Projects in Computer Science Training – An Example with Numerical Series

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivaylo Donchev ◽  
Gabriela Chotova
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Numerical Series ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Science Training

When it comes to teaching computer science, working on software projects is a quite natural pedagogical approach. Its main advantage is the increased motivation for learning, which arises from the opportunity to immediately see the application of acquired knowledge. In this paper, the authors share their experience of creating a project in computer science for high school students, making a cross-curricular connection with mathematics. Emphasis is placed on interactive teaching methods in the classroom.

The Project-Based Approach in Informatics Education – A Real-World Example of Rational Number Arithmetic Library Implementation and Use

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivaylo Donchev ◽  
◽  
Gabriela Chotova
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Real World ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Constructivist Teaching ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
Student Training

Project-Based Learning (PBL) has long been a well-known and widely used constructivist teaching method in various fields, in which students learn by taking active part in real-world and personally meaningful projects. When it comes to teaching Computer Science, developing software projects is a natural implementation of this pedagogical method. In this paper, the authors share their experience of adapting a project they have used for several years in undergraduate student training to the high school course in Computer Science. Emphasis has been placed on interactive teaching methods in the classroom and the interdisciplinary connection with mathematics. The achieved results have been analysed.

scholarly journals A Computer Science Educational Program for Establishing an Entry Point to the Computing Community of Practice

10.28945/3224 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruria Haberman ◽  
Cecile Yehezkel
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Professional Norms

The rapid evolvement of the computing domain has posed challenges in attempting to bridge the gap between school and the contemporary world of computing, which is related to content, learning culture, and professional norms. We believe that the interaction of high-school students who major in computer science or software engineering with leading representatives ofthe computing community of practice may motivate them to pursue their studies further or pursue a career in the field. Accordingly, our program aims at exposing talented high-school students "directly by leading experts" to state-of-the-art computing research, advanced technologies, software engineering methodologies, and professional norms. The interaction between the students and the experts, who actually become role models for the students, occurs at two levels: (a) during enrichment plenary meetings, and (b) through one-to-one interaction in which students develop software projects under the apprenticeship-based supervision of professionals from the computing community of practice. In the last four years, six hundred students participated in enrichment activities; 86 of these students accomplished high-level software projects under the supervision of experts.

Molecular Modeling as the Spark for Active Learning Approaches for Interdisciplinary Biology Teaching

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Taly ◽  
Francesco Nitti ◽  
Marc Baaden ◽  
samuela pasquali
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Molecular Modeling ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Poster Presentation ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Origin Of Life

<div>We present here an interdisciplinary workshop on the subject of biomolecules offered to undergraduate and high-school students with the aim of boosting their interest toward all areas of science contributing to the study of life. The workshop involves Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science and Biology. Based on our own areas of research, molecular modeling is chosen as central axis as it involves all disciplines. In order to provide a strong biological motivation for the study of the dynamics of biomolecules, the theme of the workshop is the origin of life. </div><div>All sessions are built around active pedagogies, including games, and a final poster presentation.</div>

scholarly journals TEACHERS’ INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS IN THEIR LIFELONG DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 340-347
Author(s):  
Flavia Malureanu ◽  
Luiza Enachi-Vasluianu
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Systematic Observation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Important People ◽  
The Impact

The impact teachers have on their students is imprinted to a much extent in each person’s life. Every child, teenager or adult speaks of present or previous experiences related to teachers who left their marks on their development in life. Teachers are important people in children’s life providing them with education, discipline, motivation and role-models. The guiding role of teachers is not limited to school classroom and school disciplines, but it surpasses didactic activities and extends into personal life. Truth is that children feel differently the influence exerted by teachers due to their sensitivity, personalities, life experiences. The identification of the aspects that influence students to a greater or less extent is important as it helps to shape a profile of an authentic teacher as s/he is perceived by students. Such a perspective may help teachers become aware of their role in students’ lives and as a consequence they should make adjustments in order to become better partners for their students.The present paper intends to study teachers’ impact on students in their life lifelong development. The aspects taken into consideration, according to specific literature and experiences in classrooms, were: school performances, behavioural patterns, adjustment to school requirements, motivation for learning, professional choices for future careers, outlooks on life. The research methods were the investigation based on questionnaire, the conversation and the systematic observation. The participants in the research were 200 students from two school levels: high school (students 15-19 years old) and faculty (students 19-30 years old). The data collected were processed using the SPSS analysis. The results of the research could be used to increase teachers’ awareness on their impact on students in their lifelong development. 

scholarly journals A Preliminary Study on Teaching Korean students Chinese tones: Taking Korean High School Students as an Example

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zefang Xu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
School Students ◽  
Korean Students ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
One Year

This paper takes the learners who have a one-year experience of learning Chinese in Korean high schools as the investigated and studied sample, concludes the teaching methods of the first, second, third, and fourth Chinese tones, and focuses on the methods of tone teaching.

scholarly journals Motivation and Physical Education Learning Achievement among Students with Hearing Impairment

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
Alga Nugraha ◽  
Pamuji Sukoco ◽  
Aulia Annisa
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Physical Disorder ◽  
School Students ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
The Relationship

Summary Playing is a pleasure for every child with no exception to the children who have physical disorder and their capability of motion is limited. Children with hearing impairment need appropriate motivation for learning and performing physical activities. This motivation affects also their Physical Education. For students with the hearing impairment, the materials that are supposed to be taught during the physical education lessons are divided according to the level of disability. Under these circumstances, the research is conducted to determine the relationship between the motivation to learn during the Physical Education lessons and the academic achievement among students with hearing impairment. Researchers used traditional Quantitative methods of research with 40 Junior High School students with hearing impairment from Indonesia, Sekolah Menengah Pertama Luar Biasa (SMPLB), category B. We used the questionnaire dealing with learning motivation of children to collect the data. The data were processed using the SPSS and analyzed by descriptive quantitative operations. Results of the study showed, that there is a relationship between learning motivation of Physical Education and learning outcomes of Physical Education among students of Category B SMPLB, where the value of 0,000 is less than 0.05.

scholarly journals Impact of Formative Assessment Practices on Student Motivation for Learning the English Language

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-41
Author(s):  
Anita Muho ◽  
Gentjana Taraj
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed at exploring the impact of formative assessment practices on student motivation for learning the English language. As Leahy, Lyon, Thompson, and Wiliam (2005) stated, education needs to change its function from collecting the results of right or wrong, and to encourage teachers in gathering information that will affect the educational decisions. This study is a non-experimental, correlational study, to describe the relationship between formative assessment practices and motivation for leaning. The instrument used was a questionnaire on high school students from public and private schools, who were selected randomly by stratified sampling. They belonged to three major high schools of Durres, Albania. The findings of this study showed that factors like strategic questions used by the teacher during formative assessment, student’s portfolio, self-assessment, and peer assessment affected positively the motivation for learning the English language. The results of the regression equation revealed that from four independent variables, the factor that had the greatest impact on motivation for learning were strategic questions used by the teacher during formative assessment, followed by self-assessment, peer assessment and student’s portfolio. This study identified ways of intervention to promote motivation for learning the English language. The study will contribute in the Albanian context showing how assessment practices made an impact on student motivation. It will help educational institutions and policy makers, foreign language teachers in improving the assessment practices to promote student motivation in learning the English language.

Equity in high school computer science: Beyond access

2021 ◽  
pp. 147821032110630
Author(s):  
Paul Bruno ◽  
Colleen M Lewis
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Native American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Level Data ◽  
And Gender ◽  
K 12

Little is known about the extent to which expansions of K-12 computer science (CS) have been equitable for students of different racial backgrounds and gender identities. Using longitudinal course-level data from all high schools in California between the 2003–2004 and 2018–2019 school years we find that 79% of high school students in California, including majorities of all racial groups, are enrolled in schools that offer CS, up from 45% in 2003. However, while male and female students are equally likely to attend schools that offer CS courses, CS courses represent a much smaller share of course enrollments for female students than for male students. Non-Asian students enroll in relatively few CS courses, and this is particularly true for Black, Hispanic, and Native American students. Race gaps in CS participation are to a substantial degree explicable in terms of access gaps, but gender gaps in CS participation are not. Different groups of students have access to CS teachers with similar observable qualifications, but CS teachers remain predominantly white and male. Consequently, white and male CS students are much more likely than other students to have same-race or same-gender instructors. Our findings and the implications we draw for practice will be of interest to administrators and policymakers who, over and above needing to ensure equitable access to CS courses for students, need to attend carefully to equity-related course participation and staffing considerations.

Learning with Mak Karjo Media to Increase Student Motivation for Learning Materials Trigonometry High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 537-541
Author(s):  
Eka Susanti ◽  
Siti Kumawati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Math Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Times ◽  
Descriptive Method

Math learning is growing as the times evolve. More and more media is used to enhance student learning motivation. This assessment aims to create a math learning design that can increase the motivation of learning students through Math card matchmaking (Mak Karjo) in high school students. As for the use is a descriptive method and the post facto method ex. The descriptive method used is with the development of pre-existing research results. While the method ex post facto, that is to assess the use of Media card soul mate in improving the motivation to learn high school students. Mak Karjo is the length of mathematics with a matchcard, so the media used is the media of a soul mate filled with sin, cos, and tan. Results show that the application of Mak Karjo in trigonometric learning motivates students in learning because learning is designed in such a way that it can create a pleasant learning atmosphere.

Strategies for Engaging Hispanic/Latino Youth in the US in Computer Science

2021 ◽  
pp. 203-221
Author(s):  
Jill Denner ◽  
Jacob Martinez ◽  
Heather Thiry
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Latino Youth ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
The United States ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Good ◽  
Science Degree ◽  
The Social

In the United States, Hispanic/Latino youth are underrepresented in computer science degree programs and the workforce. This chapter reviews theoretical models and empirical evidence to guide efforts to engage Hispanic/Latino youth in activities and learning environments that have the potential to increase their interest and capacity to pursue and persist in computer science. The authors advocate for a culturally responsive approach to engaging youth in computer science, and highlight a research-based program called Computer Science for the Social Good that has evidence of increasing elementary and high school students' interest and capacity to study computer science. The chapter concludes with implications for research and practice.

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