scholarly journals Authentic field experiences for STEM teachers: Collecting Florida fossils

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce J. MacFadden ◽  
Jeanette Pirlo ◽  
Brian Abramowitz ◽  
Stephanie Killingsworth ◽  
Michael Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
High School Teachers ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Stem Learning ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Museum Exhibits ◽  
The Past ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Three Components

AbstractThe extensive sedimentary sequence of Florida preserves evidence of prehistoric life spanning some 40 million years into the past. This paper describes the results of a three-pronged professional development (PD) program conducted in November 2019 in which Florida teachers from eight counties gained knowledge and experience about the process and content of paleontology at an active field research site in northern Florida. Working alongside scientists, 15 elementary, middle, and high school teachers collected 5-million-year-old fossil vertebrates and made scientifically important discoveries that advance understanding of Florida’s prehistoric life. The PD included three components: (1) a pre-trip webinar; (2) a morning tour of our museum exhibits to scaffold teacher’s understanding of the kinds of fossils they would find; and (3) the actual day-long field experience collecting fossils. A post-PD evaluation revealed gains in knowledge about, and experience with, fossils and paleontology. We also found that overall satisfaction with the PD underscored the importance of each of the three components supporting one-another—resulting in a more informative and rewarding learning experience for the participants. Fossils and the science of paleontology are a gateway for STEM learning and this subject and its extensions are applicable to existing standards in earth and life sciences at many grade levels.

Inspiring Online Collaborative STEM Learning

MRS Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (56) ◽  
pp. 3727-3733
Author(s):  
Scott A. Sinex ◽  
Theodore L. Chambers ◽  
Joshua B. Halpern
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Experimental Data ◽  
General Chemistry ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Stem Learning ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Collaborative Skills

ABSTRACTEducators are advocating a variety of 21st century technologies to increase student engagement and prepare them for the modern workplace. As part of this effort this paper describes the development of several introductory laboratory activities which enhance online collaborative skills in the context of group collaborations. The experiments mostly deal with measurement and error in the context of mathematical modeling. They inculcate online collaborative skills including group writing, collection of experimental data, student feedback, and assessment using forms, spreadsheets with data pooling, real-time graphing/computations, and discussions using chat. These are all available in Google Drive, a free cloudbased application. We have also introduced student collaborative-pair computational spreadsheet assignments, and results of two projects in general chemistry are presented. Building formative assessment into these activities allows for immediate adjustment to instruction. This approach could be used from middle school through the undergraduate level. It can be implemented both in informal education or formal classroom settings by enhancing interactions with remote partners. Student evaluations have been very positive for the variety of activities, as well as from workshop feedback from high school teachers.

Coordinating High School and College Mathematics

1946 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 354-364
Author(s):  
W. D. Reeve
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
College Mathematics ◽  
College Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The Past

The problem of coordinating high school and college mathematics is one in which both high school teachers of mathematics and college teachers of the same subject should cooperate in solving. Failure to coordinate these separate fields in the past has led to a great deal of confusion and genuine loss both to the students involved and also to their teachers.

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE MODEL OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS OF MUHAMMADIYAH IN SOUTH SUMATERA

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
Rulitawati Rulitawati ◽  
Ahmad Husein Ritonga ◽  
Lias Hasibuan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Successful Management ◽  
Management Performance

This research aimed at analyzing school management which manages teachers’ management model that impacts the performance of High School teachers of Muhammadiyah in South-Sumatera Province. This field research applied a descriptive-qualitative approach. The technique for collecting the data was through observation, interview and documentation. The research subjects selected by using purposive sampling technique. The technique for analyzing the data was through data analysis by reducing, presenting, verifying and drawing conclusions, and also using reliable and extended participation techniques, careful observation, triangulation and consulting with advisors. The results showed that management performance model in Senior High School of Muhammadiyah was a successful management model which enables to improve teachers’ performance. The success of applying this model can be regarded on management performance model of teachers in line with POAC management, in which POAC was implemented to meet teachers’ success, and also other factors, such as humans’ competency and motivation in managing teachers’ performance, the effectiveness of managing performance starting from input, process and teachers’ performance objective, as well as the use of facilities and infrastructure, time, finance (capital) had supported the success of teacher's performance.

scholarly journals Pemberian Tunjangan Khusus Daerah Terpencil untuk Perbaikan Kinerja Guru SMP di Kecamatan Liukang Tupabbiring Utara Kabupaten Pangkep

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-190
Author(s):  
M. Ziaul Haq Hs
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School Teachers ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
The Government

ABSTRACTTeacher is one of the crucial factors in learning; regardless how ideal thecurriculum is, without any support of teachers’ capability to implement thecurriculum, it would not achieve the assigned educational goals. Teachers whodevote themselves in areas categorized as 3T (Outermost, Frontier, andUnderdeveloped) require concerns from the government. The study aims to explain(1) How the provision of special allowances of remote areas to the junior highschool teachers in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring of PangkepRegency, (2) How the performance of junior high school teachers in the District ofNorthern Liukang Tupabbiring of Pangkep Regency, (3) What impacts of providingspecial allowances of remote areas on the improvement of junior high schoolteachers’ performance in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring of PangkepRegency.The study was a field research situated in junior high schools in the District ofNorthern Liukang Tupabbiring of Pangkep Regency. The research subjects werejunior high school teachers in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring ofPangkep Regency. Interview, observation, and documentation were utilized incollecting the data which then verified by reducing the data, presenting them, anddrawing conclusions. The study employed a multidisciplinary approach usingqualitative data analysis consisting of three stages: (1) pre-field, (2) field work, (3)analysis.The results revealed that the provision of special allowances of remote areas to thejunior high school teachers in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring ofPangkep Regency was still not evenly distributed. Most of the teachers, however,had got the allowances, while the junior high school teachers’ performance in theDistrict of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring of Pangkep Regency needed to beimproved, and after giving the allowance, they were motivated to developthemselves and their performance as teachers in remote areas. The impacts ofproviding special allowances of remote areas in improving the junior high schoolteachers’ performance in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring of PangkepRegency were as an additional income to overcome the difficulties of life forserving in remote areas, to boost the teachers' welfare in remote areas, so thequality of education in remote areas could compete with the education in urbanareas. The implications of this study were teachers expected that there were equitabledistribution to all teachers who were entitled to special allowances in remoteareas, as well as providing them with the ease of continuing education to improvetheir competence in order to become creative and insightful teachers.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PEMBINAAN PENGAWAS DAN KEGIATAN MGMP TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN GURU PAI DALAM MELAKSANAKAN KURIKULUM 2013

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Zumfiardi Zumfiardi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School Teachers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research Type

This study aims to describe and analyze the influence of supervisors' training and PAI Teacher Subject deliberation activities on the ability of PAI Teachers to implement the 2013 Curriculum. This research was a field research type by using quantitative approach and associative methods. Respondents in this study were PAI Junior High School teachers in Padang. The findings of the study show that the guidance of supervisors to PAI teachers has a positive and significant effect on the ability of PAI teachers to implement the 2013 curriculum that is equal to 0.200 or 20.0%. PAI Subject Teachers' Meeting (MGMP) has a positive and significant effect on the ability of PAI teachers to implement the 2013 curriculum of 0.208 or 20.8%. Whereas supervisory guidance for PAI teachers and PAI Teacher Subject Meeting (MGMP) activities simultaneously had an influence on the ability of PAI teachers to implement the 2013 curriculum in SMPs in Padang City by 0.281 or 28.1%. It is concluded that the guidance of school supervisors and the activities of the subject teacher deliberations had a positive influence on the ability of religious teachers to implement the 2013 curriculum. This implies that coaching needs to be empowered intensively.

scholarly journals The role of multiple intelligences: For career guidance and counselling services for vocational high school teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Abdul Hadi ◽  
Dhanang Suwidagdho ◽  
Ruly Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Multiple Intelligence ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Counselling Services

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of multiple Intelligence on Career Guidance and Counselling Services for Guidance and Counselling Teachers at Vocational High School 1 Klaten. This research uses qualitative research with the type of field research (Field Research). The subjects of this study were all Guidance and Counselling Teachers at Vocational High School 1 Klaten. Data collection techniques in this research are interviews and observations. The data used in this research is descriptive data analysis with the stages: data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results showed that multiple Intelligence plays an essential role in career guidance and counselling services by guidance and counselling teachers at Vocational High School 1 Klaten.

A Proposal for the High School Mathematics Curriculum—What Does It Mean?

1966 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-334
Author(s):  
James H. Zant
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
First Year ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Modern Mathematics

The significant thing about Dr. Kline's paper is the question it raises in the mind of the reader. Is Dr. Kline finally coining around to the point of proposing a new mathematics curriculum for the high school and doing something about it? He will certainly not make the mistake, made by many of us in the past ten years, of calling it “modern mathematics.” The idea for the first-year algebra is here; and, though he says, “The content … is the traditional one,” this is not entirely true; certainly its organization is not traditional. If he would now find what mathematics is being taught in grades 1-8 and obtain the help of some good high school teachers who know how students of this age level learn, he could write a book, and then all of us could find out what he is talking about.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Kesejahteraan Guru Komite terhadap Semangat Mengajar Guru

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-89
Author(s):  
Marsel Nande ◽  
Sayful Amrin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Research Data ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
R Value

This study aimed to determine the effect of teacher's welfare committee on the spirit of senior high school teachers in Kota Komba sub-district, East Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. The type of research used was quantitative research which emphasized the analysis of numerical data (numbers) obtained by statistical methods with the independent variable being teacher welfare and the dependent variable was the spirit of teaching. The sample was 25 high school teachers spread across 8  schools in Komba by filling out questionnaires completely. Data collection techniques used was Field Research. Data were analyzed by using IMB SPSS statistick 17.0 software, with r table obtained by correlation value "r" moment products with degrees of freedom (df) = n-2 and significant level was  (α) = 0.05. The results of the study found r-value was 0.456, and  r-table was 0.413 at a significant level of 5% (0.05). Thus r-value> r-table, 0.456> 0.413. In conclusion, there was a significant influence between the level of teacher welfare of the committee towards the spirit of teaching Keywords: Teacher Welfare, The Spirit of Teaching

The zoonotic potential of bat-borne coronaviruses

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-381
Author(s):  
Ny Anjara Fifi Ravelomanantsoa ◽  
Sarah Guth ◽  
Angelo Andrianiaina ◽  
Santino Andry ◽  
Anecia Gentles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Material ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Animal Origin ◽  
Mammalian Host ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Novel Host ◽  
Horseshoe Bat ◽  
Human Infections

Seven zoonoses — human infections of animal origin — have emerged from the Coronaviridae family in the past century, including three viruses responsible for significant human mortality (SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2) in the past twenty years alone. These three viruses, in addition to two older CoV zoonoses (HCoV-229E and HCoV-NL63) are believed to be originally derived from wild bat reservoir species. We review the molecular biology of the bat-derived Alpha- and Betacoronavirus genera, highlighting features that contribute to their potential for cross-species emergence, including the use of well-conserved mammalian host cell machinery for cell entry and a unique capacity for adaptation to novel host environments after host switching. The adaptive capacity of coronaviruses largely results from their large genomes, which reduce the risk of deleterious mutational errors and facilitate range-expanding recombination events by offering heightened redundancy in essential genetic material. Large CoV genomes are made possible by the unique proofreading capacity encoded for their RNA-dependent polymerase. We find that bat-borne SARS-related coronaviruses in the subgenus Sarbecovirus, the source clade for SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, present a particularly poignant pandemic threat, due to the extraordinary viral genetic diversity represented among several sympatric species of their horseshoe bat hosts. To date, Sarbecovirus surveillance has been almost entirely restricted to China. More vigorous field research efforts tracking the circulation of Sarbecoviruses specifically and Betacoronaviruses more generally is needed across a broader global range if we are to avoid future repeats of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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