a result of the governmentship between achievement and attitude in History, with reference to the new Lower history curriculum. The pupil sample consisted of 317 Secondary Two pupils who had almost completed a full cycle of the new History curriculum.
An achievement test was administered to the pupils at the end of ten weeks of a school term. The test comprised items based upon Bloom's taxonomy of knowledge, comprehension and application. In addition, two attitude questionnaires were also administered.
The results indicated that pupils from high achieving schools performed significantly better than pupils from low achieving schools. At the knowledge level, the achievement scores in History of pupils form high achieving schools and low achieving schools were not statistically significant. At the higher cognitive levels of comprehension and application, there was a significant difference in achievement between high and low achieving schools. Pupils in the Express Course achieved better overall results in History than pupils from the Normal Course, as well as in all the three taxonomic levels of knowledge, comprehension and application. Girls appeared to achieve better overall results than boys in History. Pupil attitude towards the four components of the Lower Secondary History curriculum - Singapore History, the textbook, History lesson and History teacher was positive.
There was a low but significant relationship between achievement and attitude in History for pupils in high achieving schools, for pupils in the Express Course and for both boys and girls. No correlation was found between achievement and attitude for pupils in low achieving schools and those in the Normal Course.
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