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Students’ views of classroom activities in secondary education in Croatia

It has been of great interest to researchers in education to explore student experiences in school. Getting an insight into the daily activities of students in classroom activities can be very beneficial for the process of curriculum creation, improving student motivation or teaching. There are a number of factors that impact on student experiences in the classroom, but this paper explores student views of classroom activities with a focus on the following dimensions: interest, challenge, choice, and enjoyment of students in Croatian secondary classrooms. In the academic year 2013/2014, research was conducted on a sample of 405 third-grade students in eight secondary schools in continental Croatia with the aim of collecting students' perceptions of class activities. The scale used, My Class Activities (Gentry, Gable, 2001) according to the original factor structure, was suppressed to four composite variables in line with the original factor structure: an assessment of the students' perceptions of interest, challenge, choice, and enjoyment in class activities. The results show that students included in the sample have a low level of perception of class activities. Further, 'gymnasium' students provide higher assessments on the composite variables of interest and challenge than vocational school students. Gender-based differences in the composite variables of the assessment of students' perceptions of class activities were not confirmed.

classroom activities; Croatia; secondary education; student views; vocational education

Rad je rezultat programa znanstvenih sitraživanja projekta koji financira Hrvatska zaklada za znanost: Nastava i ša net generacije (2014. - 2017.