scholarly journals Cultural DeCoding: A humanities program for gifted and talented high school students seeking university entrance

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura D'Olimpio ◽  
Angela McCarthy ◽  
Annette Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teaching Expertise ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Extension Program

This article details Cultural DeCoding, a humanities based high school extension program for gifted and talented Year 11 and 12 students in Western Australia. The brainchild of Dr Annette Pedersen (UWA & John XXIII College) and Dr Angela McCarthy (UNDA), the program runs for four days across the summer holidays before the start of the school term. The program fills a gap that exists in the education of gifted and talented secondary students who are interested in the humanities. It is comprised of sessions run by academics who facilitate discussion and activities based on their area of research and teaching expertise. The group is deliberately kept small in order to give students a chance to engage deeply and respectfully with like-minded others. The intention is to give these students an experience of what university will be like, and to have a chance to think philosophically; namely, critically, creatively and morally, in collaboration with others.

Tunisian High School Students and Digital Media Literacy: A Quantitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110259
Author(s):  
Tarak Dridi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Media Literacy ◽  
The Impact

Digital media literacy has become an intrinsic component in shaping high school students’ knowledge acquisition and critical thoughts. Over the last two decades, internet and computers have been the implemented tools to reach such goals and promote the students’ learning. This article looks for the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Tunisian secondary school students by detecting their technical skills as well as their critical understanding. This quantitative study relies on a self-reporting approach and targets 150 Tunisian secondary students. It proves the necessary consideration of technological and social variables in helping sort out major digital handicaps related to secondary students and displays the interconnectedness between the different dimensions of digital media literacy. It also displays that Tunisian high school students cannot be referred to as digital-media literate people. The study contributes to the field of digital media literacy as it offers a solid empirical background to build on and indicates the necessity of integrating digital media literacy into the school-based initiatives.

scholarly journals CARASTERÍSTICAS DE LOS INTERESES VOCACIONALES EN ALUMNOS DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA EVALUADOS A TRAVÉS DEL EXPLORA

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 549
Author(s):  
José Manuel Martínez Vicente ◽  
Isabel María Ángeles Segura
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Current View ◽  
Vocational Counseling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Marked Preference ◽  
Toma De Decisiones ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
A Current

Abstract:The evaluation of vocational and professional interests is considered one of the important aspects in education secondary students for their future decision making. Thus, the objective of this study is to have a current view of how they are configured vocational and professional interests in secondary students in Spain. This Questionnaire for Vocational and Professional EXPLORE (Martinez-Vicente & Santamaría, 2013) to a sample of 3123 high school students and high school applied. The results obtained indicate that there are sex differences in the elections. While women marked preference for Social - Welfare - Artistic and Creative fields in the two men chosen fields are the Technical and Business -Owner - Persuasiavo. In the analysis of the indices of consistency and differentiation women are more consistent than men and differentiation is also higher for them.Keywords: Behavior vocational, vocational choice, vocational and professional interests, Vocational Counseling, Skills, Personality, Self-efficacy.Resumen:La evaluación de los intereses vocacionales y profesionales se considera uno de los aspectos importante en alumnos de educación Secundaria de cara a su futura toma de decisiones. Así pues, el objetivo del presente estudio es tener una visión actual de cómo están configurados los intereses vocacionales y profesionales en alumnos de educación secundaria en España. Para ello se aplicó el Cuestionario para la Orientación Vocacional y Profesional EXPLORA (Martínez-Vicente y Santamaría, 2013) a una muestra de 3123 alumnos de secundaria y Bachillerato. Los resultados obtenidos permiten concluir que existen diferencias de sexo en las elecciones. Mientras que las mujeres marcan preferencia por los campos Social-Asistencial y Artistico-Creativo, en los hombres los dos campos más elegidos son el Técnico-Manual y el Empresarial-Persuasivo. En los análisis de los índices de consistencia y diferenciación las mujeres son más consistentes que los hombres y la diferenciación también es mayor a favor de ellas.Palabras claves: Conducta vocacional, Elección vocacional, Intereses vocacionales y profesionales, Asesoramiento vocacional, Habilidades, Personalidad, Autoeficacia.

Computer-Based Mathematics and Physics for Gifted Students

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Ravaglia ◽  
Patrick Suppes ◽  
Constance Stillinger ◽  
Theodore M. Alper
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Gifted Youth ◽  
Mathematics And Physics ◽  
Do So

Computer-based education makes it possible for gifted and talented middle school and early high school students to complete advanced courses in mathematics and physics several years before they would nocinally do so Since the fall of 1990, three such groups of students at the Education Program for Gifted Youth at Stanford University have taken courses at the advanced placement level and have done exceedingly well. This report details those results.

scholarly journals A Unique Methodology For Implementing High School Capstone Experiences Through Teacher Professional Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Chin ◽  
Abe Zeid ◽  
Claire Duggan ◽  
Sagar Kamarthi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
High School Classroom

Innovators and abstract thinkers - students who question why are going to be the future of engineering, of science and cures for diseases. Rarely do students ask where and how innovation is created. Students, particularly post-secondary students have lost their curiosity and they have lost their ability to question. Why? Because the relationship between theory and application has been removed from our high schools. Although the term “STEM” is generally used, students do not appear to understand the importance of core STEM principles such as Newton’s 2nd law and therefore do not understand the influence these basic algorithms have in daily life. In recent decades, high school education has focused on quizzes and exams, state and national standardize testing and SATs. More emphasis is placed on performing well on these exams, focusing on memorization and test taking rather than on thorough comprehension. The question is, “how do you translate theory to application in the high school classroom?” Students’ knowledge and engagement are only as good as their teachers. Educators need to be given the proper tools, resources, and knowledge. CAPSULE, a capstone-based experience provides tools, resources, and knowledge to enhance the teaching and learning involvement. CAPSULE teaches and promotes inquiry, exploration and application rather than just theory. The methodology engages and educates hands-on learning, teamwork and multiple solutions through the engineering design process (EDP). The theory behind innovation is the motivation for CAPSULE – to teach and engage teachers using 3D modeling, EDP, and project-based learning to create a high school capstone experience. This paper presents a new approach of teaching STEM related courses to high school students. The methodology presented is on “training the trainer” to enable and empower teachers to master and utilize this new approach. 

scholarly journals Table Top SEM Utilization in a High School Nanotechnology Course

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
D.N. Leonard
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
School Students ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Duke University ◽  
Research Students ◽  
Learning Laboratories

A Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) nanotechnology course curriculum integrated a Hitachi TM-1000 table top scanning electron microscope (SEM) into the classroom to excite and educate gifted and talented high school students interested in this emerging field of research. Students learned about synthesis, characterization and applications of nanotechnologies to encourage them to begin thinking about why and how properties of matter change at the nanoscale. The syllabus was created to introduce fundamental concepts like introductory quantum mechanics, atomic bonding, allotropes of carbon and applications including nanomedicine, nanoelectronics, nano-textiles, bionanotechnology and nanometals. The classroom environment allowed students to take intellectual risks and the course content was presented through a variety of methods to utilize the Kolb learning model and encompass intellectual, personal, social and practical learning methods. The teaching approaches employed traditional principle based lectures, but also included guest speakers, experiential learning activities and both project or problem based learning laboratories.

scholarly journals Developing secondary students' understanding of the generality and purpose of proof

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kimberly Anne Conner
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Design Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
9Th Grade ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Design Research Methodology ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Successes And Challenges

In spite of their fundamental role in mathematics, prior studies have found that high school students struggle to develop conceptual understanding of proof, and in particular, understand the generality requirement for proofs. Using design research methodology, I investigated an alternative method of introducing ten advanced 9th grade students to proof using problems and instructional strategies that emphasized the generality and purpose of proofs. The design study consisted of 14 sessions, each lasting approximately 30 minutes, that were held twice a week for seven weeks. Semistructured interviews were also conducted with students at the beginning and end of the study to track changes in students' understanding of proof. Findings from this dissertation study are presented as three stand-alone articles. In the first article, I present a framework for assessing students' understanding of different proof components based on Stylianides' (2007) definition of proof. I argue that the proposed framework provides a more nuanced perspective of students' understanding of proof and allows the researcher or teacher to identify aspects of proof that students understand as well as ways that they can improve their argument. In the second article, I analyze my design conjecture that using universal claims, or claims involving the universal quantifier "all" or "any", would afford opportunities for students to 1) engage in the reasoning-and-proving process, 2) talk about reasoning-and-proving, and 3) develop an intellectual necessity for proof. In the third article, I trace one student's successes and challenges in constructing proofs that adhered to the generality requirement over the course of the study. In this article, I demonstrate how her understanding of the purpose of proof supported her transition from empirical to deductive arguments on proof tasks. I conclude in chapter 5 with implications for research and teaching.

scholarly journals Skills of literary appreciation and their relationship to rhetorical concepts among secondary school students

2020 ◽  
pp. 8-39
Author(s):  
عبدالرازق مختار محمود ◽  
حسام الدين البدري محمد
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Research Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Performance Skills ◽  
Measurement Tools

The aim of the current research is to identify the relationship between Literary Appreciation Skills and rhetorical concepts among high school students. The experimental approach was followed using a one-group semi-experimental design, and the research group consisted of (30) male and female students in the first secondary class at Al-Atmaniya Joint Secondary School affiliated to the Badari Educational Administration in Assiut Governorate. To achieve the goal of the research, a set of tools has been prepared, namely: List of literary taste skills appropriate for first-year secondary students and their number reached (20) performance skills, and other rhetorical concepts necessary for first-year secondary students included two main concepts and (14) sub-concepts, as well as preparing a Measurement tools: Test literary appreciation skills and rhetorical concepts for first-year high school students. By applying these tools, the research found a correlation between rhetorical concepts and literary appreciation. And that is through the results of the students’average averages (the research group) for both literary taste skills and rhetorical concepts, where a significant convergence was observed between the averages of literary taste skills and rhetorical concepts, and that students whose mean averages in rhetorical concepts had high results in testing literary taste skills, and vice versa. The research in accordance with these findings has made a series of recommendations and proposals.

scholarly journals Keterujaan Luar Biasa dan Implikasinya Terhadap Pelajar Pintar dan Berbakat di Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Amnah Zanariah Abd Razak ◽  
Sahlan Surat ◽  
Saemah Abd Rahman ◽  
Rosadah Abd Majid
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
The Self ◽  
School Students ◽  
Special Trait ◽  
Emotional Dimension ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Positive Disintegration ◽  
Talented Students

Overexcitabilities is a special trait in gifted and talented students but is rarely known to the general public. This overexcitabilities is one of the socioemotional issues faced by gifted and talented students. The concept of overexcitedness has come to be known in the field gifted and talented and has a great impact on the self-development and future of the students. A survey was conducted using the Overexcitability Survey (II) instrument to measure the overexcitabilities of these gifted and talented students. Previous researchers agree that the Overexcitability Survey (II) is also suitable to be used in identifying gifted and talented individuals. The Overexcitability Survey (II) has five sub constructs: emotional dimension, imagination, intellectual, psychomotor and sensory. The findings of the study among high school students (n = 40) in gifted and talented schools in Negeri Sembilan showed that gifted and talented students had the highest score for intellectual constructs (mean = 3.54) and followed by sensory (mean = 3.51), imagination (mean = 3.45), emotion (mean = 3.40) and psychomotor (mean = 3.40). This study also goes through the Positive Disintegration Theory by Dabrowski that gifted and talented students are able to excel and strive to overcome their weaknesses in order to succeed if they are able to adapt to the uniqueness of the over excitabilities. The knowledge of this over excitabilities is necessary to help the excellence of gifted and talented students. ABSTRAK Keterujaan luar biasa merupakan satu keistimewaan yang ada pada pelajar pintar dan berbakat namun jarang diketahui oleh masyarakat umum. Keterujaan luar biasa ini merupakan salah satu isu sosioemosi yang dihadapi oleh pelajar pintar berbakat. Konsep keterujaan luar biasa ini mula dikenali di dalam bidang pintar dan berbakat dan memberikan impak yang besar dalam perkembangan diri serta masa depan pelajar. Kajian tinjauan telah dilakukan menggunakan instrumen Soal Selidik Keterujan Luar Biasa (II) bagi mengukur keterujaan luar biasa pelajar pintar dan berbakat ini. Pengkaji-pengkaji yang lepas bersetuju bahawa Soal Selidik Keterujan Luar Biasa (II) ini juga sesuai untuk digunakan bagi mengenal pasti individu pintar dan berbakat. Soal Selidik Keterujan Luar Biasa (II) mempunyai lima sub konstruk iaitu dimensi emosi, imaginasi, intelektual, psikomotor dan sensori. Hasil dapatan kajian dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah (n=40) di sekolah pintar dan berbakat di Negeri Sembilan ini menunjukkan pelajar pintar dan berbakat mendapat skor tertinggi yang signifikan bagi sub konstruk intelektual iaitu (min=3.54) dan diikuti sensori (min=3.51), imaginasi (min=3.45), emosi (min=3.40) dan psikomotor (min=3.40). Kajian ini juga melalui Teori Disintegrasi Positif oleh Dabrowski menunjukkan pelajar pintar dan berbakat mampu melonjak cemerlang dan berusaha mengatasi kelemahan diri untuk berjaya jika mereka mampu menyesuaikan diri dengan keunikan keterujaan luar biasa yang dianugerahkan. Pengetahuan tentang keterujaan luar biasa ini perlu bagi membantu kecemerlangan pelajar pintar dan berbakat.

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