scholarly journals Interdisciplinarity for Learning and Teaching Mathematics

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (70) ◽  
pp. 1086-1106
Author(s):  
Enrico Rogora ◽  
Francesco Saverio Tortoriello
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Interdisciplinary Framework ◽  
The One ◽  
New Framework

Abstract Complex problems need interdisciplinary approaches. Thinking in an interdisciplinary way asks for changes in learning and teaching and hence in our views on pedagogical problems. An interdisciplinary approach could provide a new framework also for dealing with disciplinary didactical problems. In this paper, we propose a methodology which we call globally interdisciplinary laboratories as an effective way to practice interdisciplinary teaching at the high school level. We discuss the possibility of applying this methodology to the learning and teaching of mathematics. Globally interdisciplinary laboratories are designed by a pool of researchers in collaboration with high school teachers of several disciplines and they are delivered in the classroom by a pool of teachers in co-presence. This has been experimented in Italy in many classes which are part of a national educational project called Liceo matematico. In this paper, we discuss the general design principle of a GIL and exemplify the methodology by considering the one we have called educate the sight, which aims at stimulating, within an interdisciplinary framework, intellectual curiosity, the ability to spot the prominent features of a problem and, in mathematics, the ability of conjecturing, which should be one of the fundamental concerns of mathematical teaching, according to Polya's decalogue for mathematics teachers (POLYA, 1981).

scholarly journals Comparing the Performance on the MI and SAT/PSAT for the Purpose of Monitoring Student Achievement

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 590-596
Author(s):  
Michael McDonald ◽  
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Yulei Pang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Growth ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
School Year ◽  
School Time ◽  
Math Problems

This paper will discuss the correlation between the SAT and the Math Inventory Test. Many school districts adopted the Math Inventory as a tool to measure student growth from grades kindergarten through high school. The Math Inventory is a computer-administered test that gives students math problems spanning from counting to high school level math. When completed, the students are given a quantile measure, much like a Lexile score for reading skill. The purpose of this study is to figure out if success on the Math Inventory is a good indicator for performing well on the SAT. For most high schools around the United States, objectives and lessons are aligned with those of the SAT. The goal of high school teachers is for students to excel on the SAT so that they can go to college, which means the tests used in middle school should be aligned with that goal. If the Math Inventory is not, then it might not be a very good use of school time and resources. Data was analyzed from the 2017-2018 school year from ten different high schools in an urban school district to determine the correlation between Math Inventory score, and the math score/sub scores of SAT/PSAT. The value of the Pearson’s correlation coefficient is used to suggest a fairly moderate positive relationship between these two variables.

scholarly journals Sociology Teachers’ Opportunities and Challenges in Facing “Merdeka Belajar” Curriculum in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0)

Society ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 732-753
Author(s):  
Yuhastina Yuhastina ◽  
Bagas Narendra Parahita ◽  
Dwi Astutik ◽  
Ghufronudin Ghufronudin ◽  
Danang Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Structural Explanation ◽  
National Education ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution

This study aims to analyze the opportunities and challenges of Merdeka Belajar as a national education program for high school teachers nationally. Teachers’ problem in implementing Merdeka Belajar (Freedom of Learning) curriculum lacks understanding of the procedures. This happened because there was no structural explanation regarding the differences between the curriculum they had been running so far and Merdeka Belajar curriculum. Many problems arise when implementing the curriculum that the education they have been running has made students dependent. In this context, this study questions how high school sociology teachers’ opportunities and challenges in facing Merdeka Belajar curriculum in the fourth industrial revolution (industry 4.0)? This study aims to identify problems and strategies for teachers in facing the new paradigm of Merdeka Belajar. This study’s analysis is based on theories such as those from Neill, Rogers, Freire, Boal, Giroux, and Knowles to critically analyze the pedagogical paradigm of national education that teachers have used. This study uses Knowles’s theory of andragogy to explore the notion of Merdeka Belajar. This study’s qualitative research method includes observation of the teacher-student relationship and interviews with several high school teachers in Karanganyar, Central Java. Besides, document studies related to Merdeka Belajar program are also used to understand the policy context. This study found that teachers did not realize that they had been using a pedagogical paradigm (education for children) for high school-level children who had grown up. When they switched to Merdeka Belajar curriculum, they also did not know that the paradigm they should be using is andragogy (education for adults). In this situation, they improvised as best they could to implement Merdeka Belajar. The teachers only carry out orders from the school. However, the school is still trying to understand how it works based on structural orders without clarity. Students’ dependence on teachers has become the cause of teachers’ difficulty to move out of the pedagogical paradigm into andragogy. In this situation, the teachers tried to do their best to implement Merdeka Belajar program during the Covid-19 pandemic. Teachers and schools must also face all infrastructural barriers and socioeconomic conditions with limited online learning access.

scholarly journals ENGINEERING GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES EXHIBITED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Chong ◽  
David S. Strong
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Level ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
High School Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Selection Decisions ◽  
University Enrolment ◽  
The One

Awareness and knowledge of both the engineering profession and engineering education programming is important for students in high school because strategic course choices must be made for students to qualify for university enrolment. This paper, a work-in-progress of a larger study, uses a qualitative analysis framed by the CEAB Graduate Attributes to gain insight into how teachers identify students who could become engineers. Participants clearly identified traits that describe the Knowledge Base attribute. Many participants identified other traits that described how students work; these did not fit easily within one attribute. The one attribute that was notably absent was Design.The findings describe that participants had a partial idea of the traits that would describe a potential engineer. This gap in knowledge supports work to develop a complete idea of the engineering profession at the high school level to ensure students can make informed course selection decisions and, in turn, career decisions

scholarly journals THE CONCEPT OF INERTIA: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
Paolo Bussotti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
School Level ◽  
Uniform Motion ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Daily Experiences ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Of Rest

“Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon” (p. Newton 1846, p. 83). This is the famous first axiom or law of motion stated by Newton in his masterpiece The Mathematical principles of natural philosophy (ivi). Everywhere, in the courses of physics at the high school level the inertia principle is the first to be taught. However, there are many doubts that most of learners fully grasp its numerous and fundamental nuances, which are necessary for a satisfying introduction to physics. Therefore, I propose an interdisciplinary approach for the explanation of this principle in which history of science and analysis of the daily experiences are joined to offer a complete comprehension of the concept of inertia.

scholarly journals Pedagogical Knowledge of English Teachers on Speech Acts in Senior High School Level of West Nusa Tenggara

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-223
Author(s):  
Kamarudin Kamarudin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
High School Level

As an English teacher, communicating through English language properly and thoroughly is highly required particularly at Senior High School level. They are expected to communicate politely since teachers are the role model of teaching. As a professional teacher, English teachers must have professional competencies such as speech acts proficiencies. Speech act is included into spoken English and is taught in Senior High School level in order to develop students’ communicative competence. This is a descriptive qualitative research and is aiming at describing pedagogical knowledge of English teachers on speech acts in Senior High School level of West Nusa Tenggara. The knowledge itself is divided into some branches, they are the ability to define speech acts, ability to identify speech acts conversation and ability to identify speech act utterances. The researcher conducted the interview to collect the data. The data are obtained from the interview and the tape recorder to record the interview process. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that Senior High School teachers mostly can answer questions about speech acts. They can define speech acts, they can identify the speech act conversations and they can identify the speech act utterances. In conclusion, the knowledge of speech acts of Senior High School teachers is categorized very good because they can answer most questions correctly. Therefore, Senior High School teachers fulfill professional language competencies; they comprehend teaching materials and have good pedagogical skills.

scholarly journals Teacher Performance Evaluation through Knowledge Sharing and Technology during the COVID 19 Pandemic

Webology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (Special Issue 04) ◽  
pp. 832-842
Author(s):  
I Made Suparsa ◽  
Made Setini ◽  
Daru Asih ◽  
Ni Luh Wayan Sayang Telagawathi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
School Level ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
High School Level ◽  
The World ◽  
And Training

One of the worlds of education is an independent and intelligent student program. This study aims to determine the role of KBV theory and training through work skills and technology in evaluating teacher teaching performance in Kupang and Bali, Indonesia. This research method is quantitative; with SEM analysis, the sample used was 450 high school teachers, the sample was taken deliberately. Sharing knowledge that is done by the teacher motivates to improve work ability. Technology during the COVID-19 pandemic played a very big role in improving teacher teaching performance with the support of training because this gave teaching abilities for every teacher in Kupang and Bali, Indonesia. The ability to distinguish between knowledge and training in the absorption of technology to create quality and sustainable education. This study only uses two provinces in Indonesia as an analytical study with implementation only in the world of education. Knowledge, ability, and training are forms of understanding that require stimulation, while technology is a means of infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of this study contribute to the world of education, especially at the high school level because there is no concept of quality continuing education.

scholarly journals The Impact of Principal Leadership on The Effectiveness of Learning in Christian Senior High School in Bandung, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Junihot M. Simanjuntak
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Principal Leadership ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
School Level ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
High School Level ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

The researcher wants to explain the impact of principal leadership on the effectiveness of learning at high school level. The study is aimed at finding principal leadership model as an ideal example in managing school as an educational institution to bring effective learning as an output. The results of the discussion show that the principal's leadership has a significant positive effect on teacher competence to realize the effectiveness of learning. The conclusion from this discussion that the effectiveness of learning can run well can be done by applying the leadership of the principal and teacher competence. The Principal has strong influence because he leads with love, gives positive impact on school even outside world. He has become catalyst agent who brings others to a purpose, by making himself as not only a creator of culture but also the one who sustains it especially inside school environment. The better the leadership of the principal is, the better the learning effectiveness at the school is.

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