scholarly journals Innovative Tool to Educate High School Students through Research Based Learning

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noora Al-thani ◽  
Jolly Bhadra ◽  
Nitha Siby ◽  
Enas Elhawary ◽  
Azza Saad
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
Global Market ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Intellectual Capacity

The need for enhanced engagement of school students for better behavioral outcomes in line with scientific learning and acquisition of science process skills have continually incited educators to strategize innovative teaching approaches. Meanwhile, innovations and research from the scientific community has consistently been prioritized, demanding highly skilled STEM labor in the global market, henceforth challenging educators to brace the next generation with high proficiency in STEM fields. The research study focuses on an out of school approach that caters to the industrial demands in STEM workforce, henceforth acquainting the high school students with research methodology for improving their technical efficiency and intellectual capacity in problem solving and critical thinking. The study program was conducted on 208 students from public schools in Qatar, who participated in 68 research projects, each project being engaged by a group students during a period of 2 months at Qatar University research laboratories. The performance of participants were analyzed by mixed methods implementing both quantitative data based on questionnaires and qualitative data based on feedback interviews from research mentors, schoolteachers and the participant students. The results of the program yielded positive outcomes from the stakeholders as the school students gained competences exhibited by under-graduate or graduate students like research self-efficacy, research skills and aspirations for scientific careers, accomplishing the objectives of the program. This study program henceforth was successful in bridging the gap between high school and university, as the participant students had an advantage in confidence over their peers in university laboratories and technical writing assignments.

scholarly journals ROBO SOCCER SEBAGAI MEDIA EDUKASI PENGENALAN TEKNOLOGI ROBOTIKA PADA SISWA DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohanes Calvinus ◽  
Endah Setyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Private And Public

Robotics technology has now become a technological requirement for all students, both at the elementary school, junior high school and high school level. In fact in some private and public schools the need for education in robotics technology is only a discourse and cannot be realized properly. Many of these schools are trying to work with several agencies providing private education services for robotics. The lack of human resources and knowledge about robotics among high school students has caused these students to not know or lack in participating in the event that should have been the driving force behind the industrial revolution 4.0 about automation and robotics. Even in Jakarta there are not many competitions in the form of robotics competitions that can be participated by high school students. The community engagement team at Tarumanagara University conducted workshops and robot competitions in the form of robo soccer, which also functioned as a media for robotics technology education for high school students. High school students are introduced to robot components in the form of electrical and mechanical components, also about programming. Students are also asked to assemble these components and the results are in the form of robo soccer. These high school students are very happy and enthusiastic about this activity, because curiosity about robots can be achieved. Students from various schools are also active in participating in the Edurobocup Contest organized by the Electrical Engineering study program at Tarumanagara University. It is hoped that this activity can be routinely carried out every year, so that robotics technology can be known while students are still in high school.ABSTRAK:Teknologi Robotika saat ini telah menjadi suatu kebutuhan teknologi bagi seluruh pelajar, baik tingkat Sekolah Dasar, Sekolah Menengah Pertama, maupun Sekolah Menengah Atas. Kenyataannya di beberapa sekolah swasta dan negeri kebutuhan pendidikan akan teknologi robotika ini hanya menjadi wacana dan belum dapat terealisasi dengan baik. Banyak sekolah-sekolah tersebut berusaha bekerjasama dengan beberapa instansi penyedia jasa pendidikan swasta untuk robotika. Minimnya sumber daya manusia dan pengetahuan tentang robotika di kalangan siswa SMA menyebabkan siswa tersebut tidak tahu ataupun kurang dalam mengikuti ajang yang seharusnya menjadi pendorong kemajuan revolusi industri 4.0 tentang otomasi dan robotika. Bahkan di Jakarta belum banyak kompetisi berupa perlombaan robotika yang dapat diikuti oleh siswa SMA. Tim pengabdian kepada masyarakat Universitas Tarumanagara melakukan workshop dan lomba robot berupa robo soccer, yang sekaligus difungsikan sebagai media edukasi teknologi robotika bagi siswa SMA. Siswa SMA dikenalkan tentang komponen robot yang berupa komponen elektrik dan mekanik, juga tentang pemrograman. Siswa juga diminta merakit komponen-komponen tersebut dan hasilnya berupa robo soccer. Siswa SMA ini sangat senang dan antusias mengikuti kegiatan ini, karena keingintahuan tentang robot dapat tercapai. Siswa dari berbagai sekolah juga aktif dalam mengikuti Lomba Edurobocup yang diselenggarakan oleh program studi teknik elektro Universitas Tarumanagara. Diharapkan kegiatan ini dapat rutin dilakukan tiap tahun, sehingga teknologi robotika dapat dikenal saat siswa masih di SMA

scholarly journals Introducing High School Students to Engineering Fundamentals by Four Weeks Engineering Innovation Summer Program

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pawan Tyagi ◽  
Christine Newman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
School Science ◽  
High School Science ◽  
School Students ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
High School Science Teacher

Preparing high school students for engineering disciplines is crucial for sustainable scientific and technological developments in the USA. This paper discusses a pre-college program, which not only exposes students to various engineering disciplines but also enables them to consider engineering as the profession. The four-week long “Engineering Innovation (EI)” course is offered every year to high school students by the center of outreach, Johns Hopkins University. EI program is designed to develop problem-solving skills through extensive hands-on engineering experiments. A team consisting of an instructor, generally a PhD in Engineering, and a teaching fellow, generally a high school science teacher, closely work with students to pedagogically inculcate basics of core engineering disciplines such as civil, mechanical, electrical, materials, and chemical engineering. EI values independent problem-solving skills and simultaneously promote the team spirit among students. A number of crucial engineering aspects such as professional ethics, communications, technical writing, and understanding of common engineering principles are inculcated among high school students via well-designed individual and group activities. This paper discusses the model of EI program and its impact on students learning and their preparation for the engineering career.

scholarly journals Key Facts about the Decision-making Process of High School Students Regarding Career Options

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liviu Ciucan-Rusu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Future Career

As a dynamic transformation of the economy, companies put pressure on universities and other educational suppliers to deliver the labor force with new knowledge and skills required, to ensure their innovation and competitiveness. Because of these dynamics, students are also under pressure when they must decide about future jobs. There is also confusion in the mind of young adult that needs to bear the influence of public media, social media, online communities about the personal development in regional, national, or global environment. In this case, universities and high schools have to inform about trends and perspectives of future career and support students in their choice but they lack of communication capabilities or marketing aspects are overestimated. Our study is based on an online survey with more than 500 participants from Mures county high schools during the 2018-2019 academic year. Most of the student wants to continue their study at university 83,2 %. As a preferential channel of information about university programs students voted as very useful, university websites and meetings with representatives of faculties. The main fields students interested in are: business, engineering, informatics, medicine, public administration and law. Around 13.4% of the high school students intend to continue their study abroad. Almost half of the respondents have clear idea of study program to be chosen. Regarding the influence factors of their choice, family and acquaintances who are already university students have the higher impact rather than colleagues, friends and professors. When referring to criteria for choosing the future university, they favor the number of tax-free places and international mobility. Generally, we can say that students consider university the most important next step in their future career and they proof themselves rather independent to decide about this step. Our study also emphasizes significant levels of indecision and we will deepen our further research for better understanding of the phenomenon.

scholarly journals Social support and its relationship to the level of achievement of high school students in Jordanian public schools: المساندة الاجتماعية وعلاقتها بمستوى الإنجاز لدى طلبة الثانوية العامة في المدارس الحكومية الأردنية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (42) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samar Fahed Al-Faleh
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
School Students ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to identify the level of social support (support by friends, support from the family, support by the teacher), and to analyze the relationship between social support and achievement among students of High school students in government schools. The study followed descriptive analytical approach based on a questionnaire applied to 137 students of Karak government schools. The study found that the students get moderate level of social support; the study showed that the level of friends support came first, followed by teacher support, followed by family support, and found a relationship between social support and achievement in Students of Karak government schools. In light of the results, the study recommended several recommendations, the most important of which is to sensitize parents and faculty members about the importance of social support.

scholarly journals Choosing a career path in agriculture: A tough calling for youths in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37
Author(s):  
Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu ◽  
Ifeoluwa Olawale Fadele
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Private School ◽  
National Development ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
School Students ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Tertiary Institutions

Abstract The decline in youth population and the upsurge in ageing farmer population have resulted in low agricultural output and per capital productivity in rural Nigeria, which is a threat to the national food security. High school students’ perception of agriculture and factors influencing their willingness to study agriculture in tertiary institutions were therefore investigated in this study. Information from 285 science students in high schools was analysed using descriptive statistics, Likert scale and logistic regression. Age of the students was 15.30 ± 1.17 years with almost equal distribution of both sexes. About half (50.5 %) of them wanted to study medicine where as only 4.6 % of the respondents were willing to study agriculture in the university. A higher percentage of female students (57.6 %) were willing to study agriculture in tertiary institution than their male counterparts (42.4 %). A higher percentage of students from public schools (51.4 %) were willing to study agriculture whereas 48.6 % of those from private schools were willing to do so. The students were undecided about the contribution of agriculture to national development but strongly disagreed that agriculture gives less income than other professions. Major motivating factors that can stimulate the respondents’ willingness to study agriculture were career awareness program in agriculture, practical knowledge of agriculture and agricultural excursion. The likelihood of a high school student’s willingness to study agriculture increased significantly with having a father who primarily practised agriculture and supports agricultural education, attending a school where crude implements are not used, visit to a mechanized farm and the youth’s willingness to own a farm in the future irrespective of the course of study, while attending a private school will decrease it. In conclusion, high school students had average perception of agriculture and were not willing to study agriculture in tertiary institutions. Suggestions are presented on how to change this negative attitude towards this vital branch of science.

scholarly journals Model Motivasi Trisula: Sintesis Baru Teori Motivasi Berprestasi

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Edy Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Task Value ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Loading

The purpose of this study was to find out a comprehensive model of achievement motivation appropriate for Indonesian students. Specifically, this study examined the contribution of task-value, self-efficacy and goal orientation in influencing students’ achievement motivation. The subjects of this research were 393 high school students, 219 of them are female and 174 are male. 46% of them were senior high school and 54% junior, high school students. 45% were from public schools and 55% from religion-based private schools. The task-value, self-efficacy, goal orientation and achievement motivation as scaling instruments used in this study were developed from Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire Manual. The instruments had been tested and proved valid and reliable. Analysis of model testing data was done using technique of confirmatory factor analysis. The results showed that the trisula model of achievement motivation was reliable. The task-value, self-efficacy and goal orientation are significant loading factors for achievement motivation. The self-efficacy also is a significant loading factor for the task-value and goal orientation. Keywords: achievement motivation, goal orientation, self-efficacy, task-value

The Effects of Task-Based Instruction on High School Students’ Writing Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Task Based Instruction ◽  
Experimental Group

The goal of this study was to see whether task-based instruction could enhance EFL students' writing fluency and accuracy. Sixty grade 11 students from two complete classrooms at Dai An High School in Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam, participated in this research. The experimental group was taught to write essays using task-based training, whereas the control group was trained using product-based training. Writing skills were assessed before and after the exam. The fourteen-week intervention with task-based training showed significant improvements in post-test scores for the experimental group. The current study also developed a fresh and innovative teaching strategy to help local teachers enhance their performance.

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