Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia

The study discusses the students’ perceptions of the peer influence in the academic achievements and behaviour among students of MARA Junior Science College Malaysia. The study involved 140 students of Forms Three, Four and Five who were purposely selected from the MARA Junior Science College in...

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Main Author:	Salleh, Mohamad Johdi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/15050/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/15050/1/National_Seminar_on_Counseling_PEKEMA_2011_-_Peer_Influence_and_Academic_Achievement_MARA.pdf

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spelling	iium-150502012-02-08T05:01:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/15050/ Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia Salleh, Mohamad Johdi L Education (General) The study discusses the students’ perceptions of the peer influence in the academic achievements and behaviour among students of MARA Junior Science College Malaysia. The study involved 140 students of Forms Three, Four and Five who were purposely selected from the MARA Junior Science College in Pahang. The instruments used were survey questionnaire and the data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 15.0 for Windows. The findings show that the students have a clear definition of what and who are their peers and they are not influenced by their peers in decision making. They could relate peers to giving them a positive influence in terms of academic and are able to differentiate between the right and wrong act of their peers. The students clearly realized that a positive attitude should be attained to excel in academics. They have also agreed that those gifted and excellent students have an optimistic and positive affect towards their view and perspectives of learning. They are strongly influenced to be of the same level and status as their friends are. It is hope that the findings of this research would benefit teachers, educators, administrators, and, educational leaders to manipulate positively the peer influence in achieving good students in academics and moral attitudes. 2011-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/15050/1/National_Seminar_on_Counseling_PEKEMA_2011_-_Peer_Influence_and_Academic_Achievement_MARA.pdf Salleh, Mohamad Johdi (2011) Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia. In: National Seminar on Counseling Across Culture PEKEMA 2011, 24 - 25 May 2011, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) Salleh, Mohamad Johdi Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia
description	The study discusses the students’ perceptions of the peer influence in the academic achievements and behaviour among students of MARA Junior Science College Malaysia. The study involved 140 students of Forms Three, Four and Five who were purposely selected from the MARA Junior Science College in Pahang. The instruments used were survey questionnaire and the data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 15.0 for Windows. The findings show that the students have a clear definition of what and who are their peers and they are not influenced by their peers in decision making. They could relate peers to giving them a positive influence in terms of academic and are able to differentiate between the right and wrong act of their peers. The students clearly realized that a positive attitude should be attained to excel in academics. They have also agreed that those gifted and excellent students have an optimistic and positive affect towards their view and perspectives of learning. They are strongly influenced to be of the same level and status as their friends are. It is hope that the findings of this research would benefit teachers, educators, administrators, and, educational leaders to manipulate positively the peer influence in achieving good students in academics and moral attitudes.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Salleh, Mohamad Johdi
author_facet	Salleh, Mohamad Johdi
author_sort	Salleh, Mohamad Johdi
title	Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia
title_short	Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia
title_full	Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia
title_sort	peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of mara junior science college, malaysia
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/15050/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/15050/1/National_Seminar_on_Counseling_PEKEMA_2011_-_Peer_Influence_and_Academic_Achievement_MARA.pdf
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Peer influences in academic achievements and behaviours among students of Mara junior science college, Malaysia

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