Assessing “The Excitement of Meteorology!” for Young Scholars

1999 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 879-892
Author(s):  
Paul J. Croft
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
State University ◽  
School Students ◽  
Atmospheric Sciences ◽  
College Setting

The National Science Foundation Young Scholar Program “The Excitement of Meteorology!” successfully brought the atmospheric and related sciences to high school students in Mississippi. The four-week summer program was administered through the Jackson State University Meteorology Program in the Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and General Science and was supported by the Mississippi Science Partnership program office. This commuter program provided an opportunity to learn, study, and research the field of meteorology. Through instructional sessions, laboratories, field trips, and peer contact participants were exposed to the concepts of atmospheric motion, the development of storms, and the practical application of meteorology during a one-month period. The program was intended to help students make their own career decisions and to foster their interest in the sciences and meteorology. The goals and objectives of the program were to develop basic science skills; make participants aware of the interdisciplinary nature of meteorology; provide participants with the opportunity to see and hear the meteorologist as a researcher, teacher, and communicator; provide the information and incentive necessary for participants to choose a career in meteorology or the sciences; make participants aware of the various employment opportunities in the field; and show the moral and ethical responsibilities and importance of atmospheric science to society. Thirty sophomore and junior high school student participants (22 females and 8 males, nearly all of whom were African–American) completed the program. All were tested on their meteorological knowledge and skills gained during the program and questioned about their field and lecture experiences. They also “graded” the effectiveness of all speakers, presentations, videotapes, and laboratory sessions. Through surveys it was found that the participants' desire to pursue a science career and to go to college were increased by the program. They also indicated that the program objectives had been met and that the program had met their expectations. They were particularly pleased with the opportunity to work in a college setting and with professional scientists.

scholarly journals Peningkatan Kemampuan Konselor untuk Memfasilitasi Perkembangan Moral Siswa SMP dengan Menggunakan Media Komik Moral

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Arbin Janu Setiyowati ◽  
Elia Flurentin ◽  
Djoko Budi Santoso ◽  
Andi Mappiare
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Moral Development ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
State University ◽  
School Students ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
School Laboratory

This community service activity aims to improve the ability of Junior High School Laboratory State University of Malang counselors in facilitating the moral development of junior high school students by using moral comics. The methods for carrying out this service are lectures, guided discussions and guided assignments, workshops and mentoring. The partner in carrying out this dedication activity is the counselor at the Laboratory of SMP State University of Malang. The results obtained are an increase in understanding and ability of teachers to facilitate the moral development of junior high school students appropriately, the indicators are 1) counselors of SMP UM Laboratory have understood the moral development characteristics of SMP students and the importance of moral development of students appropriately 2) counselors of SMP UM Laboratory have understood efforts efforts that can be made to facilitate the moral development of middle school students. 3) counselors of SMP UM Laboratory have been skilled in utilizing moral comics as a medium for moral information services for junior high school students. So that through this moral comic can help overcome the problems of junior counselors in accordance with the characteristics of junior high school students.Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan konselor SMP Laboratorium Universitas Negeri Malang dalam memfasilitasi perkembangan moral siswa SMP dengan menggunakan komik moral. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah ceramah, diskusi terbimbing dan tugas terbimbing, lokakarya dan pembimbingan. Mitra pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah konselor di SMP Laboratorium Universitas Negeri Malang. Hasil yang diperoleh yaitu adanya peningkatan pemahaman dan kemampuan guru dalam memfasilitasi perkembangan moral siswa SMP secara tepat, indikatornya adalah 1) konselor SMP Laboratorium UM sudah memahami karakteristik perkembangan moral siswa SMP dan pentingnya pengembangan moral siswa secara tepat 2) konselor SMP Laboratorium UM sudah memahami upaya-upaya yang bisa dilakukan untuk memfasilitasi perkembangan moral siswa SMP. 3) konselor SMP Laboratorium UM sudah terampil dalam memanfaatkan komik moral sebagai media layanan informasi moral bagi siswa SMP. Sehingga melalui komik moral ini dapat membantu mengatasi permasalahan konselor SMP yang sesuai dengan karakteristik siswa SMP.

A Television Programming Challenge: A Cooperative Group Activity That Uses Mathematics

1989 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
David L. Pagni
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
School Students ◽  
Television Programming ◽  
Local Schools

Opportunities abound for acrossdiscipline activities that teach children Language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies in elementary school. In middle school or junior high school, where school subjects are departmentalized, the opportunities to give students experiences that integrate skills in the different disciplines are diminished. The Television Programming Challenge was designed for junior high school students to show applications of mathematics in the real world. It was piloted with sixty-four students in grades 7 and 8 as part of the Saturday Science Series at California State University, Fullerton. These presentations are made in mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, and biology to selected students from local schools. Each presentation lasts three hours, from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon.

DEVELOPING READING MATERIALS FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON CONTENT AREA

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anggita Kasanra Lubis And Rafika Dewi Nasution
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Content Area Reading ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Content Area ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
School Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Reading Materials

Reading is the basic in learning every subject. The more understanding the text, the more information students can gain. However, the reading materials that the students use is not appropriate based on syllabus. Therefore, the reading materials should be developed to fulfil the syllabus and the students' needs also. Because English is included Content Area Reading, so the development of reading materials is based on content area which focus on strengthen the vocabularies, specifically the unfamiliar ones, by giving glossary and related pictures. The developed text is only focus in the first semester which is descriptive and recount text. The research was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Medan. The data was taken from interviewing the English teacher and distributing questionnaires for 30 students in grade VIII-4. The data showed that students need materials which is related to their environment and constructed by familiar vocabularies. Based on the result of the study, conclusion and suggestion are directed to the English teacher who is teaching in that school to provide reading materials based on syllabus and students' needs regularly.

PENGARUH CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN MEMBACA SISWA

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Anni Holila Pulungan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Students ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Contextual Teaching ◽  
Better Than

The study deals with the Contextual Teaching and Learning of the students’ reading comprehension at junior high school. Contextual Teaching and Learning is a new alternative for every teachers to relate the materials to the real world. The aims of the research are to analyze the effect of non and CTL method of the students’ reading comprehension.  The research method is an experimental method. The data analysis is taken from the two classess. Then, they divided into two  groups, the control and experimental group. The major findings of the study shows that the effect of Contextual Teaching and Learning on the students’ reading comprehension is better than the non CTL method-lecture method for the junior high school students.

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