Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science GEMS: Teaching Robotics to High School Students

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Measure ◽  
Edward Creegan
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Suci Paramitha Lestari ◽  
NFN Safari

The main purpose of this study is to answer the following question. Is there any influence of junior high school student’s opinion on the importance of the National Examination against the 2018 National Examination results because currently the National Examination is no longer a determinant of graduation? The population of this study was junior high school students participated in the National Examination in 2018. The data in this study were in the form of test scores and students’ answers to questionnaires in 34 provinces throughout Indonesia. Filling out questionnaires was carried out voluntarily on the last day of the National Examination, so the number of respondents filling out the questionnaire was 3.224.331 from 37.859 junior high school students. The number of respondents is the sample in this study. Based on the results of the t-test analysis obtained as follows. The influence of student opinions stating that the UN is important and not important to the 2018 UN results even though the UN is not a determinant of graduation is proven. This means that there is a significant influence (P <0,000) of the student's opinions towards the 2018 National Examination results for subjects: Indonesian, English, Mathematics, and Science, (Sig. 0,000). Most of the SMP / MTs students amount to 199.222 (90.7%) stated that the National Examination was important, while students who stated that the UN was not important were 20.340 (9.3%) students. The conclusion is that there is an influence of the junior high school students’ opinion about the importance of the National Examination towards the 2018 UN results even though the National Examination is not a determinant of graduation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-58
Author(s):  
Mustafa Serdar Köksal ◽  
Canan Tunç Şahin

In this study, the purpose is to describe advanced students’ motivational status to learn Nature of Science (NOS) and their understandings on NOS by using Ranking Questionnaire for “interest” and “importance” and modified version of Views on Nature of Science Questionnaire. The results indicated that the participants did not see NOS as an important subject compared to mathematics, science and social science subjects. Moreover, the participants were more interested in mathematics and science subjects than in NOS subject. The results on NOS understandings also showed that the participants were transitional in terms of “evidence and observation based science” and “subjectivity” while they had informed understandings on “place of imagination and creativity in science”. They were also naïve in terms of “existence of one method in science”, “no hierarchy between theory and law”, “tentativeness” and “difference between observation and inference”. The results explained an important motivational problem to implement any NOS teaching methods to change misunderstandings. Key words: advanced high school students, motivation, nature of science, school subjects.


1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-192
Author(s):  
Susan Gay

Helping students in their efforts to complete high school successfully and obtain a college education is the goal of the Mathematics and Science Center (MSC) at the University of Kansas (KU). Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, MSC identifies, recruits, selects, and supports high school students wjth academic potential who demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career associated with mathematics or science and who meet eligibility guidelines for participation in the project. MSC is sponsored by the KU School of Education.


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