期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：5
页码：3578-3588
DOI：10.9756/INTJECSE/V14I5.396
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：Background: Adolescence is a stage in the life span whereby young people undergo through fundamental biological, cognitive, and social changes.Academic performance is an indicator of the success of the teaching and learning process. The class room education alone does not contribute completelyto improve the academic performance; it needs comprehensive and multi-strategicapproaches to empower the individuals in curricular and extracurricular activities.Life skills play a key role in the academic achievement of students and the development of a society and nation. UNICEF and WHOlisted 10 skills as the most essential, which have been particularly considered for the present study. The study was conducted to assess the Effectiveness of Life Skill Training on Academic Performance among Adolescents. Methods:A Pre- Experimental (one group pre-test post-test) design was employed with 120 Nursing students (68 First year and 52 Second year B.Sc. Nursing) in Kollam, Kerala. Effectiveness of Life Skill Training on Academic Performance were assessed by the academic report of each subject before and after the administration of Life Skill Training. Results: Among 68 First year B.Sc. Nursing students, there is a significant difference (P<0.05) in the academic performance in Anatomy (t = 5.002, P = 0.001), Physiology (t = 3.409, P =0.001), Microbiology (t = 6.424, P =0.001), Psychology (t = 6.943, P =0.001) and Nursing Foundation (t = 5.630, P =0.001). While assessing the overall academic performance before and after Life Skill Training (t = 11.245, P =0.001) there is a significant difference (P<0.05) in the academic performance, which indicates the Life Skill Training is effective in improving the academic performance among the first year B.Sc. Nursing Students. Whereas among 52 second year B.Sc. Nursing students, there is a significant difference (P<0.05) in the academic performance in Medical Nursing (t = 3.573, P = 0.001), Surgical Nursing (t = 3.049, P =0.004), Community Health Nursing (t = 4.411, P =0.001), and Pharmacology (t = 4.297, P =0.001). Whereas in Sociology (t = 0.000, P =1.000), there is no significant difference (P>0.05) in academic performance before and after the Life Skill Training. While assessing the overall academic performance before and after Life Skill Training (t = 6.921, P =0.001) there is a significant difference (P<0.05) in the academic performance, which indicates the Life Skill Training is effective in improving the academic performance among the second year B.Sc. Nursing Students. Conclusions: Academic performance is an achievement of every student in their educational career. Life Skills are the essential skills which are possessed by all age group of peoples developed during their life cycle,for adolescents which especially supporting in their academic development. The findings of the study reveal that; among first- and second-year B.Sc. Nursing students, the Life Skill Training have major role in improving their academic performance in relation to their academic curriculum planned by the prescribing and examining authority. So, life skills should be integrated into the educational policies in order to improve the academic performance of students in parallel to the academic curriculum starting from the school level education.
关键词：Adolescence is a stage in the life span whereby young people undergo through fundamental biological;cognitive;and social changes
