%0 Journal Article
%T Three-Year Longitudinal Survey of Changes in Consciousness about English in Junior High School Students and its Relationship with Academic Achievement
%A Kohei Okado
%A Noriyuki Kida
%J Psychology
%P 164-180
%@ 2152-7199
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/psych.2019.102014
%X This study explored correlation between changes of consciousness and academic achievement about English across the 3 years on junior high school in Japan. The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the item of consciousness about English in junior high school. For that reason, a 3-year longitudinal survey of exploratory factor analysis was conducted, which extracted three factors: ¡°Interest score¡±, ¡°Quantitative learning score¡± and ¡°Quality of learning score¡±. Then, correlation between the three factors and academic achievement was investigated. Results indicated that Interest score and Quality of learning score have a strong correlation with academic achievement for English and the Quantitative learning score had a weak correlation with academic achievement. In mathematics education, there was a strong correlation between interest in the 1<sup>st</sup>-year and academic achievement (<a href=\"#R08\" target=\"_blank\">Okado et al., 2019</a>), whereas in English, there was a strong correlation between interest from the 2<sup>nd</sup>-year to 3<sup>rd</sup>-year, and academic achievement. These results suggest that educational activities focusing on the consciousness about English are useful for improving English education of junior high school students.
%K English Education in Junior High School
%K Evidence-Based Education
%K Students¡¯ Interest and Quality of Learning
%K Correlation between Consciousness and Academic Achievement about English
%K Adolescence
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=90375