(1035)IDENTIFYING WAYS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CHILDRENPERFORMANCE: THE STUDENTS’ POINT OF VIEW

摘要

There is growing evidence that progress has been made in scientists’ understanding of the studentmotivational dynamics as correlated to school performance and the factors that affect them. Thepresent study conducted in October 2011, aims to highlight the views of pre-service teachers from aNorthern Greece University on issues related to factors influencing academic achievement andclassroom performance improvement. More specifically, our work is based on data collected usingcontent analysis as our research method and free text as a research tool. The survey utilizes theaccumulated educational research aimed at exploring and bringing to the surface highly influentialfactors related to the social and academic goals achieved the motivating properties of these goals andprevailing classroom reward structures, as well as other key factors. According to the researchfindings, students suggest that student achievement could be highly affected by a) a wide range ofspecific instructional strategies educators use in the everyday teaching and learning process, such asflexible/diversified teaching methods, encouragement and support for learning activities at home,conversations and wide cooperation with parents b) student attitude towards school and school tasksc) parental support and involvement in schools and d) the contribution of the community-at-large to allroundedstudent performance and consequently, to better school achievement. All of the above-citedfindings seem to have a positive impact on student achievement and raise key issues for policy andpractice.