The study examined the effect of a study skills training program on academic self-concept of elementary school students. The study questions included: (a)What influences do the study skills training program have on academic self-concept of elementary ...
The study examined the effect of a study skills training program on academic self-concept of elementary school students. The study questions included: (a)What influences do the study skills training program have on academic self-concept of elementary school students?; and (b)What influences do the training program have on non-academic self-concept of elementary school students?The study recruited students from two classes in the 4th grade in Y Elementary School located in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul (training group n=25, the comparison group n=25). Both the training and comparison groups completed the pre-test and the post-test for measuring study skills ability and self-concept of students. T-tests were conducted to test group differences.Below is a summary of study findings.First, students in the training group showed significant improvement in their academic self-concepts after the program. However, the comparison group showed no difference between the scores on the pre-test and post-test. Also, there was no significant difference between the two groups in the pre-test on their academic self-concepts, but the two groups showed a significant difference in the post hoc.Second, the training group revealed significant improvement in their non-academic self-concepts as compared to their scores in the pre-test. Particularly, the personality self-concept, a sub-factor of the non-academic self-concept, showed a difference whereas the social self-concept showed no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test. Also, there was no difference between the two groups in the pre-test but they showed a significant difference in the post-test.It is suggested that the study skills training program has positive impact on both academic and non-academic self-concepts of elementary school students.