Academic performance of students in different type of schools: an exploratory study based on demographic factors, a case study in Kota Bharu / Nor Fatihah Binti Abd Razak ...[et al.]

In Malaysia, there are several debates among society regarding the different academic performance between coeducational and single-gender school. Students from single-gender schools seem to perform better compared to students from coeducational schools by referring to their examination results. Since, there are less study conducted pertaining to this issue, this study was conducted to identify the influence factors of academic performance of students from single-gender and coeducational schools in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. This study was using secondary data where sample size was 414 samples. The Two Independent Sample T-test and Kruskal Wallis test were applied to examine the objectives. As a conclusion, there are significant difference in academic performance of students between single gender and coeducational schools. Meanwhile, the academic performance for male students (single gender) much better compared to mixed gender (coeducational). Female students in single gender schools excel in their academic performances compared to male students (single gender) and mixed (coeducational). This study recommend to add more variables related to the study and increase the number of samples or schools involved

Kesan Kelesuan Akademik Terhadap Pencapaian Skolastik di Peringkat Pendidikan Tinggi

Kelesuan akademik adalah keadaan psikologi yang buruk dan menyebabkan tekanan yang kronik di kalangan pelajar. Kajian ini dilakukan untuk mengenal pasti dimensi kelesuan akademik yang dominan (Keletihan emosi, Rasa pencapaian peribadi berkurang, dan Depersonalisasi) dalam mempengaruhi pencapaian skolastik pelajar di Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Kampus Kota Bharu. Sebanyak 282 pelajar yang mendaftar pada tahun kedua dan ketiga dipilih sebagai sampel kajian secara pensampelan berstrata. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa lebih daripada separuh pelajar didapati mengalami tekanan akademik, yang membawa kepada tahap gejala kelesuan akademik yang tinggi. Terdapat juga perbezaan yang signifikan dalam tahap kelesuan akademik yang dihadapi antara pelajar lelaki dan wanita. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan pemboleh ubah keletihan emosi yang memberikan sumbangan yang signifikan terhadap pencapaian skolastik pelajar. Kajian ini memberikan gambaran kepada pihak pengurusan dan pembuat dasar untuk menangani masalah gejala kelesuan akademik di kalangan pelajar dalam pendidikan tinggi dengan berkesan