The Influences of Social and Pedagogic Factors on the Participation Behaviours of Aau Freshman Students
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1996-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out the extent to
which social and pedagogic factors influence the participation
behaviours of (i) AAU freshman students in general; and (ii)
relatively 'high', 'average' and 'low' classroom participators
in particular. The sample population of the study were 180 AAU
freshman students at the main and Arat Kilo campuses. Out of
the 180 students fifteen students were selected randomly from a
section and were described as 'high', 'average' and 'low'
participators based on their measures of participation
calculated from an analysis of lesson transcripts from video
recordings.
To obtain the necessary information, a questionnaire with
thirty items was administered to the students in the study
sample. The questionnaire consisted of 3 categories which aimed
to find out the influences of (i) social factors; (ii ) pedagogic
factors; and (iii) mixed social and pedagogic factors on
students' participation behaviours. An interview was also
conducted to obtain further information which could either
consolidate or refute the information revealed through the
questionnaire.
The analysis of the students' :::-esponses to the
questionnaire and the revelations brou5~~ O ~= by ~he interview
seemed to indicate that both s ocial ana ~e~agcg~c :ao=ors have
positive influences on the participa~ion oer.avlours of the
majority of the students. Moreover, the pcs~tive influences of
pedagogic factors were found to be greater than the positive
influences of social fact ors. The negative influences of both
social and pedagogic factors were reported by below 50% of the
students. This study has also showed that the participation
behaviours of the majority of the students were influenced by
the mixed social and pedagogic factors.
An attempt was also made to compare the extent to which
social and pedagogic factors influence the participation
behaviours of relatively 'high' , 'average' a::d 'low'
participators. The study showed that there was no significant
difference between the influences of s ocial and pedagogic
factors for the 'high' and 'average' ~art~oiFa= o rs. Eowever'
Pedagogic factors were found to have greater i ::: l~ences on the
participation behaviours of 'low' participa~ors.
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Social and Pedagogic