Multi-Approach Activity Design and Effects Analysis for Science Museums

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-64
Author(s):  
Tung-Chung Tsai ◽  
Yao-Ming Chu ◽  
Tsuey-Ling Wu ◽  
Mei-Chen Chang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Science Museums ◽  
School Students ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Acceptance Levels ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Activity Design

Science museums not only function as collection, exhibition, research, and leisure locations, but are also important sites for education. Thus, science museums often organize various activities to educate the public and deliver various key concepts. Museums organize diverse activities, such as exhibitions, lectures, hands-on activities, tours, demonstrations, and drama. Subsequently, to highlight issues related to energy saving and carbon reduction (ESCR), the National Science and Technology Museum (NSTM) organized a 3-day workshop, recruiting 60 students from 2 high schools to participate in diverse promotional activities. For high school students, this diverse educational promotion method is seldom experienced in formal education; thus, presenting an extremely rare opportunity. For museums, designing activities specifically for high school students is also uncommon. Therefore, the effectiveness of using a high school-specific multi-approach activity design to promote education objectives has yet to be determined. This study analyzes the participants' level of acceptance and learning effectiveness regarding the various ESCR activities. Data were collected using questionnaire surveys, activity feedback, interviews, and observation records. Subsequently, these data were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed to determine the students' acceptance levels and learning effectiveness regarding the various activities.

Knowledge about Drug Abuse in an American Small Town

1973 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. McKee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Mental Health Clinic ◽  
School Students

In a small (pop. 25,000) Eastern community in the United States, “counselors” (teachers, parents, police, mental health clinic workers, and ministers) and high school students were interviewed and tested to ascertain knowledge regarding drugs. Data suggest that less is known about certain categories of drugs than others; drug users are more knowledgeable about drugs than non-users; police scored consistently lower than other “counselors” and students; and those with higher levels of formal education scored higher. Particular problems and areas of ignorance among the (usually non-drug using) adults who give counsel require identification to aid in establishing more realistic, efficient, and effective organizing, staffing, and operating of programs.

scholarly journals Hinode, the Sun, and public outreach

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (H16) ◽  
pp. 649-649
Author(s):  
K. Yaji ◽  
H. Tonooka ◽  
M. Shimojo ◽  
N. Tokimasa ◽  
D. Suzuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Science Classroom ◽  
Solar Observation ◽  
The Sun ◽  
School Students ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys

Extended AbstractHinode is a solar observation satellite in Japan and its launch was in September 2006. Its name means “SUNRISE“ in Japanese. It has three instruments onboard in visible light, X-ray, EUV to solve mystery of coronal heating and origins of magnetic fields.Hinode has been providing us with impressive solar data, which are very important for not only investigating solar phenomena but also giving new knowledge about the sun to the public. In order to efficiently communicate Hinode data to the public, we organized working group for public use of Hinode data. which are composed of both researchers and educators in collaboration. As follow, we introduce our activities in brief.For the public use of Hinode data, at first, we produced two DVDs introducing Hinode observation results. In particular, second DVD contains a movie for kids, which are devloped to picturebook. Now, it is under producing an illustrated book and a planetarium program. It turn out that the DVDs help the public understand the sun from questionnaire surveys. Second, we developed teaching materials from Hinode data and had a science classroom about the sun, solar observations, practice with PC such as imaging software at junior high school. As the results, they had much interests in Hinode data. Third, we have joint observations with high school students and so on in a few years. The students compare their own data with Hinode data and have a presentation at science contests. The joint observations make their motivation higher in their activities.It is important to record and report our activities in some ways. So, we positively publish papers and have presentions in domestic/international meetings. Though we are supported in budget, resources and so on by NAOJ Hinode Team, we apply research funds for promoting our EPO activities and acquire some funds such as NAOJ Joint Research Expenses and Grands-Aid for Scientific Research Funds since the launch.This way, since its launch, we have continued various and constant EPO activities for the public use of Hinode data and have been giving intense impacts and high interest to the public. As the result, our activities contribute in further extension of Hinode Mission. Those are quite unique and would be reference of other similar ones. Hinode is now operating and solar activities might get more higher.As long as SUN RISE, we would GO FORWARD!!

Discrimination of English and Thai words ending with voiceless stops by native Thai listeners differing in English experience

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimiko Tsukada ◽  
Rungpat Roengpitya
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
First Language ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Discrimination Accuracy ◽  
School Students ◽  
L1 Transfer ◽  
Phonetic Learning ◽  
Australian English

This study examines the discrimination of words ending with voiceless stops /p t k/ in first language (L1) and second language (L2) by three groups of native Thai participants. These participants differed in their countries of residence and experience with L2 English in the formal education system. The first group (T1) was a group of 18 Thai listeners who were living in Australia. The second and third groups consisted of 12 university students (T2) and 12 high-school students (T3) living in Thailand. Eighteen Australian English (AusE) listeners were included as controls. English and Thai words minimally contrasting in the final stop (e.g. ‘cap’ vs. ‘cat’) were presented to the listeners to investigate whether L2 phonetic learning occurs even for the contrasts that are expected to be discriminated with high accuracy from the onset of L2 learning and if so, how it is influenced by L2 experience. All three Thai groups showed reasonably accurate discrimination for both English and Thai words, but only T1 showed discrimination accuracy comparable to AusE in English. Further, only T3 was clearly more accurate in discriminating unreleased Thai than English stop contrasts, most of which were accompanied with release bursts. These two findings are taken to be evidence for phonetic learning of specific aspects of L2 contrasts rather than positive L1 transfer.

scholarly journals MEASURING GROWTH CONDITIONS OF SALAD PLANTS USING SENSORS: A HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-5 ◽  
pp. 813-816
Author(s):  
L. Thapa ◽  
H. Naseer ◽  
S. El-Kaiy ◽  
T. Bartoschek
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ground Truth Data ◽  
Lighting Conditions ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The University

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Geoinformatics (GI) education is widely used as a spatial visualization-interdisciplinary tools for its ability to understand the geographical phenomenon around us in the past and model the future scenario. Its global importance and usage have made the need of disseminating the education with public and school students. The MSc. Students of different backgrounds at Institute for Geoinformatics in the University of Munster were involved in one of such works through the seminar cum project on ‘Transdisciplinary education in Geoinformatics’ through GI@School Lab with the aim of engaging high school students on applying GI knowledge on Agriculture. The grade 12 students were presented with the ongoing GI empowered research projects at first such that the school students developed the project ideas of their interests to use GI on agricultural sectors based on which MSc students developed 4 different projects and Growth Condition (Sensors) is one of them. This project aims to determine the best suited condition for Salad plants growth based on the size of the Salad leaves measured after monitoring the growth of the plants by planting them on 4 plastic boxes filled with same soil type but in different lighting conditions and water conditions to be measured by the concerned sensors to after the 8 weeks of indoor growth. The project execution week took place as the 5-day workshop and feedbacks were taken as questionnaire surveys from the participated students and concerned teachers for the project evaluation. The sensors-collected data could even serve as the ground truth data of a citizen observatory projects for Copernicus in-situ component. The whole project aims at reducing generational gaps between the students by bringing them the opportunity for knowledge co-creation through transdisciplinary projects on agricultural sector using GI technologies.</p>

scholarly journals Previous Conceptions of Students on Virology and Biotechnology: The Need for the Understanding

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Lorena da Graça P. Macena ◽  
Nathália Regina P. Vieira ◽  
Roberta Pires Corrêa ◽  
Izabel Paixão ◽  
Helena Carla Castro
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
School Students ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Viral Particles ◽  
The Media

Biotechnology is known as the set of processes and techniques that involves the manipulation of living beings, resulting in the production of a series of products useful to humanity. Virology is a science that studies viruses, sub-viral particles and prions and has enjoyed the benefits of biotechnology. However, although there is an increase and improvement in the productivity of goods and services including this area, the harmful potential of the virus is still highlighted, which favors the construction of negative conceptions that may make it difficult to learn subjects related to these beings or about Content in science, such as biotechnology. The theme Biotechnology and virology in high school is addressed, throughout the different series / years, in disciplinary contents that have a direct influence with the students' daily life and that, if well understood, can contribute to the improvement of their quality of life. Considering that students have knowledge prior to formal education and that such conceptions may become obstacles to the acquisition of new knowledge, this work sought to elucidate, through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire, the knowledge that high school students of a school State of São Gonçalo (RJ) have on topics related to biotechnology and virology. The results showed that students use a lot of information acquired in formal education, in the media and in social relations on the subject evaluated. It was evidenced a predominance of previous conceptions and little knowledge about the viruses and the biotechnological context present in our daily life through the use of products and services

scholarly journals Expectations, perceptions and motivations of students at a Public School of High School in Brazil

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Carla Viana Dendasck ◽  
Lucas Facco ◽  
Amanda Alves Fecury ◽  
Euzébio de Oliveira ◽  
Cláudio Alberto Gellis de Mattos Dias
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Goal Theory ◽  
Public High School ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
School Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Study

The achievement goal theory seeks to understand the set of factors, such as: thoughts, beliefs, motivations, purposes and emotions that lead the development of the individual’s performance (in this case, the students) to act, and, consequently, to translate into their results actions. The objective of this research was to investigate the expectations, perceptions and motivations of students from a public high school in the interior of São Paulo. The qualitative and quantitative study was carried out in a public high school, located in a city in the interior of the State of São Paulo, in the first semester of 2019. The separation of parents can sometimes be a problematic factor for student life. Students whose parents have literacy and longer formal education tend to remain literate and evolve in the educational field. High school students seek to complete their studies and move on to higher education in order to achieve personal life goals. A large proportion of students do not understand the real role of attending school

scholarly journals Om den uformelle (mis)brug af medier i det formelle uddannelsessystem [The non-formal (mis)use of media in formal education]

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (46) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Michael Paulsen ◽  
Jesper Tække
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Adequate Response ◽  
The One

A combination of educational research and theory of media is applied in order to understand the use of new digital media among Danish high school students. By analyzing interviews with students and teachers the authors present an interpretation of the students’ media use and its consequences. One of the main results is that the use of the new media leads to problems of inattentiveness and lack of concentration related to different forms of media-addiction. The authors present an explanation of how the students’ attention is drawn away from the teaching and of what they focus on instead. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the use of media such as Messenger not only redirects the attention of the students, it also deconstructs the distinction between formal and non-formal learning. Partly contrary to what the students and their teachers say themselves, it is suggested on more theoretical grounds that a new kind of deconstructing learning process is occurring, in which the teacher is the one most excluded. Yet it is concluded that an adequate response to the problems of media-addiction and the emergence of new kinds of inclusion and exclusion calls for further media didactic reflections.

scholarly journals PERCEPCIÓN DE TÓPICOS FINANCIEROS EN ESTUDIANTES DE BACHILLERATO COMO ELEMENTO DE INCLUSIÓN. UN ESTUDIO EMPÍRICO EN LA REGIÓN DE VERACRUZ

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 513
Author(s):  
Arturo García-Santillán ◽  
Belém Alejandra Contreras-Rodríguez ◽  
Elena Moreno-García
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Money Management ◽  
School Students ◽  
Global Agenda

Abstract.PERCEPTION OF FINANCIAL TOPICS IN BACHILLERATO STUDENTS AS ELEMENT OF INCLUSION. AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN THE REGION OF VERACRUZThis study presents a global agenda subject that is an element of financial inclusion, analyzing the perception of high school students towards financial topics such as income, money management, savings and investment and expense and credit. Also, the construct of the identified variables perception is analyzed in the existing literature, where each variable gives its own indicators to study the perception of the students in the region of Veracruz. An exploratory factor analysis is applied to identify the factorial weight of each component, which grouped show that there are two components that explain the study phenomenon. The result, leads us to believe that the students have an expectation of what their future economic income will be in terms of the remuneration expected to be gained as a result of their job. They consider that the formal education that they will attain in the high school and college academic levels is closely related to the sort of income by wages and salaries that they may be able to earn on the long-term.Keyword: financial subject, financial inclusion, financial educationResumen.El presente estudio expone un tema de agenda mundial que esta como elemento de la inclusión financiera, se analiza la percepción de los estudiantes de educación media superior hacia tópicos financieros, tales como ingreso, administración del dinero, ahorro e inversión y gasto y crédito. Se analizan el constructo de percepción con las variables inidentificadas en la literatura existente, en donde cada variable arroja indicadores propios para analizar la percepción de los estudiantes de la región de Veracruz. Se realiza un análisis factorial exploratorio para identificar el peso factorial de cada componente, en donde agrupados al final arroja dos componentes que explican el fenómeno de estudio. El resultado nos lleva a pensar que el estudiante tiene una expectativa de lo que serían sus ingresos económicos a futuro en términos de la remuneración que espera obtener como resultado de su trabajo. Consideran que la educación formal que obtendrán en el nivel académico de bachillerato y profesional, está muy relacionada al tipo de ingresos por sueldos y salarios que puedan tener a largo plazo.Palabras clave: tópicos financieros, inclusión financiera, educación financiera

scholarly journals Using an iSTEAM project-based learning model for technology senior high school students: Design, development, and evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Chao Chung ◽  
Shu-Lan Huang ◽  
Yuh-Ming Cheng ◽  
Shi-Jer Lou
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Special Topic ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
School Students ◽  
Steam Education ◽  
Senior High School Students

AbstractThe purposes of this study were to integrate imagination and STEAM education to construct a special topic course on wearable devices for pets for technology senior high school students studying electronic science; to explore the impacts of the learning process on students’ imagination, STEAM competences and satisfaction with learning effectiveness; and to investigate the integration of imagination into STEAM education. This study adopted the design research method and took 40 students in the third year of a special topic course in electronic science at a technology senior high school as the research subjects. The students were randomly divided into 8 groups, and teaching activities were carried out for 18 weeks. This study used questionnaire and documentary analysis methods to carry out peer evaluation, pretests, posttests and student self-report surveys to collect qualitative and quantitative data for statistical analysis and cross-validation. In this study, a new integration model of imagination and STEAM is proposed. The design research method was employed to plan the iSTEAM course and design special topic activities about real-life issues so that the degree of integration of imagination into the STEAM special topic course and the quality of the students’ work were moderately positively correlated and highly positively correlated, respectively, with students’ application of their learning from various aspects of iSTEAM, which can significantly enhance their imagination, STEAM competences, and satisfaction with their learning effectiveness. The iSTEAM teaching model can help engineering educators develop and evaluate iSTEAM courses and learning activities and provides new contributions to and research directions for STEAM education.

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