Teachersf
Expectations of High School Studentsf Social Skills in Japan
K. R. Van Horn, K. Tamase, & K. Hagiwara |
Japanese
high school teachers rated 100 students on 30 social behaviors using
a Japanese translation of the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS,
Gresham & Elliott, 1990). Items on the Japanese scale (J-SSRS)
formed two culturally meaningful subscales: Academic and Interpersonal.
Japanese teachers' ratings demonstrated that they considered nearly
all 30 skills to be important in their classrooms and that they viewed
Academic and Interpersonal skills as equally important. Ratings of
students on the Academic subscale were strongly correlated with GPA.
Female students were rated higher on both Academic and Interpersonal
subscales than were males. Both subscales demonstrated high internal
consistency reliability. Based on this initial study, it appears
that the scale could be useful for assessing two types of social
skills in Japanese high school students: skills that are highly related
to academic achievement and skills that are important in school,
but are not directly related to academic achievement. Key words: adolescents, social skills, academic achievement |