scholarly journals Encounters with Science at ULA, Venezuela: an incentive for learning

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (SPS5) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Patricia Rosenzweig ◽  
O. Escalona ◽  
E. Guzmán ◽  
P. Bocaranda ◽  
R. Echeverría ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Science Inquiry ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
School Students ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Understanding Of Science ◽  
Didactic Material

AbstractIn the School of Science of the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), in Mérida, Venezuela, a very successful event focused on elementary and high school students, was founded in 2000. The name of this event is “Encounter with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology” (hereinafter “Encounters with Science”), and it integrates these disciplines, as well as Astronomy. Its main purpose is that young minds can become familiar with the methods of science inquiry and reasoning, and can understand the concepts and processes of the sciences through thoroughly prepared experiences.“Encounters with Science” has grown each year in an exponential way. As a matter of fact, in its sixth edition (2005), the number of elementary and high school students coming from all over the country, has reached the outstanding number of approximately nine thousand. Among all the experiences that the students could be engaged in, were many involving Astronomy. These experiences were prepared by professors, together with graduate and undergraduate students, who are pursuing their degrees in all branches of science, including Astronomy. Although there is this incredible team of faculties and graduate and undergraduate students working together; the target is the students of the high and elementary schools. We certainly focus on the engaging and encouraging of students to experience scientific work at first hand.This flourishing program is continuing to grow and to become strong. It has matured in the sense that now our professors have prepared an excellent didactic material that can, together with the hour/class teaching, prepare high school and elementary school students for a better understanding of science; particularly, helping in this way for a better education in Astronomy.The main event of the Encounters lasts five days in the School of Science of ULA, but subsidiary events are spread all over the year and around the country through trips that our faculty members undertake with our students. Thereby, they reach places where students perhaps cannot attend the main event during its celebration. As a successful program, it can be interesting to see if other countries can adopt this method to recruit or to trigger the interest of students to pursue their studies in the Sciences.

scholarly journals Marine and coastal environmental education in the context of global climate changes - synthesis and subsidies for ReBentos (Coastal Benthic Habitats Monitoring Network)

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (spe2) ◽  
pp. 137-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávio Augusto S. Berchez ◽  
Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes ◽  
Monica Dorigo Correia ◽  
Hilda Helena Sovierzoski ◽  
Alexandre de Gusmão Pedrini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
School Students ◽  
Global Climate Changes ◽  
Conceptual Background ◽  
The Media ◽  
Didactic Material

Abstract As changes in coastal and marine environments are expected to negatively affect Brazilian ecosystems, the importance of Marine Environmental Education (MEE) comes to the fore. However, so far only 32 contributions related to this issue have been published in Brazil. The MEE workgroup of ReBentos aims at promoting EE and the communication of marine ecological research to the scholastic public as a whole, as well as to groups which exert an influence on general perception, such as the media, politicians, and scientists. This paper presents an overview of the initiatives of MEE in Brazil, with emphasis on the ReBentos projects and guidelines. The conceptual background of action is based on the Rio'92 Treaty on Environmental Education, thereby implying an MEE with Transdisciplinar, emancipatory and reflexive characteristics, directed to changes in values, principles and attitudes. During the period 2011 to 2015, 10 projects were developed from Alagoas to Santa Catarina States, involving the development, implementation and testing through scientific research of 16 MEE activity-models. The didactic material subsequently produced comprised three books and 21 book-chapters. A public of around 6,500 Conservation Unit visitors, 250 public school teachers and 800 high school students have been impacted to date. To act as monitors and multipliers, 250 undergraduate students and professionals were trained. Research project evaluation generated the publication of nine papers. As a further step, the need for protocol elaboration for each model is placed in evidence, in order to direct and facilitate future initiatives.

scholarly journals Development and validation of a mandarin version of demoralization scale for adolescents and young adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuan-Yung Huang ◽  
Yi-Chun Hung ◽  
Chee-Seng Tan ◽  
Siew-May Cheng ◽  
Shun-Hao Hu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Demoralization Scale ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe impact of demoralization among the general population has received little attention due to the lack of an appropriate measurement. Three studies involving 1,143 high school and undergraduate students in Taiwan were thus conducted to develop and validate a tool to assess demoralization. A pool of 50 items was first developed and administered to high school students. Exploratory factor analysis results supported a 5-factor solution with 15 items (Study 1). Study 2 compared the potential models using confirmatory factor analysis and found the 5-factor second-order model with 15 items the best fit model. The 15-item Mandarin version of Demoralization Scale (DS-M-15) was also found to have good internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and (concurrent and predictive) validity in a sample of undergraduate students (Study 3). Taken together, the converging findings show that the DS-M-15 is a promising tool for assessing demoralization among Chinese adolescents and emerging adults.

scholarly journals Research Program to Sustain the FM Professional

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Dean Kashiwagi ◽  
Alfredo Rivera ◽  
Jake Gunnoe ◽  
Jacob Kashiwagi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Research Program ◽  
State University ◽  
Arizona State University ◽  
Honors Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Future ◽  
Facility Manager

Arizona State University has been involved in identifying the future Facility Manager (FM) paradigm which results in a sustainable FM profession. The $16M, 20-year international research program has identified, created and tested out a solution to the almost impossible task of replacing the aging FM professionals. The research has identified the future FM as one who is leadership based and leads the entire supply chain from inside the organization. This paper will cover the three year results of finding the future FM by accessing the top 10% of ASU’s 85,000 students through Barrett’s Honors Program, 7th – 10th graders through the Barrett’s Summer Honors Program, and culminating this year in placing the education in one of the top private schools in the state of Hawaii for high school students, testing the approach on 116 Brazilian engineering undergraduate students and getting approval for testing a 14 week program in the Tempe High School. The model is proposed as a prototype for future FM professionals and how the FM professional can become sustainable.

scholarly journals Indonesian EFL students’ voice on the first language usage in classroom

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Binti Muifatun Nazilah ◽  
Peptia Asrining Tyas ◽  
Wiwik Umiyati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
First Language ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

The first language (L1) usage is still found during the English lesson, specifically in non-native English countries. This may be a debatable issue among experts. Hence, investigation on students’ perception is helpful in this study. It will give an insight into students’ preferences for learning the language. The previous studies related to this topic were mainly focused on senior high school and undergraduate students as the subject. Therefore, this present study proposed to explore the perception of junior high school students. In conducting this study, the researcher applied a quantitative survey design. There were 29 questions in three sections that were distributed to investigate: (1) the language used in the EFL classroom, (2) students’ attitudes as well as (3) students’ well-being during the English foreign language lesson. The participants were 101 students of SMP Shalahuddin Malang. The findings revealed that students have positive responses towards the use of Indonesian langauge during the EFL lesson.   DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v6i2.6701

Population Evolution: The Pollination Game

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Weber ◽  
Laura B. Vary ◽  
Colette E.S. Berg ◽  
Beth H. Ansaldi ◽  
Steven J. Franks
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Questions And Answers

To teach the most central concepts in evolutionary biology, we present an activity in pollination biology. Students play the role of either pollinator or flower and work through a set of scenarios to maximize plant fitness. This “Pollination Game” facilitates critical and inquiry-based thinking, and we accompany each round of the exercise with a set of discussion questions and answers. We have piloted and fine tuned this exercise with high school students, and improved the exercise with the input of high school teachers at a teaching conference. The activity could easily be adapted for freshman undergraduate students.

scholarly journals Geography teachers' geography teacher candidates' and high school students' approaches to solve the questions of geography measurement and evaluation

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-34
Author(s):  
Ali Balcı
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation

This study was prepared to find out views of six geography teachers working in high schools under the Ministry of Education, ten geography teacher candidates who are still undergraduate students at a state university in Istanbul and sixty eight students who study at a high school in Istanbul's Umraniye district about assessment and evaluation of solutions to questions in the field of geography. To this end, a number of questions concerning physical, economic and human geography were gathered from the high school textbook. Experts were asked about their opinions on these questions to ensure the content validity. Ninety percent of the questions were approved by the experts and these questions used with their solutions in a survey form which was formed to gather data. The survey form included open-ended questions fit for purpose. The survey was conducted in 2011-2012 spring term among participants who were chosen using the purposive sampling method. The data that were accumulated at the end of this survey were analyzed using descriptive analysis technique. As a result, it was observed that views of geography teachers geography teacher candidates and high school students about assessment and evaluation are different from each other. The findings interpreted by making suggestions concerning the subject.

scholarly journals Kontra-Radikalisasi Agama Pusat Studi Al-Qur’an Jakarta

MUTAWATIR ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-73
Author(s):  
Kurdi Fadal
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
School Students ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Radical Movement

This paper describes the effort of the Center for Qur’anic Studies (PSQ) Jakarta in counter-radicalism by mediating the Islamic moderation. The initiated programs of the PSQ have been managed for making an equilibrium of the radical movement in the Muslim community. The research argues that the PSQ emphasizes a soft approach to counter-radicalisation by delving into the Quranic values of moderation and tolerance. There are two primary programs of the PSQ: caderization (as a prospective mufasir) and direct preaching. The programs involve various segments of communities conforming to their educational levels or competencies in the Quranic studies. Education for Young Exegetes (Pendidikan Kader Mufasir: PKM) is an important program for master and doctoral students in writing their thesis; Post-Memorization of the Quran (Pasca-Tahfidz) is a program for those who commit to memorize the Quran; the Daurah Bidayatul Mufassir program for undergraduate students;  the Training of Trainer (ToT) program for teachers of the Quran and Islamic preachers; and the Living Quran for high school students. The direct preaching program is designed to provide guidance and assistance to the community in the Friday preaching sermons, seminars, and religious teachings.

scholarly journals Uma abordagem baseada no ambiente Robocode para ensino de programação no Ensino Médio

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliana Pantaleão ◽  
Laurence Rodrigues Amaral ◽  
Gláucia Braga e Silva
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Programming Languages ◽  
Programming Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Computer Programming ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
School Students ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Java Programming

This paper describes a methodology for teaching algorithms and programming languages teaching in high school with the aid of the Robocode plattform. The experience was developed since 2012 with the help of undergraduate students that had already concluded courses on computer programming and acted as tutors and co-advisors of the younger students. Robocode environment was used as a support tool, using a playful learning strategy, providing an early contact of the high-school students with Java programming language. The obtained results show the interest of high school students to learn computer programming. Furthermore, the Robocode plataform proved to be a playful tool to support the teaching of Java. Finally, with the realization of the Robocode Tournaments, it was possible to observe how the competitiveness influenced the motivation of students to learn and overcome challenges.

scholarly journals COLLABORATIVE LEARNING THROUGH VARIABLE LIFT CONTROL FOR NEAR-SPACE APPLICATIONS

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Kinsner ◽  
Kane Anderson ◽  
Tahir Diop ◽  
Yin FeiMeng
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Space Applications ◽  
Near Space ◽  
Capstone Project ◽  
Lift Control ◽  
Community High School

This paper describes a collaborative capstone project on variable lift control for near-space applications. The project was intended to enhance collaborative learning of undergraduate students, assisted by several other organizations, including the amateur radio community, high-school students and teachers.

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