| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | a161 |
| Survey Title | Monograph Elementary School Students Now: Ability to Memorize, Ability to Solve - Study is Difficult - 1997-98 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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| Summary |
In preparation for the full implementation of the five-day school week in 2002, the Courses of Study are being revised, but the opinions of the children and their parents, who are responsible for their learning, are not being heard at all. What are the desired academic skills of children? How do parents evaluate what their children are learning, and how well do they understand it? In addition, we attempted to conduct a survey to identify the "academic skills" that children need, such as what kind of learning is necessary at the subject level and what is unnecessary. The survey consisted of a parent survey and a child survey. In the survey, the content of each subject is shown in detail, and the parents are asked about the level of difficulty of the learning and whether it is necessary to learn it in elementary school. The survey analyzes what kind of academic skills the parents think their children need and what they expect from school education. In addition, we compared and analyzed the parents' perception of difficulty and the children's perception of difficulty in comparison with the children's survey, with the aim of exploring the "new view of academic achievement" desired by children. The children's survey consists of two questionnaires with the same content as the parent survey. First, Survey 1 consists of questions in the four subjects of Japanese, arithmetic, social studies, and science, and is administered in the form of a test with a score of 100 points, and the percentage of correct answers for each item is indicated numerically. Survey 2 was in the form of a questionnaire, asking the students whether they were confident about their knowledge and understanding of the content of the study, such as whether they could do well or whether they knew it. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe |
Parent survey = 1,210 respondents Children survey 1 = 213 (109 boys, 104 girls) Children survey 2 = 220 (117 boys and 103 girls) |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | Parents and children of 6th year students attending public elementary schools in Tokyo, Chiba, and Saitama. |
| Date of Collection |
1997-10 ~ 1998-02 Parent survey ＝ 1997/10 Children survey ＝ 1998/2 |
| Time Period |
1997 ~ 1998 |
| Spatial Unit | chiba Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama |
| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | Questionnaire survey through schools |
| Investigator | Benesse Corporation，Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.a161 |
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| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Parent survey][Child survey 1][Child survey 2] |
| Major Survey Items |
[Parent survey] (1) Assessment of learning content in elementary school (6th year), difficulty and necessity of learning content in the eight subjects of Japanese language, arithmetic, social studies, science, arts and crafts, music, physical education, and home economics; necessity of learning in other subjects; necessity of school events; feelings about evaluation and notification cards; and parents' expectations of the school other than learning. (2) Children's situation Discipline at home, growth and development of the child, satisfaction with school, thoughts about the child's future, intention to take junior high school entrance exams, school attendance, recent behavior of the child, type of child, level of understanding of schoolwork, and child's grades. (3) Demographic items Age of the child, age of work and graduation, relationship to the child, gender of the child, relationship to the child's siblings. [Child survey] ＜Child survey 1＞ Gender，Subjects liked and disliked, subject strengths and weaknesses, understanding of the contents of arithmetic, Japanese, social studies, and science (questions were asked in the form of a test, and the percentage of correct answers was calculated for each question). ＜Child survey 2> Gender, understanding of each subject and its difficulty (questionnaire format), usefulness of each subject, understanding of schoolwork, and what they can do other than study. |
| Date of Release | 2004/06/09 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
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| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2004-06-09 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |