Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination

Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination

The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of the class labeling system used in schools on the students' academic self-esteem and academic performance. The Kruskal-Wallis One-Way Analysis of Variance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to analyze the data. The rese...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nor Azlina, Mat Ariff
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
LB Theory and practice of education
Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/4727/1/s88229.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/4727/2/s88229_abstract.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-uum-etd.4727
record_format uketd_dc
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection UUM ETD
language eng
eng
advisor P. Valdez, Nena
topic LB Theory and practice of education
spellingShingle LB Theory and practice of education
Nor Azlina, Mat Ariff
Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination
description The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of the class labeling system used in schools on the students' academic self-esteem and academic performance. The Kruskal-Wallis One-Way Analysis of Variance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to analyze the data. The researcher also included socio-economic status and sibling position as two contributing factors that may influence the individual's self-esteem. The researcher used the respondents' total score of Form 1 End-year Examination result to determine the relationship between the students' self-esteem and their academic performance. A specific school was chosen based on the class labeling system that they used. The researcher randomly selected Form 2 students in that school as the respondents for this research. The translated version of the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale was used as the research instrument in the study. Based on the results gathered from the analyses, the researcher concluded that there is a statistically significant relationship between class label and students' academic self-esteem. In contrast, there is no significant relationship between academic performance and self-esteem, self-esteem and socio-economic status and self-esteem and sibling position. However, the results from this study could not be generalized to all students because this study has a small number of population and only involved one school in one particular state. Therefore, the researcher would also like to suggest to future researchers who are interested to do a study on a similar area to conduct a larger scale study with a larger population so that the results obtained from the study could be generalized to all students particularly in Malaysia. The researcher also hoped that through the findings gathered from this study, a better class labeling system that does not affect the students' academic self-esteem could be implemented in schools.
format Thesis
qualification_name masters
qualification_level Master's degree
author Nor Azlina, Mat Ariff
author_facet Nor Azlina, Mat Ariff
author_sort Nor Azlina, Mat Ariff
title Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination
title_short Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination
title_full Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination
title_fullStr Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination
title_full_unstemmed Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination
title_sort academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: a re-examination
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
publishDate 2011
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/4727/1/s88229.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/4727/2/s88229_abstract.pdf
_version_ 1747827788533989376
spelling my-uum-etd.47272016-04-27T07:23:27Z Academic class labeling on the self-esteem and academic performance of form 2 students: A re-examination 2011 Nor Azlina, Mat Ariff P. Valdez, Nena College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) College of Arts and Sciences LB Theory and practice of education The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of the class labeling system used in schools on the students' academic self-esteem and academic performance. The Kruskal-Wallis One-Way Analysis of Variance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to analyze the data. The researcher also included socio-economic status and sibling position as two contributing factors that may influence the individual's self-esteem. The researcher used the respondents' total score of Form 1 End-year Examination result to determine the relationship between the students' self-esteem and their academic performance. A specific school was chosen based on the class labeling system that they used. The researcher randomly selected Form 2 students in that school as the respondents for this research. The translated version of the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale was used as the research instrument in the study. Based on the results gathered from the analyses, the researcher concluded that there is a statistically significant relationship between class label and students' academic self-esteem. In contrast, there is no significant relationship between academic performance and self-esteem, self-esteem and socio-economic status and self-esteem and sibling position. However, the results from this study could not be generalized to all students because this study has a small number of population and only involved one school in one particular state. Therefore, the researcher would also like to suggest to future researchers who are interested to do a study on a similar area to conduct a larger scale study with a larger population so that the results obtained from the study could be generalized to all students particularly in Malaysia. The researcher also hoped that through the findings gathered from this study, a better class labeling system that does not affect the students' academic self-esteem could be implemented in schools. 2011 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/4727/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/4727/1/s88229.pdf text eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/4727/2/s88229_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Adler, A. (1932). What life should mean to you. London: George Allen & Unwin. Alves-Martins, M., Peixoto, F., Gouveia-Pereira, M., Amaral, V., Pedro, I. (2002) Selfesteem and academic achievement among adolescents. Educational Psychology, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2002, pp. 51-62. Brophy, J. (1998). Failure syndrome students. ERIC Digest. Champaign, LL: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 419625). Brunello, G., Checchi, D. (2006) Does school tracking affect equality of opportunity? New International Evidence. Discussion Paper No. 2348 September 2006. Ebeid, Omar Randi (2006) The Effects of labeling and stigma on the social rejection of-striptease performers. Master of Arts (Sociology), December 2006, 60 pp EI-Anzi, Freih Owayed (2005) Academic achievement and its relationship with anxiety, self-esteem, optimism, and pessimism in Kuwaiti students. Social Behavior and Personality. Ercole, J. (2009). Labeling in the classroom: teacher expectations and their effects on students' academic potential. University of Connecticut. Ghaith, G. (2003) Effects of the learning together model of cooperative learning on english as a foreign language reading achievement,academic self-esteem, and feelings of school alienation. Bilingual Research Journal, 27: 3 Fall 2003, pp 451-474. Geisler, S. P. (2001) The Formation and effects of teacher expectations on students. American Psychological Association (A.P.A.) Publication Manual, 1/2001, 39pp. Herrera, N., Zajonc, R., Wieszorkowska, G. & Cichomski, B. (2003). Beliefs about birth rank and their reflection in reality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(1), 142-150. Marsh, H. W., & Craven, R. G. (2002). The pivotal role of frames of reference in academic self-concept formation: the big fish little pond effect. Self-Concept Enhancement and Learning Facilitation (SELF) Research Centre, University of Western Sydney. McGinley, K. M. (2002). The relationship between the self-esteem of students and their perception of their teacher's style of teaching, May 2002. pp 30. Naderi Habibollah, Abdullah Rohani, Tengku Aizan, Sharir Jamaluddin,V. Kumar (2009). Self- esteem, gender and academic achievement of undergraduate students. American Journal of Scientific Research, ISSN 1450-223X Issue 3 (2009), pp. 26-37. Osterholm, K., Nash, W. R., Kritsonis, W. A. (2007) Effects of labeling students "learning disabled": emergent themes in the research literature 1970 through 2000. National FORUM Journals, Houston, Texas. http: www.nationalforum.com. Pullmann, H., Allik, J. (2008). Relations of academic and general self-esteem to school achievement. Personality and Individual Differences 45, 559- 564. Rist, R. C. (1977). "On understanding the processes of schooling: The contributions of labeling theory." Exploring Education 2nd Ally & Bacon, 2001: 149-157. Robins, R. W., Trzesniewski, K.E, Tracy, J.L., Gosling, S. D., Potter, J. (2002). Global self-esteem across life span. Psychology and Aging. Vol. 17, No.3, 423-434. Rosenthal, R. & Jacobson, L. (1968) Pygmalion in the Classroom. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Santrock, John W. (2001). Educational Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill. Sommers, Sam. (1999). Overheads for Week. http://www.umich.edu/~psychol/380/sommers/over- heads5.html. Stewart, A., Stewart, E., & Campbell, L. (2001). The relationship of psychological birth order to the family atmosphere and to personality. Journal of Individual psychology, 57 (4), pp 363-387. Vialle, W., Heaven, P. C. L., Ciarrochi, J. (2006). The relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement in high ability students: Evidence from the Wollongong Youth Study. The Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 14(2). Zahyah Hanafi (2008). The relationship between socio-economic factors and academic achievement. Jurnal Pendidikan 33, pp 95-105. Gabay, Shelly. Academic labeling and its effects(n.d). Retrieved April 9, 2009, from http://www-scf.usc.edu/~sgabay/academic%20label ing.htm. NCLD-Self-esteem fact sheet (n.d). Retrieved April 9, 2009, from http://www.ncld.org/content/view/866/391/.

Similar Items