I am doing my thesis study on the relationship of student's self-esteem to their academic acheivement. I need more ideas from your answers. I hope you'll help me. Thanks.
2006-11-29 13:56:00 · 8 answers · asked by Roselle V 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Self-esteem problems have hurt my academical life definitely in my eighth grade year. I moved in my eighth grade year, and my self-esteem plummeted because I had no friends for a long time.I always feared I'd say the wrong thing or that people would make a mockery of me if I tried to participate in class discussions. I couldn't concentrate on studies because I was too busy trying to make myself, not my grade, perfect. After eighth grade I moved again. Miraculously I made a couple of friends within the first week or so of school, and I felt like I belonged more. I was happier, and my grades went up up up! I got mostly As, and probably only a couple Bs each year. Hope my experience can help your answer. Now looking back that second move was the best thing that happened to me.
2006-11-30 15:55:10 · answer #1 · answered by Errny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a video out there called "Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes" that would be great for you to take a look at. It's a documentary about an experiment that was done several years ago. A teacher, Jane Elliot, spent one day discriminating against all of the brown eyed children in her class and another day discriminating against all of the blue eyed children. The video show how only one day of this affected the children's self-esteem, behavior, and academics.
I won't go into too many details, it's all on her site (see below). But seriously, watch the video. It's excellent.
2006-11-29 15:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self esteem has a huge effect on a students behavior in class and thus their learning.
Students who fear that they might fail or will be unable to understand the material, tend to sabtoge themselves. They may act out in class so they spend alot of time in the hall or in the office. May refuse to do the work so they can say "That class was stupid so I didn't anything" that way the failure wasn't the lack of ability. They may develop poor coping strategies like cheating/copying work.
I have one student who checks every answer at least three times before turning in an assignment. She never finishes tests on time. She spends alot of time worrying that she is "slow" mentally. She is capable of the work and is fairly smart. But since she second quesses everything that she does, she tends to confuse herself alot, spends alot of time in toutor sessions, and sometimes she cannot complete assignments with out someone to tell her that her answers are corrrect.
On the other hand they might take that fear to the other extreme and become a perfectionist. Teachers love these kids. They can be the overachievers. (Not all overachievers fit in tis group)
If a student believes they are "c" student, then they perform at the average level.
I think this quote might reflect how a student performs according to their percieved ability "If you think you can or you think you can't, either way You're right" I think Henry Ford said it.
Hope this helps.
2006-11-29 15:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by justmyopinion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister did a research project with special education students. They did some community service projects that helped them feel really good about helping people that were less fortunate then them. There was definitely a relationship between their academic achievement and their self-esteem. If you want, let me know and I can see if she still has the final paper for it.
2006-11-29 15:32:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anna H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
splendor is a relative count and what one individual reveals eye-catching yet another will locate repulsive. shallowness impacts each element of your existence so in case you have low self self belief you will probable go with everybody else as eye-catching and your self as grotesque. a individual who's bodily suited and is conscious it has a extreme self self belief, somebody who thinks they're grotesque - in spite of being advised the alternative - has low self self belief.
2016-12-29 16:49:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy. If you are confident and good at something, you like to do it and genreally succeed. If you are bad at something, then you try and avoid it, and may fail. Success brings good feelings, failure redeems low self esteem.
2006-11-29 17:42:00 · answer #6 · answered by westsida 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you looked into self-fulfilling prophecy and success spirals? It ties in closely to brain research. Kathie Nunley has a great website on this.
2006-11-29 16:31:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
o yeah most definietely, it has an effect on everything from academics, athletics and social life
2006-11-29 14:03:22 · answer #8 · answered by wafflehouse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋