scholarly journals Deliberating science in Italian high school. The case of the Scienza Attiva project

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. A02
Author(s):  
Federica Cornali ◽  
Gianfranco Pomatto ◽  
Selena Agnella
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Deliberative Democracy ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Project

This paper provides an analysis of the implementation and the outcomes of Scienza Attiva, an Italian national project for secondary school students, that makes use of deliberative democracy tools to address socio-scientific issues of great impact. The analysis has required a mixed method including surveys of students' pre- and post-project opinions, focus groups and interviews with students and teachers. The results from this evaluation study provide evidence that the project improves students' understanding of socio-scientific issues, strengthens their awareness of the importance of discussion and positively influences interactions in the classroom.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (35) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Lucy Gachenia ◽  
Margaret Mwenje
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Counseling Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Counseling Programs

The school counseling program is meant to assist students to deal with psycho-social and behavioral challenges, which normally affect their academic performance. In order to achieve this goal, the Kenyan government has previously committed resources towards establishing counseling programs in schools. The aim of this study was to establish how effective these counseling programs are in assisting secondary school learners in Kiambu County to achieve academically. Primary data was derived from 80 high school adolescents, 8 counselors, and 8 academic Dean of Students who were purposively sampled from 8 schools that were randomly selected. The study was qualitatively done, and self-determination theory was used to guide the study. Data were analyzed for the identification of counseling program characteristics and student improvement indices. These were presented in tables, charts, frequencies, and percentages based on the responses from the respondents. Further, a correlation between the two variables of the study was examined. Findings depicted that 65.7% of the students sampled said that counseling services offered at school satisfied their needs, 74.3% reported an improvement in their academic performance as a result of those counseling services and 87% felt more positive about school life after receiving counseling services. The study concluded that comprehensive counseling programs improved academic performance among high school students. The study intended to inform education planners, principals, and administrators on the role counseling would play in enhancing academic achievement among secondary school students.

scholarly journals Young People’s Perceptions of World Cultural Heritage: Suggestions for a Critical and Reflexive World Heritage Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8640
Author(s):  
Verena Röll ◽  
Christiane Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
School Students ◽  
Heritage Education ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
A Site ◽  
People’S Perceptions

The paper analyses and discusses the perspectives of young people on World Cultural Heritage (WCH), focusing on their presumed reasons of its imbalanced global distribution. The qualitative study is based upon focus groups conducted with 43 secondary school students aged 14–17 years from Lower Saxony, Germany. The findings reveal Eurocentric thinking patterns. Furthermore, a site visit took place after the focus groups exploring the universal and personal values the participants attach to the WCH using hermeneutic photography. Due to these results and building upon an education for sustainable development that empowers learners to become sustainability citizens, the authors provide suggestions for a critical and reflexive World (Cultural) Heritage education.

Secondary School Students' Perceptions of Math Teachers and Math Classes

1976 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-233
Author(s):  
Charles R. Cooper ◽  
Anthony Petrosky
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
School Students ◽  
Math Teachers

Here is a summary of a recent, revealing nationwide survey of high school students perceptiollS of their teachers and the classroom atmosphere they create.

Influence of Academic Motivation on Academic Achievement and Emotional Intelligence in Secondary School Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajib Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
School Students ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
The Relationship

The present study tried to examine the relationship between academic achievement and emotional intelligence, blocking the influence of academic motivation on the relationship in secondary school students. Sample for the study includes 49 students (25 girls and 24 boys) from VIIIth and IXth classes of a secondary school in Sriram Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The data for measuring Emotional intelligence is collected by using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire – Adolescent Short Form (TEIQue-ASF), prepared by Petrides, K. V. & Furnham, A. (2006) for adolescents. The data for measuring academic motivation is collected using Academic Motivation Scale, High School Version (AMS-HS 28) for high school students prepared by Vallerand and et.al (1992). Academic achievement of the students is measured by collecting the students' grade point average in a summative assessment. For data analysis, Pearson's Product Moment and Partial Correlations are used. The significance of the test is calculated by using t-test formula for partial correlation for the level of significance α at 0.05. The findings of the study reveal that the influences of academic motivation on the relationship between academic achievement and emotional intelligence in secondary school students, cannot be ignored.

scholarly journals Knowledge on risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus among secondary school students

2020 ◽  
pp. 431-443
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Góra ◽  
Elżbieta Szczepańska ◽  
Karolina Janion
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Average Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Background. Diabetes is a set of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia caused by improper action and/or secretion of insulin. Currently, diabetes is becoming a serious challenge in modern medicine, this disease affects 425 million people, and the forecasts indicate that by 2045 the number of cases will increase to 629 million. Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the knowledge about risk factors for type 2 diabetes among secondary school students in the Silesian Province in Poland and to determine whether there are differences between the level of knowledge between girls and boys and between first-, second- and third-grade students. Material and methods. The survey was conducted among 650 high school students. The research tool was the author's questionnaire. The obtained results were developed using Microsoft Excel 2010 and Statistica 13.3 (TIBCO Inc.). Results. The definitions of type 2 diabetes were known to 63.9%. 91.8% of high school students indicated excessive body mass as a risk factor for morbidity, while 18.8% of people indicated the appropriate type of obesity increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes. Most of the students considered abnormal eating habits as an important factor increasing the occurrence of the disease (92.4%). The most numerous group of high school students were people with average level of knowledge (89.6%). Conclusions. The knowledge of high school students about risk factors for type 2 diabetes was varied. The most numerous group were high school students characterised by the average level of knowledge. There were no statistically significant differences between the proportion of correctly provided responses by women and men. There were statistically significant differences between the proportion of correctly provided responses by first-, second- and third-graders. Our research shows that educational activities should be undertaken, especially about modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

The Problems of Formation of Communicative Competence of Secondary School Students in the Spanish Classes

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-61
Author(s):  
Сударь ◽  
G. Sudar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
School Students ◽  
Language Classes

In this article the problem of providing Spanish language classes with new updated materials meeting the requirements of communicative approach in foreign language teaching in high school is being raised. The emphasis is placed on training students to master the written language

The Second U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad

1974 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-119
Author(s):  
Samuel L. Greitzer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
New Venture ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematical Talent ◽  
Honor Roll ◽  
Mathematics Examination

Because the U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad is a new venture, a brief explanation is pertinent. The purpose of the Olympiad is to attempt to discover secondary school students with superior mathematical talent—students who possess creativity and inventiveness as well as computational skills. Participation is limited to about one-hundred students selected mainly from the Honor Roll of the Annual High School Mathematics Examination plus a few recommended students from the states that sponsor their own high school mathematics competitions. The Olympiad consists of five problems of the essay type requiring mathematical power on the part of the participants.

Projects: Making Mathematics: Developing Mathematical Research Skills

2001 ◽  
Vol 94 (7) ◽  
pp. 622
Author(s):  
Gina M. Foletta
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Online Mentoring ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Mathematical Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Web Based

The Making Mathematics Project supports high school students—or small groups of students with a teacher—in their work on research projects in mathematics. This support is offered in the form of Web-based resources and online mentoring for secondary school students and their teachers.

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