High School Students’ Informal Reasoning on a Socio‐scientific Issue: Qualitative and quantitative analyses

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 1163-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying‐Tien Wu ◽  
Chin‐Chung Tsai
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Informal Reasoning ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Scientific Issue ◽  
Quantitative Analyses

Psychological autopsy of seventy high school suicides: Combined qualitative/quantitative approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 8-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Zalsman ◽  
Y. Siman Tov ◽  
D. Tzuriel ◽  
G. Shoval ◽  
R. Barzilay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Rapid Decline ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
School Students ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
General Functioning ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Suicidal Crisis

AbstractObjectiveSuicide is the leading cause of death among Israeli youths but data on causes are scarce. This study used psychological autopsies of 70 Israeli school students who committed suicide during 2004–2011, attempting to determine the causes.MethodsFour narratives of the self were identified (qualitative analysis) and compared (quantitative analysis): (1) regressive: functioning and mood deteriorated continuously (45%); (2) tragic: doing well until rapid decline around suicidal crisis (20%); (3) unstable: peaks and crises throughout life (20%); and (4) stable: long lasting state of adverse living circumstances (15%). Functioning, mental disorders, stressful life events and substance abuse were examined.ResultsA representative profile of the suicide-completer emerged. Suicidality in the tragic narrative involved shorter crisis, fewer risk factors and less psychopathology than the other narratives, also better general functioning and better school performance. Though decrease in functioning was evident in all groups, in the tragic group it tended to be disregarded.ConclusionThis study presents an in-depth analysis of a unique suicide population of high school students. A combined methodology of qualitative and quantitative analyses reveals a distinct subpopulation of suicidal adolescents with little or no overt psychopathology that poses a challenge to suicide prevention strategies.

scholarly journals EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION OF THE MODIFIED BOGARDUS SCALE IN THE STUDY OF INTERETHNIC TOLERANCE

PRIMO ASPECTU ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Grigoriev ◽  
Yulia G. Mironova
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Distance Scale ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Social Distance Scale ◽  
The Social

The article is devoted to the analysis of the influence on the results of a sociological study of the use of various forms of questions: open and closed on the example of the study of interethnic tolerance of high school students. The study was conducted using the traditional social distance scale developed by Emory Bogardus and its modified form as an open-ended question. The authors come to the conclusion that there are no significant quantitative (the value of the social distance scale) and qualitative (the composition of nationalities, about which the opinions of the respondents and the vector of attitudes towards them are updated) differences in the data collected using open and closed questions. At the same time, it is noted that the specifics of the respondents' answers to open-ended questions became a more positive (in accordance with both qualitative and quantitative criteria) attitude towards European ethnic groups, at the same time, a large social distance versus closed-ended questions. Another distinguishing feature of the answers to the open-ended question was the radicalism of views and less social distance to representatives of other peoples in general.

scholarly journals The Globalized Classroom: Integrating Technology to Improve Communicative and Cultural Proficiency

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Frank
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cultural Proficiency ◽  
World Language ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Colloquial Language ◽  
Integration Of Technology ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Partner Schools

The purpose of this project was to explore how the integration of technology affects students’ communicative and cultural proficiency in a second language when connecting two world language classrooms from across the globe. Through a series of weekly emails between partner schools, students practiced their interpretive reading and presentational writing skills while gaining knowledge of their partners’ cultures and colloquial language in a meaningful and individualized manner. The participants were U.S. high school students learning Spanish and Spanish high school students learning English. This created an authentic and organic environment for language acquisition, showing improvement in both communicative and cultural proficiency. Data collected was qualitative and quantitative to capture adequately student improvement. Through analysis of the feedback, both stated by students and observed, an updated curriculum guide was created to help the project improve in future implementation.

scholarly journals Pengembangan media pembelajaran berbantuan komputer materi pesawat sederhana untuk meningkatkan pemahaman konsep siswa SMP

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-110
Author(s):  
Hayati Damafitri Hasanuddin ◽  
Winarto Winarto ◽  
Vita Ria Mustikasari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Data Validation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Simple Instrument ◽  
The Media

Media studying is a tool that can help the studying process and can be a function to make the message that is delivered clearer. Media studying can be used as a tool to help students in understanding a concept. The aim of this research is improving the media studying using computer about simple instrument material for junior high school students that is validated and suitable to use. The design of improving this media studying uses improving step modification Thiagarajan. The data in the research of improving are qualitative and quantitative data. Validation media result 81.5 percent shows a very suitable result, and understanding concept result 88.7 percent Media pembelajaran merupakan alat yang dapat membantu proses belajar mengajar dan berfungsi untuk memperjelas makna pesan yang disampaikan. Media pembelajaran juga dapat berfungsi sebagai alat untuk membantu siswa dalam memahami suatu konsep. Tujuan penelitian pengembangan ini adalah mengembangkan media pembelajaran berbantuan komputer materi pesawat sederhana untuk siswa SMP yang tervalidasi dan layak digunakan. Desain pengembangan media pembelajaran ini menggunakan modifikasi langkah pengembangan Thiagarajan. Data dalam penelitian pengembangan adalah data kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil validasi media sebesar 81,5 persen menunjukkan kriteria sangat layak, dan hasil uji pemahaman konsep sebesar 88,7 persen

scholarly journals Project-based learning in the classroom: a case study at High school level

Aula Abierta ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-438
Author(s):  
Verónica Basilotta Gómez-Pablos ◽  
Eva María Torrecilla Sánchez ◽  
Ana García-Valcárcel Muñoz-Repiso ◽  
Azucena Hernández Martín
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
School Level ◽  
First Year ◽  
High School Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative

This research presents the results of a case study that analyses the Solidarity Atocha project, which was implemented at a school in Madrid, Spain, and in which 114 first-year High school students participated. The main objective of this study is to analyse the experience of students that participated in the Solidarity Atocha project and to understand how they evaluated it and how satisfied they were with it. The method applied in this case study is a mixed one that used both qualitative and quantitative techniques. A semantic differential and a semi-structured interview were used to collect data. In general, the results obtained reveal a very positive evaluation from the students, mainly in terms of teamwork and the use of digital tools. However, they encountered some difficulties with regard to the time spent on the project and to guidance provided as they worked on it. Inferential analyses show significant differences between the team groups.

scholarly journals Is the Earth Crying Wolf? Exploring Knowledge Source and Certainty in High School Students’ Analysis of Global Warming News

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12899
Author(s):  
Florian C. Feucht ◽  
Kate Michaelson ◽  
Susan L. Hany ◽  
Lauren N. Maziarz ◽  
Nathan E. Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
High School Students ◽  
News Media ◽  
Epistemic Beliefs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Students ◽  
Informal Reasoning ◽  
Scientific Consensus ◽  
News Literacy

The marked contrast between the scientific consensus on global warming and public beliefs indicates a need to research how high schoolers, as future citizens, engage with and make meaning from news articles on such topics. In the case of socioscientific issues (SSIs) such as global warming, students’ acquisition of knowledge from the news is mediated by their epistemic understandings of the nature of science (NOS) and use of informal reasoning in evaluating claims, evidence, and sources. This exploratory qualitative study examined twelve U.S. high school students’ understandings, opinions, and epistemic beliefs concerning global warming knowledge. Researchers examined microgenetic changes as students discussed global warming during semi-structured interviews and a close reading of global warming news texts. Although results showed that most students could articulate a working concept of global warming, in follow-up questions, a subset offered personal opinions that differed from or contradicted their previously stated understandings. Meanwhile, students who offered opinions consistent with the scientific consensus often argued that the dangers of global warming were exaggerated by politicians and scientists who wished to profit from the issue. This study suggests a need for more explicit focus on NOS and scientific news literacy in curricula, as well as further research into the interplay between epistemic beliefs and the informal reasoning students use to negotiate diverse sources of SSI knowledge—from the classroom to the news media and public life.

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