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Myanmar Academy of Art & Science List of Research

No. Researcher Title Abstract Year
2031 Aye Thanda Tun HARDINESS, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND BURNOUT OF TEACHERS FROM MOMEIK TOWNSHIP The main purpose of the present study is to examine hardiness, social support and burnout of teachers. This study is also conducted to investigate the significant differences in hardiness, social support and burnout of teachers by gender and position as well as the correlation of age with hardiness, social support and burnout of teachers. The sample consisted by 502 teachers. This research used descriptive research design. Data of this study were collected by administering Copenhagen Burnout Inventory developed by Kristensen, Borritz, Villadsen and Christensen (2005) for Burnout, Dispositional Resilience Scale developed by Bartone (2007) for hardiness and Revised Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support developed by Ho and Chan (2017) for social support of teachers. The results revealed that the teachers from Momeik Township had moderate low level of burnout, and very high degree of hardiness and social support. It was found that there was no significant difference in burnout of teachers by gender and position. It was also found that there was no significant difference in hardiness and social support by gender while there were significant differences by position of teachers. The primary teachers revealed the significant higher degrees in hardiness and social support than the senior teachers. Next, it was found that there were significant negative correlations of age with hardiness and burnout of teachers except social support. And then, there was negative correlations between burnout and both of hardiness and social support of teachers. As last, it was found that the combination of hardiness and social support can be accounted for the level of burnout by 9.8% and teacher burnout decreased 0.524 units for each units of hardiness increased and 0.307 units for each unit of social support increased. The present study concluded that hardiness and social support are affected burnout of teachers. 2021
2032 Khin Hnin Nwe USING ERROR PATTERN ANALYSIS FOR DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY MATHEMATICS LEARNING The purpose of the study is to analyze the error patterns for diagnostic assessment in primary mathematics learning, especially in addition and subtraction of fractions. Descriptive survey method was used in this study. In this study, sixteen problems associated with the addition of and subtraction of fractions were prepared to analyze error patterns. This test was developed using the problems from primary mathematics course. It comprised of 8 test items which fall into eight levels for the addition of fractions and 8 test items which fall into eight levels for the subtraction of fractions. For the classification of systematic errors in addition and subtraction of fractions, the researcher used the classification developed by Brueckner (1980). The tests were administered during November last week and December first week of 2017. The sample was the 400 Grade (5) students from four Basic Primary Schools, South Dagon Township, Yangon Region. Out of the subjects, 51.8% (N=207) were males and 48.3% (N=193) were female primary students. It was found that the students demonstrated with the highest percentage of the error related to the converting the whole number to improper fraction (21.9%), followed by the error related to the reducing of fraction (20.5%), and 12.5% of converting the improper fraction to mixed fraction. The other errors were random error (9.5%), careless error (6.6%), the error of converting from mixed fraction to improper fraction (5.1%), and the error related to the finding lowest common denominator (4.5%) respectively. The results of the error analysis revealed an overall lack of experience with basic fraction concepts. Then, the results of this analysis magnify the existence of a problem in learning mathematics that must be rectified. 2021
2033 Myo Ko Aung PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PYINMANA TOWNSHIP The primary purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of perceived social support on academic engagement of high school students in Pyinmana Township. Moreover, the present study is to examine the relationship between perceived social support and academic engagement in terms of gender, locality, subject combination, parents’ education level and parents’ job. Descriptive survey research method and quantitative data analysis were applied in this study. As the research instruments, Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) developed by Malecki and Demaray, and Elliot (2000) and Student Course Engagement Questionnaire (SCEQ) developed by Handelsman and colleagues (2005) were applied. A total of 900 high school students (450 males and 450 females) selected from six schools in Pyinmana Township participated in this study. After that, the data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, independent sample t test and ANOVA test. According to the descriptive statistics, the Grade 10 students from Pyinmana Township were good in perceived social support and academic engagement. The result of this study revealed that students were significantly different in perceived social support and academic engagement with respect to gender, subject combinations and mothers' education level. The students were not significantly different in perceived social support and academic engagement with respect to locality, fathers' education level and fathers' job and also mothers' job. The result revealed that there was positively significant relationship between perceived social support and academic engagement. Therefore, it could be interpreted that students who perceive greater social support will be better in academic engagement. 2021
2034 Khin Khin Thant AN INVESTIGATION INTO FACTORS INFLUENCING DROPOUT STUDENTSIN MEIKHTILA TOWNSHIP Dropouts are defined as students who are enrolled in school at any time during the school year, but are not enrolled at the end of the school year and did not transfer, graduate, or die. Nowadays, the nation is facing a dropout crisis. To address this crisis requires a better understanding of why students drop out. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate factors influencing dropout students in Meikhtila Township. The specific objectives of this study are to examine family factors influencing dropout students, to analyze school factors influencing dropout student, to investigate community factors influencing dropout students and to examine other factors influencing dropout students. Descriptive research design and survey method were used. The sample was formed of 500 dropout students (239 males and 261 females). The data were collected through dropout student questionnaire to find out factors influencing dropout students. According to descriptive statistics, all these family, school, community and other factors are affecting on dropout students. For more detail information, a Pearson chi-square test was conducted. Finally, the various reasons of dropping out of students responded on opened question were described. Based on the factors that affect on dropout students, discussions and suggestions were given in this study. In fact, understanding the factors influencing dropout students will lead to the prevention of dropout. Therefore, this result will be necessary for the youth’s development and will also be a profit for education progress. 2021
2035 Myint Myint Po CHILDREN’S SOCIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COOPERATIVE TEAM LEARNING The purpose of this paper was to examine the children’s social skills development through cooperative team learning. The participants of the study were selected from Sagaing. A sample of 224 Grade 6 students participated in this study and it consisted of 134 male and 90 female students. Students’ social skills were measured by using “The Assessment of Children’s Social Skills through Self-Report” questionnaire developed by Carla Kmett Danielson and Carolyn Roecker Phelps. The observed mean of social skills was 82.69 and theoretical mean was 63. Most students fall into moderate social skills group so their social skills were normal. Male students’ social skills mean score was 81.95 and that of female students was 83.80. Although male students’ social skills mean was slightly higher than that of female students, there was no significant difference between male and female students. Regarding schools, according to the independent samples t test, there was a significant difference at .05 level. Moreover, students who learned by cooperative team learning more developed social skills than those who were in conventional learning. But it was found that there was no significant difference between male and female students through cooperative team learning. According to the research findings, this study highlights the fact that students’ social skills can be improved through cooperative team learning and school is one of the factors that affects upon social skills. 2021
2036 Thae Su Mo AN INVESTIGATION INTO PARENTAL RESPONSIVENESS, PARENTAL CONTROL AND STRENGTHS OF JUSTICE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM MONYWA TOWNSHIP The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between two parenting features (parental responsiveness and parental control) and strengths of justice of high school students from Monywa Township. 379 students from three selected high schools participated in this study. The Scale of Parenting Styles developed by Gafoor and Kurkkan (2014) was used to measure parental responsiveness and control. Strengths of justice were measured through 96-item Value in Action Inventory designed by Park and Peterson (2006). The results showed that adolescents perceived their mothers as more responsive and more controlling than their father. Perceptions with parental responsiveness and control were not different between boys and girls. Maternal responsiveness positively predicted all strengths of justice while maternal control positively predicted only teamwork. Paternal responsiveness and control showed no prediction. The findings of this study implicitly highlighted the effect of parenting standard on children’s development. Even the same parenting features did not have same effect between maternal and paternal parenting. 2021
2037 ZawThan Win AN INVESTIGATION INTO NUMERICAL REASONING ABILITY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SINTGU TOWNSHIP The main aim of this study is to examine the numerical reasoning ability of middle school students in Sintgu Township, Mandalay Region. Then, the differences in numerical reasoning ability by gender, by locality and by age were investigated. Moreover, the relationship between the students’ numerical reasoning ability and their mathematics achievement were also investigated. A total of 615 Grade 9 students (275 males and 340 females) from six schools which consist of three high schools, one high school (branch), one middle school and one middle school (branch) were selected as the participants for the study. The quantitative research design and the descriptive survey method were used. Numerical reasoning ability test (40 items) was developed to measure students’ numerical reasoning ability as an instrument for this study. The p-value and discrimination index of the 40 items were within the acceptable range of 0.20 to 0.90 and equal to (or) greater than 0.30 respectively. In the analysis of data, descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one way ANOVA and correlation technique were used in this study. According to the result of findings, middle school students were not so good but satisfactory in the numerical reasoning ability. Moreover, t-test results confirmed that male students had slightly higher numerical reasoning ability than female students and urban school students’ numerical reasoning ability was greater than the rural schools students’. One way ANOVA results showed that the more the younger students, the more the higher numerical reasoning ability. According to correlation analysis, students’ numerical reasoning abilities were found to be significantly and positively correlated with their mathematics achievement (r=.515, p<.01). Therefore, research findings suggested that students’ numerical reasoning abilities should be enriched by using various strategies as the numerical reasoning could influence their mathematics achievement. 2021
2038 Soe Paing Htoo PERCEPTUAL REASONING ABILITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILL OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SHWEBO TOWNSHIP The aim of this study is to investigate the perceptual reasoning ability of middle school students in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region. Perceptual reasoning ability was investigated to find out whether there were significant differences by gender, by locality and by age. Moreover, the relationship between the students’ perceptual reasoning ability and their problem solving skill was also investigated. A total of 636 Grade 9 students (320 males and 316 females) from Shwebo Township in Sagaing Region participated in this study. The quantitative research design and the descriptive survey method were used. As research instruments; perceptual reasoning ability test: PRAT (30 items) and problem solving skill questionnaire (20 items) was developed to measure students’ perceptual reasoning ability and problem solving skill. PRAT was adapted from Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – IV (WAIS – IV) which included four categories namely block design, visual puzzles, matrix reasoning and picture completion. In analyzing the data, descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one way ANOVA, and correlation technique were used. According to the result of findings, the level of perceptual reasoning ability of middle school students was satisfactory. Moreover, based on the results, students’ perceptual reasoning ability was found to be significantly and positively correlated with their problem solving skill (r=.163, p<.01). In sum up, research findings indicated that students’ perceptual reasoning ability should be enhanced by using various ways and it also played a vital role in their future success. 2021
2039 Khin Swe Latt SELF-ESTEEM, NARCISSISM AND AGGRESSION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SAGAING TOWNSHIP The main aim of this study is to investigate the visual perceptual skill that affects on mathematics achievement of Grade 6 students in Ngazun Township, Mandalay Region. The quantitative research design and the descriptive survey method were taken in the present study. The total of 650 (male=309, female=341) Grade 6 students were selected as participants from three high schools, three high schools (branch), two middle schools, and two middle schools (branch) by using simple random sampling technique. As research instruments, visual perceptual skill test with 20 items and mathematics achievement test with 30 items were adapted and applied. The visual perceptual skill test included five subtests: visual discrimination, visual spatial-relationships, position-in-space, visual figure-ground, and visual analysis and synthesis. The p-value and pointbiserial correlation of the items in both tests were analyzed by using Bilog-MG Software. The internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) of the visual perceptual skill test was 0.745 and that of mathematics achievement test was 0.895. Students’ visual perceptual skill and mathematics achievement were investigated to find out whether there were significant differences by gender, locality, and school type. In addition, the effect of visual perceptual skill on mathematics achievement was explored. The results indicated that male students had higher visual perceptual skill than female students. But, significant difference was not found in mathematics achievement by gender. According to locality effect, urban students possessed better visual perceptual skill and mathematics achievement than rural students. In this study, Grade 6 students in High Schools had the highest visual perceptual skill and mathematics achievement in the comparison of four school types. Besides, visual perceptual skill subtests can significantly predict mathematics achievement in accordance with the result of regression analysis. According to these research findings, this study highlights the fact that visual perceptual skill plays as an important part in the improvement of students’ mathematics achievement. 2021
2040 Htet Htet Htun THE BEHAVIORAL AUTONOMY OF UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AUNGMYAYTHARZAN TOWNSHIP The main purpose of this study is to study the behavioral autonomy of children. Upper primary school students were taken into account in this study. So, the participants in this study were 600 upper primary school students among four Basic Education High Schools located in Aungmyaytharzan Township. Descriptive survey method was used in this study; participants were 300 male students and 300 female students from Grade 4 and Grade 5. A questionnaire was used to collect demographic information of the participants such as gender, grade, sibling, parents’ education and parents’ occupation. The questionnaire was adapted from Manuela Fleming (2005) in this study. It was composed of 36 items and included three components: decision-making abilities, self-reliance and parental influence. The results of the study also reveal that there was no significant difference in decision-making abilities of children with respect to their gender, parents’ education and parents’ occupation. But, there existed significant difference in decision-making abilities of children with respect to their grade and sibling. There was no significant difference in self-reliance of children with respect to their parents’ education and occupation. But, there existed significant difference in self-reliance of children with respect to their gender, grade and sibling. There was no significant difference in parental influence on children with respect to their gender, grade, sibling and mother’s occupation. But, there existed significant difference in parental influence on children with respect to father’s education, mother’s education and father’s occupation. Therefore, studying the behavioral autonomy of upper primary school students provides many effects on both students and educational setting. 2021