Factors Affecting the Decision for Further Ducation of Mathayom 3 Students in Educational Opportunity Expension Schools Under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 4
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The research objectives were to study.1) Students’ demographic characteristics. 2) Factors affecting the students’ decision to their further study.3) Comparison of students ‘decision to choose their further education among small, medium or large schools. A sample of 357students who were in Mathayom3 in the educational opportunity expansion schools under Nakhon Ratchasima primary educational service area office 4 was collected by using a questionnaire to analyze the data with a packaged program. The descriptive statistics and Chi-Square Tests, together with One-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data.
The results showed that most of them were medium-sized schools, male, average weight 51.00 kg, average height 160.00 cm. Most of their BMI were at normal levels. The average academic achievement was 2.87, at 55.78% wanted to continue studying in the general course and 46.22% in the vocational course. The average income was 9,130 baht per month. Factors related to the decision to study further were weight, height, body mass index, educational achievement. relationship between students and friends Parent's education level and parent's income. The results of comparison revealed that schools of different sizes had different students' decision to study with a statistical significance level of 0.05.
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