scholarly journals Fostering Interest in and Motivation for STEM: An Illustrative Case Study of Middle Grade Students’ Experiences in Out of School (OST) STEM Activities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Hite ◽  
David Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
School Students ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Regular School ◽  
Stem Pipeline

To not only build a knowledgeable, but also a persistent STEM pipeline, it is important to understand how Outside of (regular) School Time (OST) STEM opportunities spur middle school students’ learning, yet also their interests in and motivations for STEM. The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of a small group of independent (private) middle school students’ interest in and motivation for STEM while participating in one or two OST STEM activities (i.e., SeaPerch/robotics, Science Olympiad, Girls Who Code, and/or eCYBERMISSION).  Using an illustrative experimental single case study design, data was sourced from observations, a questionnaire, and interviews from 15 independent (private) middle school students participating in one (or two) 13- to 16-week OST STEM activities. Results suggest that sources of student interest and motivation related to OST STEM activities were mostly (representing 30% of data coded) sourced from students’ self-motivation and intrinsic interests in STEM, followed by teachers (20%), the enjoyment of (OST) STEM activities content (20%), family (10%), friends (10%), and other supportive persons and entities (outside of school, family, and friends) (1%).  Recommendations for strengthening OST STEM activity participation and outcomes as well as avenues for further research are discussed.

scholarly journals Students’ Levels of Recognition of Parallelogram and of Establishment of Connections

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Abdullah Çağrı Biber ◽  
Abdulkadir Tuna ◽  
İbrahim Kepceoğlu ◽  
İbrahim Kepceoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Class Level

In this research, it is aimed to explore how students are able to define parallelogram and to establish relations withother quadrilaterals at each class level comparatively. Case study is chosen as the methodology of this study and theparticipants of the study are 120 middle school students from a state middle school in Turkey. Two open-endedquestions are used to gather data and the descriptive analysis is used. The results of the study show that the studentsdetermine parallelogram based on its typical image. Furthermore, students have not fully grasp the hierarchicalrelation between these special quadrilaterals in their minds.

scholarly journals Impact of an Informal Science Program: Middle School Gifted Science Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 641-650
Author(s):  
Dr. Abha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Accelerated Learning ◽  
Informal Science ◽  
Science Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Gifted Middle School Students

This research explores an informal science program (ISP) in fulfilling the needs of talented and gifted middle school students. Specifically, it discusses the need of teachers’ continued professional development and the unique challenges and opportunities inherent in instructing gifted middle school students. It further focuses on characteristics of successful teaching strategies and methods for identifying and training teachers. The study uses a constructivist framework to examine teaching methods and suggests that constructivism is an appropriate method for instructing gifted middle school students.The research reflects the results of an embedded descriptive multiple case study of six teachers in the informal science program, an initiative to provide middle school students in rural midwestern states with opportunities for accelerated learning in science.

scholarly journals The phenomenon of school absence among middle school students – A case study on the eleventh middle school students in Al-Rass city –: ظاهرة الغياب المدرسي لدى طالبات المرحلة المتوسطة بمدينة الرس – دراسة حالة على طالبات المتوسطة الحادية عشر –

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (43) ◽  
pp. 66-37
Author(s):  
Baryh Hamoud Alharbi Baryh Hamoud Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
School Students ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
School Absence ◽  
Study Methodology

This study aims to research the causes of absence in middle school, to examine them through the field of application of (the eleventh middle school in Al-Rass city) from the point of view of the students, and from the point of view of the educational and administrative staff and to identify the reasons for the repeated absence of students, the study uses the case study methodology. The school consists of 201 people a 171 students and 23 teachers, and 7 administrative staff , the study reached a number of outstanding results: The main reason for the absence is the emergence of a secondary interests, also that the average number of absent students every day is 28 which represents 13% of the total number of students in the school, and in light of these results the researcher suggests a number of approaches that can help to reduce the absence of middle school students.

scholarly journals Practical Analysis of Mental Health Assistance in Elementary and Middle Schools under COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of City A in Jiangsu, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-193
Author(s):  
Lixin Quan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Jiangsu Province ◽  
School Students ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Elementary And Middle School

The COVID-19 outbreak has severely affected the mental health of elementary and middle school students in China, and has had a negative impact. How to help elementary and middle school students overcome the negative psychological impact caused by pandemic has become a common concern. During the COVID-19 pandemic period, City A of Jiangsu Province actively carried out mental health assistance for elementary and middle school students, by opening a psychological hotline, publishing mental health micro-classes through the platform, and posting mental health tweets through the WeChat public account and the Ailing (Love-listening) mini program. Ways of assistance. This greatly helped the students overcome the negative psychological effects. This article reviews and analyzes the psychological assistance measures taken by City A in Jiangsu Province during the COVID-19 pandemic period, in order to provide a reference for researchers.

scholarly journals Middle-School Student Engagement in a Tick Testing Community Science Project

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1136
Author(s):  
Amy Prunuske ◽  
Cole Fisher ◽  
Jhomary Molden ◽  
Amarpreet Brar ◽  
Ryan Ragland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Middle School Student ◽  
Babesia Microti ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
School Students ◽  
Pathogen Testing ◽  
Community Science

Studies of tickborne illness have benefited from interactions between scientists and community members. Most participants in community science projects are well-educated adults, but there are anticipated benefits from engaging younger students in research. We evaluated whether an outreach experience for rural middle-school students promoted student interest in science and resulted in the generation of samples that could be used for tick testing to assess disease risk. Middle-school students from 78 Wisconsin communities developed interdisciplinary hypotheses about the spread of Lyme disease, identified ticks, and extracted DNA from ticks to assess the prevalence of pathogens Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophillium, and Babesia microti. As a result of this intervention, students were able to successfully complete the research protocol and explain the rationale for completing the experiment. Of student participants, 84.7% reported no difficulty completing the protocol, 66% of the student samples gave reliable PCR results, and 76% of students reported interest in participating in similar experiments. Our study shows that tick outreach programs that incorporate community-based science promote knowledge about Lyme disease, facilitate engagement between students and scientists, and generate samples that can be successfully utilized for pathogen testing.

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