| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | b072 |
| Survey Title | Monograph/ The World of Junior High School Students: "The Present State of Progression to High School" - Comparison with 1988 - 2002 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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| Summary |
High school entrance examinations have changed. In the past, students were selected based on their "deviation value"; today, more and more students are selected based on a multifaceted evaluation of their abilities, including recommendations, interviews, and essays. Additionally, confidence in the trajectory of "good schooling => good employment => happy life" has collapsed, and the meaning of high school education for students is expected to change as a result. How have these systemic changes in high school entrance examinations alongside changes in the social structure affected third-year junior high school students’ attitudes toward entering high school? In an attempt to answer the above question, this survey was conducted with the intention of comparing the results with those of a survey conducted in 1988 (Monographs: The World of Junior High School Students, Vol. 30, "Entering High School: Exploring the Reality of the 'Spring of '15'"). The 1988 survey asked third-year junior high school students who had just completed their high school entrance examinations about their attitudes toward the examinations. In this survey, we added some original items to the survey items that appeared on the 1988 survey and sampled many of the same junior high schools that originated the 1988 respondents. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Third-year students from 14 junior high schools in Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, and Kanagawa |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | A sample of 1,655 （857 boys, 798 girls） |
| Date of Collection |
2002-03-01 ~ 2002-03-01 2002/03/01 |
| Time Period |
2002 ~ 2002 |
| Spatial Unit | saitama tokyo Saitama/Chiba/Tokyo/Kanagawa |
| Sampling Procedure | As one of the purposes of the survey was to compare the results with those of the 1988 survey, of the 14 schools that implemented the program in 1988, 11 of the junior high schools participating in the recent survey were the same as in 1988, and the other 3 were within the 1988 sample area. |
| Mode of Data Collection | Questionnaire survey through schools |
| Investigator | Benesse Corporation |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.b072 |
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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 | 【 Questionnaire 】 |
| Major Survey Items |
・Respondent’s career path, respondent’s anxiety about high school entrance exams, respondent’s confidante for their exam-related concerns, respondent’s experience of anxiety immediately prior to taking their high school entrance exams, respondent’s information sources while deciding on a career path, aspects the respondent considered when choosing a high school ・Study methods the respondent used during the past year, whether the respondent’s study methods were helpful in preparing for the entrance examinations, period when the respondent began studying for the entrance examinations in earnest, point at which the respondent feels they should have started studying for the entrance examinations ・Respondent’s opinions about their school classes and cram school as components of their preparation for taking their high school entrance exams, whether the respondent attended cram and/or prep schools ・Amount of time the respondent spent studying at home, respondent’s average bedtime in the second semester, average amount of time the respondent spent sleeping per night during the second semester ・Degree of effort the respondent expended on studying for their high school entrance examinations, respondent’s (dis)approval of the high school entrance examinations, number of subjects the respondent’s high school entrance examinations covered ・Respondent’s impressions immediately after taking their high school entrance examinations, respondent’s mode of study during their 3 years in junior high school ・Content of the respondent’s communication with their parents ・Respondent’s knowledge about high school, respondent’s perceptions of high school, respondent’s expectations of high school life ・High school where the respondent will go to school (single-application or dual-application, public or private, coeducational or non-coeducational, rank in deviation value, whether the school the respondent will attend was their first choice or their preferred school) ・High school for which the respondent took entrance examinations (number of public and private schools respondent took entrance examinations for and the number of schools to which the respondent gained entry, type of high school for which the respondent took entrance examinations, respondent's intention to attend the private high school for which they took the entrance examinations, whether the respondent took entrance examinations for recommendation, whether the respondent passed or failed the exams, and respondent’s impressions) ・Respondent’s academic performance (grades), respondent’s intended future career path ・Gender |
| Date of Release | 2005/11/22 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS Children SOCIETY AND CULTURE |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2005-11-22 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |