scholarly journals Practical Demonstrations – Key to Efficient Explanations of Radioactivity to Pupils and Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 10001
Author(s):  
Matjaž Koželj ◽  
Vesna Slapar Borišek ◽  
Radko Istenič
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The Subject

The radioactivity workshop and hands-on demonstrations in Milan Čopič Nuclear Training Centre enable us to effectively transfer some basic information about radioactivity, radiation and radiation effects to our young visitors. This activity has been well accepted and praised by teachers, who are aware of the subject importance for education.

scholarly journals Triggering fourth graders’ informal knowledge of isometric transformation geometry through the exploration of Malay cloth motif

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Febrian Febrian ◽  
Sukma Adi Perdana
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Informal Knowledge ◽  
Spatial Sense ◽  
Isometric Transformation ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Transformation Geometry ◽  
Triggering Process

Existing study revealed that the children have dynamics spatial sense on objects. One of important mathematics topics that can be related to the sense-triggering process is the isometric transformation geometry including reflection, translation, and rotation. This topic is introduced to the fourth and the fifth graders of elementary school. However, learning process in school tends to lack concern on this students’ readily-triggered ability. There is also insufficient number of hands-on activities experienced by the students. It is poor since the hands-on activities can facilitate students’ informal knowledge of isometric transformation geometry. Therefore, this two cycled design research aims to counter such situation. It was conducted at State Elementary School 001 of Toapaya, Kabupaten Bintan, Kepulauan Riau by using RME approach. The subject of the study was the fourth graders. Malay cloth motif was used as the context of the study through the exploration activities. The results indicated that the activities could trigger students’ informal knowledge of: reflection, translation, rotation, constant factors, and transformation composition.

Teaching Wireless Network Fundamentals Using Low-Cost Wi-Fi Devices

2016 ◽  
pp. 281-299
Author(s):  
Nurul I. Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Network ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Wireless Networking ◽  
Traditional Lecture ◽  
Access Points ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Set Up

Teaching wireless networking fundamentals is often difficult because many students appear to find the subject technical, and dry when presented in traditional lecture format. To overcome this problem, we provide an opportunity for experiential learning where students can learn wireless networking fundamentals by hands-on practical activities using low-cost Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) devices such as wireless cards and access points. Students can easily set up and configure networks using wireless cards and access points more effectively. By measuring network performance such as throughput and end-to-end delays, students are able to gain a deeper understanding of wireless networking. The effectiveness of Wi-Fi-based practical activities has been evaluated by students and the teaching team. This chapter reports on the overall effectiveness of teaching and learning of wireless network using radially available low-cost Wi-Fi cards and access points.

Teaching TCP/IP Network Fundamentals to Undergraduates Using Practical Exercises

2008 ◽  
pp. 205-215
Author(s):  
Nurul I. Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Computer Networking ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Ip Network ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Lecture Format ◽  
Classroom Use

Motivating students to learn TCP/IP network fundamentals is often difficult because students find the subject rather technical when it is presented using a lecture format. To overcome this problem we have prepared some hands-on exercises (practicals) that give students a practical learning experience in TCP/IP networking. The practicals are designed around a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system and are suitable for classroom use in undergraduate TCP/IP networking courses. The effectiveness of these practicals has been evaluated both formally by students and informally in discussion within the teaching team. The implementation of the practicals was judged to be successful because of the positive student feedback and that students improved their test results. This chapter describes the practicals and their impact on student learning and comprehension, based on the author’s experiences in undergraduate computer networking courses.

Food Photography, Pixelated Produce, and Cameraless Images

2017 ◽  
pp. 276-288
Author(s):  
Aileen Blaney
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Photographic Images ◽  
Recording Material ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Pastoral Landscapes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Food Photography

In today's screen saturated culture, perceptions of food are overwhelmingly formed by images circulated via the internet and mobile. The Facebook game FarmVille is the subject of Kheti Badi (Shah, 2015), a photographic artwork reflexively engaging with the contemporary scenario of ‘post-photography'. The work comprises not of photographs taken with a traditional camera but of screenshots of a farm and its holdings as displayed in Farmville; the highly compressed jpegs cropped and resized to the point of destabilizing visual coherence are depictions not of pastoral landscapes but of computer vision and the programmable character of photography. While photography remains an instrument for recording material realities, its power extends toward feeding back into the very processes through which science and technology modify food production. This chapter explores how Kheti Badi, through a series of hyper artificial and un-photographic images, shows the constructed nature of both what we put our hands on in the supermarket and see in advertising's dreamscapes.

scholarly journals Learning Astrobiology 101 with experiments in Baja California, Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 01015
Author(s):  
Roberto Vázquez ◽  
Patricia G. Núñez
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Educational Grant ◽  
Experience Teaching ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Spanish Speaker ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The University

We present our experience teaching the subject ‘Astrobiology 101’ (“Introducción a la Astrobiología”, in Spanish), given in the University of Baja California at Ensenada, Mexico, since 2004 up to the present. The place of Astrobiology in Mexico, as well as the local academic context in Baja California are presented, as we consider that the multidisciplinary academic environment plays an important role in the motivation of our students. We describe the course itself, its materials, and resources. The course was designed based on classical books as well as news, academic papers, and internet sources. After seven editions of the course, we have noted that making practical experiments improves the understanding of concepts, ideas, and also strengths the interaction among students with different majors. This course has received support by means of an educational grant which objective is to compile all the experimental and hands-on activities in two manuals: one for students and the other for the teachers These manuals will be available to all the Spanish-speaker teachers who want to teach the full course or part of it, as well as those only interested in the hands-on activities. Locally, the establishment of the new Astrobiology Laboratory, in the Institute of Astronomy (UNAM, Campus Ensenada), surely will help us to increase the opportunities on research and education for our students, as well as visiting students and teachers.

Teaching and Learning Wi-Fi Networking Fundamentals Using Limited Resources

2011 ◽  
pp. 22-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson Siringoringo
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Wireless Networking ◽  
Radio Propagation ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Basic Concepts

Wi-Fi networking has been becoming increasingly popular in recent years, both in terms of applications and as the subject of academic research papers and articles in the IT press. It is important that students grasp the basic concepts of both Wi-Fi networking and wireless propagation measurements. Unfortunately, the underlying concepts of wireless networking often intimidate students with their apparently overwhelming complexity, thereby discouraging the students from learning in-depth this otherwise exciting and rewarding subject. This chapter provides a tutorial on Wi-Fi networking and radio propagation measurements using wireless laptops and access points. Various hands-on learning activities are also discussed.

Using round table labs to complement didactic lectures and experimental labs.

1998 ◽  
Vol 274 (6) ◽  
pp. S68 ◽  
Author(s):  
N P Nekvasil
Keyword(s):  
Round Table ◽  
Analytic Thinking ◽  
Physiological Mechanisms ◽  
Traditional Lecture ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Didactic Lecture ◽  
Physiology Students

In an effort to teach the volume of material needed by physiology students as well as to enhance the student's understanding of physiological mechanisms, a combination of teaching methods is being used at the undergraduate level. Didactic lectures are used to convey the mass of information needed, experimental labs are used to aid the student in visualizing concepts, and situational labs [called round table labs (RTLs) here] are used to provide an opportunity for the student to learn, in a risk-free setting, how to answer application questions. The RTLs utilize discussion, writing, verbal communication, and analytic thinking. The major emphasis of the RTLs is on the integrative nature of physiology. Use of the RTLs bridges, the gap among the facts learned in the didactic lecture, the hands-on learning of the experimental lab, and the need to be able to apply what is being learned. Using this combination facilitates student learning such that the student reaches a level of proficiency with the subject beyond that which can be attained with the more traditional lecture-exam format.

Evaluating the Use of Virtual Reality to Teach Introductory Concepts of Additive Manufacturing

2019 ◽  
Vol 142 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
John K. Ostrander ◽  
Conrad S. Tucker ◽  
Timothy W. Simpson ◽  
Nicholas A. Meisel
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Real World ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Standard Tool ◽  
Physical Setting ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Lesson Evaluation

Abstract Limited academic course offerings and high barriers to incorporate industrial additive manufacturing (AM) systems into education has led to an underserved demand for a highly skilled AM workforce. In this research, virtual reality (VR) is proposed as a medium to help teach introductory concepts of AM in an interactive, scalable manner. Before implementing VR as a standard tool to teach introductory concepts of AM, we must evaluate the effectiveness of this medium for the subject. We test the hypothesis that VR can be used to teach students introductory concepts of AM in a way that is as effective as teaching the same concepts in a real-world physical setting. The research also explores differences in learning between participants who engage in a hands-on interactive lesson and participants who engage in a hands-off passive lesson. The study assesses participants’ AM knowledge through pre-/post-AM lesson evaluation. AM conceptual knowledge gained and changes in self-efficacy are evaluated to make an argument for the effectiveness of VR as an AM learning tool. Our findings in this research indicate that both interactive and passive VR may be indeed used to effectively teach introductory concepts of AM; we also found advantages to using interactive VR for improving AM self-efficacy.

Hands-On Demonstrations for Natural Hazards

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce D. Malamud ◽  
Faith Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Small Group Discussions ◽  
The Subject

<p>Here we present several teaching demonstrations and hands-on activities for natural hazards. Many methods exist to actively involve students and local community participants, particularly when numbers are large, so that teaching is not just `receiving of information' via monologue talks and using powerpoint. These methods include (a) breaking up into small group discussions, (b) group ‘role playing’ exercises, (c) serious games, (d) hands-on activities, and (e) class demonstrations. This paper concentrates on the latter and includes demos/activities for (a) earthquakes, (b) landslides, (c) tsunamis, (d) volcanoes and (e) weather. Natural hazards demonstrations/activities presented here are mostly inexpensive, have been used in front of large university classes and smaller `break-out groups', and are also appropriate for secondary-school students, university students, and local community communications. We have found that as a teaching tool, students and community participants often become much interested and more excited about what they are learning if use is made of these 5-10 minute class demonstrations or activities, even if only peripherally related to the subject at hand. Resultant discussion with questions and comments by students keeps both the students and the lecturer motivated and intrigued about the subjects being discussed. Days, weeks, and months later, the students remember these `demonstrations', but to set these up takes time, effort, and resources of equipment, although not necessarily a large amount of the latter.</p>

scholarly journals The nature of the industrial enterprise

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-48
Author(s):  
Dariusz Nowak ◽  
Iskra Panteleeva
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Industrial Enterprise ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Legal Form ◽  
Original Equipment Manufacturer ◽  
Legal Personality ◽  
Equipment Manufacturer ◽  
Production Type ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Consumer Marketing

This chapter presents basic information about the nature and essence of the enterprise. The first subchapter shows both the well-known and less popular definitions of an enterprise and an industrial enterprise. They have been shown through the prism of various approaches, including definitions from various countries. The second part discusses the features of an industrial enterprise, with particular emphasis on: organizational separateness, economic separateness, legal separateness (legal personality), territorial separateness and technical and production separateness. The next part focuses on the goals and tasks of an industrial enterprise, with particular emphasis on the way they are formulated. Both strategic, tactical and operational goals were discussed. The subject of the considerations in the fourth part were the functions of an industrial enterprise, including a detailed description of the production, technical, organizational and personnel functions. The division of enterprises according to various criteria is presented in the next section. It focuses on such criteria as business profile, the size of the enterprise, form of ownership, production type, type of production process and market legal form. The last part discusses the market on which an industrial enterprise operates. Its features were presented, as well as the type of industrial products, types of customers and differences between industrial and consumer marketing. Particular attention was also paid to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul).

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document