Browsing by Author "Amukune, Stephen"

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    Comparing Executive Functioning in the School Readiness of Hungarian and Kenyan Preschoolers
    (2023) Amukune, Stephen; Józsa Krisztián; Józsa Gabriella; Gyakorlati és Továbbképzési Intézet; KRE - Pedagógiai Kar
    Cross-national comparisons represent an avenue for investigating milestones achieved by one region that can help improve standards in another country. This study compares the development of executive functioning in Hungarian and Kenyan preschoolers as they prepare for school readiness. The study's cross-sectional design entailed sampling preschoolers from Hungary (n = 187) and Kenya (n = 420) aged between 4 and 8 years nested in 35 classrooms. Preschool class teachers rated the children's executive functioning using the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI). The two-factor structure of the CHEXI demonstrated a strong measurement invariance for the two countries, Hungary and Kenya. Significant gender differences were noted on both subscales in the Hungarian sample but not in the Kenyan preschoolers. Additionally, no differences were found in the executive functioning of boys from both countries. However, the girls exhibited variances in the inhibition subscale. Contrary to expectations, no linear mixed effects were observed for country or the interactions between age and country apropos difficulties related to inhibition and total executive functioning except for working memory. Better working memory skills noted in the Hungarian sample were attributed to a superior preschool education system.
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    Predictors of the Intention of Learning in Higher Education: Motivation, Self-Handicapping, Executive Function, Parents’ Education and School Achievement
    (2022) Józsa Gabriella; Oo, Tun Zaw; Amukune, Stephen; Józsa Krisztián; Gyakorlati és Továbbképzési Intézet; KRE - Pedagógiai Kar
    Learning motivation, self-handicapping, executive function, and school achievement are interrelated variables affecting students’ intension of learning in higher education. However, many educators are unaware of the ability of these predictive variables and fail to encourage students’ further education. Therefore, with the aim of helping educators, this study was conducted to predict students’ intention of learning in higher education based on their learning motivation, self-handicapping, executive function, school achievement, and mothers’ education. We sampled Hungarian 12th graders (N = 1330) who participated in this study while collecting the data online during class hours. Questionnaires were used to measure learning motivation, self-handicapping, and executive function. Findings showed that higher learning motivation, lower self-handicapping, stronger working memory, and mother’s education could increase students’ intention of learning in higher education. Beyond our expectations, higher school achievement (GPA) was not a significant predictor. Comparing different theoretical perspectives, we deduced reliable predictors underlying Hungarian students’ intention of learning in higher education. Therefore, this study is of great importance for educators to pick out the real support for their students’ intention of learning in higher education by following our research findings.
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    Tanulási kompetencia
    (2024) Józsa Krisztián; Józsa Gabriella; Amukune, Stephen; Gyakorlati és Továbbképzési Intézet; KRE - Pedagógiai Kar
    A nemzetközi szakirodalomban az utóbbi évtizedekben egyre erőteljesebben van jelen a tanulási kompetencia fogalma (approaches to learning; ATL), ami azokat az összetevőket foglalja magában, amelyek a gyermek tanulását segítő kognitív és affektív tényezőkre utalnak. Kutatások sokasága igazolta, hogy az ATL-nek meghatározó jelentősége van a gyermekek fejlődésében. Bár Magyarországon is számos kezdeményezés, kutatás, fejlesztés foglalkozik az iskolai teljesítményt befolyásoló tényezőkkel, az ATL fogalma és jelentősége még kevéssé ismert. Ezért tanulmányunkban áttekintjük a tanulási kompetencia elméleti megközelítéseit és összetevőit. Bemutatjuk azokat a vizsgálati eljárásokat, melyeket a tanulási kompetencia mérésére, feltérképezésére alkalmaznak.