A Summer Math and Physics Program for High School Students: Student Performance and Lessons Learned in the Second Year

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 280-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Timme ◽  
Michael Baird ◽  
Jake Bennett ◽  
Jason Fry ◽  
Lance Garrison ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (09) ◽  
pp. 13397-13403
Author(s):  
Narges Norouzi ◽  
Snigdha Chaturvedi ◽  
Matthew Rutledge

This paper describes an experience in teaching Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to a group of high school students over an intense one-month period. In this work, we provide an outline of an AI course curriculum we designed for high school students and then evaluate its effectiveness by analyzing student's feedback and student outcomes. After closely observing students, evaluating their responses to our surveys, and analyzing their contribution to the course project, we identified some possible impediments in teaching AI to high school students and propose some measures to avoid them. These measures include employing a combination of objectivist and constructivist pedagogies, reviewing/introducing basic programming concepts at the beginning of the course, and addressing gender discrepancies throughout the course.


1985 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Crouse

The College Entrance Examination Board and the Educational Testing Service claim that the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) improves colleges' predictions of their applicants' success. James Crouse uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of high school students to calculate the actual improvement in freshman grade point averages, college completion,and total years of schooling resulting from colleges' use of the SAT. He then compares those predictions with predictions based on applicants' high school rank. Crouse argues that the College Board and the Educational Testing Service have yet to demonstrate that the high costs of the SAT are justified by its limited ability to predict student performance.


Author(s):  
Pedro Alfonso Guadal Ortiz-Sánchez ◽  
Patricia Gpe. Sánchez-Iturbe ◽  
Pedro T. Ortiz-Y Ojeda ◽  
Limberth Agael Peraza-Pérez

The COVID-19 health emergency has brought a new and unforeseen situation in education in Mexico and around the world. This report shows the results of an online survey applied to high school (CETYS abbreviated in Spanish) and bachelor degree (TecNM abbreviated in Spanish) students at the Mérida and Tuxtla Gutiérrez campus. Out of 846 students, 501 answered the survey. Most of them live in municipal seat, some of them in rural communities 28.5 are high school students and 71.5% are bachelor degree students. 48.1% of students responded that they would not like to continue receiving classes online and 44.1% that in this modality their learning was the same as face -to- face lessons. They face organizational, technological, pedagogical and, to a lesser extent, information issues. They mainly use the WhatsApp application as well, as Microsoft Teams for synchronous work and virtual interviews, they consider it suitable for their virtual sessions. The responses to the coverage of the educational program were similar, the fifth part reached between 90 and 100%; The students showed irregularities during the setting of this educational modality and the main problem was the failure of the Internet connection, and the least was the lack of sensitivity of the teacher. Objectives: Need to obtain information on the opinion of students regarding their academic development during the school period that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic, that would allow knowing the problems they are facing and proposing alternatives to support students Methodology:A survey was applied to undergraduate and high school students to find out their opinion regarding their problems in school development, the data were analyzed using predetermined scales and the SPSS program to determine the possible correlation between the mentioned variables. Contribution: Problems related to student performance were verified, most have their own computer and have internet service, they still do not adapt to taking virtual classes and express disapproval to continue with this form of learning, factors to be taken into consideration in the immediate future.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Megri ◽  
Sameer Hamoush ◽  
Rachid Belmasrour ◽  
Gwen Lee-Thomas

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Hawley McWhirter ◽  
Bryan O. Rojas-Araúz ◽  
Robert Ortega ◽  
Darien Combs ◽  
Christina Cendejas ◽  
...  

This article describes the rationale, development, delivery, and evaluation strategy of a pilot career intervention program for immigrant Latina/o high school students: Advocating for Latina/o Achievement in School. This innovative intervention aims to prevent dropout and to promote academic success and college and career readiness through a combination of academic support and enhancing critical consciousness. Shorter term goals include increasing school-related self-efficacy expectations, school connectedness, school engagement, and critical consciousness. We describe the theoretical and empirical basis for the intervention components, and how they attend to dimensions of immigrant Latina/o students’ career development. We describe program logistics, outcomes, strengths, challenges, and lessons learned from delivering the intervention. We highlight unique features of the program and suggest its relevance to career education efforts in other school and national contexts in which immigrant students face racism and inequities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2090707
Author(s):  
Eric S. Davis ◽  
Carly Paro

Interest is growing regarding high school preparation for students transitioning to college with chronic illnesses such as asthma, cancer, and diabetes. This qualitative study examined 15 college counselors’ perceptions of working to address high school transition needs with incoming students diagnosed with chronic illnesses. Four themes emerged from the findings: counseling services, social aspects, medical considerations, and educational needs. We discuss implications for high school counselors’ practice and future research.


1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Sparks ◽  
Leonore Ganschow ◽  
Marjorie Artzer ◽  
David Siebenhar ◽  
Mark Plageman

Study examined the extent to which there would be differences in oral and written proficiency in a foreign language among groups of low-, average-, and high-anxious high school students. Participants were 60 girls attending a single-sex, college-preparatory high school and completing the second year of a foreign language course. Analysis showed over-all differences on measures of proficiency in the foreign language among the three groups. The results support the hypothesis that anxiety about foreign language learning is likely to represent students' differences in language learning.


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