A Study on Classroom Climate of Higher Secondary Students
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Classroom climate is very important to promote positive learning and stimulate students to want to learn. Development reinforcing classroom rules and norms that clearly support safe and respectful behavior is most crucial. Students who have experienced stereotype or expect to be viewed or judged in a certain way may encounter tensions and cognitive disturbances that interfere with learning. Student – Student interactions during and outside of class affect the overall climate. Content includes the course materials, examples and metaphors, case studies and project assignment used to illustrate the ideas being taught. In order for students to learn properly a classroom climate has to include respect. Hence, the present study is to investigate the classroom climate of the higher secondary students taken into consideration with the background variables such as Gender, Stream of study, Type of school, Family Income and Type of Family. 200 higher secondary students constitute the sample of the study from both Government school and Private school. It was found that there is no significant difference in the higher secondary students classroom climate with regard to gender, type of school, and family income and also there is significant difference in the higher secondary students classroom climate with regard to stream of study. Keywords: Classroom climate, Student – student interactions, Course materials
Authors and Affiliations
S. Menaga, Dr. V. Chandrasekaran
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