Personal-social adjustment and social participation of transported and non-transported students

• Main Author: Hiscock, Hollis
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1972
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/7205/; https://research.library.mun.ca/7205/1/Hiscock_HollisRobertNathanael.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/7205/3/Hiscock_HollisRobertNathanael.pdf

In 1954 the first central high school was opened in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. At that time, the extra-curricular activities programmes were cited as one of the major advantages of the new educational system. The purpose of the present study was to compare the transported and non-transported students in grades seven and eight attending central high schools with respect to personal-social adjustment and social participation. This led to the formation of the following research questions: -- 1. Is there any relationship between the personal-social adjustment scores and student participation in extra-curricular activities? -- 2. What is the pattern of selection and rejection of transported and non-transported students by their classmates? -- 3. What is the pattern of participation of transported and non-transported students in extra-curricular activities? -- The sample consisted of one hundred and fourteen transported and two hundred and twelve non-transported students registered in grades seven and eight attending three central high schools in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. All data was collected during April, 1972. -- There were five instruments used to collect the data for the study. All teachers in the three schools completed the teacher rating scale dealing with the advantages of the central high school; the homeroom teachers of the classes surveyed rated individual students on behavioral practices and the students completed a three part semantic differential, a two part sociometric scale and a social participation questionnaire. -- The data, statistically treated by a computer programme, yielded the means, median, standard deviation, F ratio, frequency distribution, correlations and Fisher z for the two groups of students included in the study. -- The analysis of the data from the research resulted in the following findings. The teachers ranked the advantages of the central school associated directly with their working conditions in the first three positions and those regarded as ...