scholarly journals How Do Higher-Education Students Use Their Initial Understanding to Deal with Contextual Logic-Based Problems in Discrete Mathematics?

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Asrin Lubis ◽  
Andrea Arifsyah Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Mathematical Reasoning ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Discrete Mathematics ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Education Students ◽  
The Third

Mathematical reasoning in logical context has now received much attention in the mathematics curriculum documents of many countries, including Indonesia. In Indonesia, students start formally learning about logic when they pursue to senior-high school. Before, they previously have many experiences to deal with logic, but the earlier assignments do not label them as logic. Although the students have already experienced much about logic, it does not assure that they have a better understand about it even they purpose to university. Thus, this paper presents several findings of our small-scale study which was conducted to investigate the issues on how higher-education students overcome contextual logic-based problems. Data were collected through pretest, students’ written work, video recording and interview. A fifteen-minute test which consisted of four questions was given to 53 student participants in the third semester who proposed mathematics discrete course. The information towards the main issues was required through the analysis of students’ written work in the pretest and video recording during the students’ interview. The findings indicate that the students’ initial understanding, in general, do not help them much to solve logical problems based on context. In our findings, they apply several strategies, such as random proportions, word descriptions, permutation-combination calculations and deriving conclusion through logical premises.

scholarly journals Taking a Stand against Cyberbullying in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 197-235
Author(s):  
Margaret Anne Carter ◽  
Marie M'Balla-Ndi ◽  
Ariella van Luyn ◽  
Donna Goldie
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Action Research ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
The Third ◽  
Ongoing Development

As a result of the rapid online expansion of digital learnscapes, resulting in university students regularly engaging in online learning communities, cyberbullying has increasing potential to become a serious issue for higher education institutions. The effectiveness of educating students and staff in higher education on the elements and impacts of cyberbullying has driven this innovative study, which involves the development of an action research-led and student-directed interactive educational website to inform higher education students and staff about the consequences of cyberbullying. In describing the ongoing development and generalisation of the site, this chapter highlights the third cycle of an action research inquiry, and more generally the need for such resources to support higher education so that users understand what constitutes cybersafety and cyberbullying. As such, the research is directed toward understanding, sharing, participation, reflection, and change. Findings are discussed in relation to the information on the site for users in higher education.

The Slide Rule in the Junior College

1933 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 292-295
Author(s):  
W. W. Gorsline
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior College ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Slide Rule ◽  
Square Roots ◽  
The Third

The Program of this meeting was composed of three papers on the following subjects: The Slide Rule in the Junior High School, The Slide Rule in the Senior High School, and The Slide Rule in the Junior College. The first paper advocated that the slide rule should be studied in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades. No explanation of the foundation principles of logarithms was mentioned, and only the simplest operations of multiplication, division, proportion, squares and square roots were explained. If the student starts to study an instrument when he is young, even though he doesn't understand all the reasons, he will be ready for the further study of the foundation principles upon which the slide rule is based when be gets to the senior high school and junior college. When the pupil begins the study of logarithms in the third year of high school then he will be ready to understand fully all the reasons for any procedure with the slide rule.

scholarly journals Language teaching

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-256
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
East Asian ◽  
International Communication ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
World Englishes ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Sydney Australia

07–377Bamiro, Edmund (Adekunle Ajasin U, Nigeria; [email protected]), Nativization strategies: Nigerianisms at the intersection of ideology and gender in Achebe's fiction. World Englishes (Blackwell) 25.3 & 4 (2006), 315–328.07–378Bowers, Anthony (Ningbo U Technology, China), Presentation of an Australian–Chinese joint venture program in China. EA Journal (English Australia) 23.1 (2006), 24–34.07–379Chang, Junyue (Dalian U, China; [email protected]), Globalization and English in Chinese higher education. World Englishes (Blackwell) 25.3 & 4 (2006), 513–525.07–380Deterding, David (Nanyang Technological U, Singapore; [email protected]) & Andy Kirkpatrick, Emerging South-East Asian Englishes and intelligibility. World Englishes (Blackwell) 25.3 & 4 (2006), 391–409.07–381Erling, Elizabeth J. (Freie U Berlin, Germany; [email protected]) & Suzanne K. Hilgendorf, Language policies in the context of German higher education. Language Policy (Springer) 5.3 (2006), 267–293.07–382Glew, Paul J. (U Western Sydney, Australia; [email protected]), A perspective on ELICOS in an independent school. EA Journal (English Australia) 23.1 (2006), 14–23.07–383Hammond, Jennifer (U Technology, Sydney, Australia), High challenge, high support: Integrating language and content instruction for diverse learners in an English literature classroom. Journal of English for Academic Purposes (Elsevier) 5.4 (2006), 269–283.07–384Hyland, Ken (U London, UK; [email protected]) & Eri Anan, Teachers' perceptions of error: The effects of first language and experience. System (Elsevier) 34.4 (2006), 509–519.07–385Jeon, Mihyon (York U, Canada) & Jiyoon LeeHiring native-speaking English teachers in East Asian countries. English Today (Cambridge University Press) 22.4 (2006), 44–52.07–386Kato, Mie (Yoshiki Senior High School, Japan), Corrective feedback in oral communication classes at a Japanese senior high school. The Language Teacher (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 31.3 (2007), 3–8.07–387Kawai, Yuko (Tokai U, Japan), Japanese nationalism and the global spread of English: An analysis of Japanese governmental and public discourses on English. Language and International Communication (Multilingual Matters) 7.1 (2007), 37–55.07–388Leshem, Shosh (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel) & Vernon Trafford (Anglia Ruskin U, UK), Unravelling cultural dynamics in TEFL: Culture tapestries in three Israeli schools. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Taylor & Francis) 12.6 (2006), 639–656.07–389Labbo, Linda D. (U Georgia, USA), Literacy pedagogy and computer technologies: Toward solving the puzzle of current and future classroom practices. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (Australian Literacy Educators' Association) 29.3 (2006), 199–209.07–390Nault, Derrick (Jeonju U, South Korea), Going global: Rethinking culture teaching in ELT contexts. Language, Culture and Curriculum (Multilingual Matters) 19.3 (2006), 314–328.07–391Nero, Shondel (St John's U, USA; [email protected]), Language, identity, and education of Caribbean English speakers. World Englishes (Blackwell) 25.3 & 4 (2006), 501–511.07–392Ouafeu, Yves Talla Sando (U Freiburg im Breigau, Germany; [email protected]), Listing intonation in Cameroon English speech. World Englishes (Blackwell) 25.3 & 4 (2006), 491–500.07–393Rodgers, Daryl M. (U Illinois, USA; [email protected]), Developing content and form: Encouraging evidence from Italian content-based instruction. The Modern Language Journal (Blackwell) 90.3 (2006), 373–386.07–394Schleppegrell, Mary & Luciana C. de Oliveira (U Michigan, USA), An integrated language and content approach for history teachers. Journal of English for Academic Purposes (Elsevier) 5.4 (2006), 254–268.07–395Starkey, Hugh (U London Institute of Education, UK), Language education, identities and citizenship: Developing cosmopolitan perspectives. Language and International Communication (Multilingual Matters) 7.1 (2007), 56–71.07–396Takimoto, Masahiro (Tezukayama U, Japan; [email protected]), The effects of explicit feedback and form–meaning processing on the development of pragmatic proficiency in consciousness-raising tasks. System (Elsevier) 34.4 (2006), 601–614.07–397Üstünlüoglu, Evrim (Izmir U of Economics, Turkey), University students' perceptions of native and non-native teachers. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Taylor & Francis) 13.1 (2007), 63–79.

scholarly journals A Study on EFL Higher Education Student’s Ability to Analyze Grammatical Simple-Past and Past-Perfect Tenses

Tamaddun ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Sitti Halijah ◽  
Muhammad Basri Dalle ◽  
Oky Cahyo Sakti Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
English Language ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
School Students ◽  
Language Outcome ◽  
Language Competency

This study attempts to determine the students` Ability to Analyze the Simple Past and Past Perfect Tenses. The authors used the descriptive method in this study. The population of the research were the fifth semester students of Faculty of Literature UMI Makassar in academic year 2018/2019. The sample of the study consisted of 20 students and were chosen through random sampling method. The istruments used were two kinds of instrument namely objective test and questionnaire to acquire data on their analytical capability of the simple past and past perfect tenses. Findings revealed that the ability of the fifth semester students was deemed as fair. This depicts that the students` ability to analyze Simple Past and Past Perfect Tenses is 59, 20 which was condidered as fair. The problems found faced by the students ability to Analyze the Simple Past and Past Perfect Tenses were; (1) sometimes students were confused in analyzing simple past and past perfect tenses due to the lack of basic knowledge, (2) there were many students who did not have rich vocabularies after they graduated from high school, (3) they had forgotten the pattern of the tenses, and (4) students were still having difficulties to differentiate between simple past and past perfect tenses. The implication of this study is that fresh graduates of senior high school are still lacking the necessary requirements to fullfil the standard English language competency which leads to poor language outcome of the Indonesian high schools today. Hence, the study srongly suggests that it is essential to pay special attention on senior high school students’ second language acquisition before continuing their study in Higher Education.

scholarly journals The AgroParisTech “Social Openings” mission

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Baroiller ◽  
Elisabeth Dumoulin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Specific Theme ◽  
Level Training

Underprivileged secondary school and college students tend to demonstrate limited ambitions with regards to further education and acquiring superior qualifications. In a partnership with higher education schools, such as AgroParisTech, encounters have been organised between high school students and higher education students acting as volunteering mentors.The aim is to present the high school students with the opportunity to explore new opportunities as well as to provide them with information about high profile careers and higher level training through various activities led by the higher education students, as well as through meetings, visits, weekends organised around a specific theme. Examples of such initiatives  show what benefits both the high school and higher education students can derive from them.

scholarly journals Utilizing Service Learning in Master of Higher Education Programs

10.28945/3989 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 025-040
Author(s):  
MaryBeth Walpole ◽  
Felicia Crockett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Education Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
College Application

Aim/Purpose: Service Learning is not used in graduate education to the extent it is in un-dergraduate education. This paper utilizes a developmental evaluation methodological approach and a strategic partnership conceptual framework in examining a service learning course in which higher education master students gain valuable experience they can use in their careers while assisting high school students as they apply to college. Background: Little research has been done on service learning at the graduate level. Moreover, although service learning is growing on campuses, master of higher education students may not have experience with it. Additionally, gaps in college access by socioeconomic status and race continue to exist, yet little research has been done on how service recipients experience service learning. This paper evaluates a service learning course and addresses the service recipients who were high school students at the time and the experiences of graduate students who were enrolled in the course. The research questions are the following. To what extent do high school recipients report an increase in college application behaviors from the beginning to the end of the service learning experience? How do high school recipients describe their experiences with the graduate students? How do Master of Higher Education students describe their knowledge of the college admission process as a result of their experiences with service learning? How do they describe their experiences with service learning? What skills, if any, do they report improved as a result of the service learning experience? Methodology: The paper uses developmental program evaluation methodological ap-proach, and data collection strategies include survey responses and inter-views with former high school students as well as document analysis of former graduate students’ reflective essays and interviews with them. Contribution: Little is documented regarding graduate student experiences with service learning, particularly Higher Education master programs. Additionally, little research exists on service recipients experiences. Findings: The service learning course was helpful to the high school students’ college application process, and students reported increases in college application behaviors as a result of the service learning project. The course also strengthened the higher education master students’ communication skills, interpersonal skills, and awareness of diversity and equity issues. Recommendations for Practitioners: Service learning experiences can be utilized to strengthen higher education master students’ skills, and detailed information regarding the process of creating a service learning course are provided in the paper. Recommendation for Researchers: The paper recommends additional research on service learning in graduate programs and additional research on the experiences of service recipients and community partners. Impact on Society: This paper impacts master students who plan to work on college campuses and strengthen their skills in several areas that should positively affect the future students with whom they work. Additionally, the course resulted in high school students reporting increased college application behaviors, such as taking admission tests, seeking letters of recommendation, and writing essays, and may increase the number of students from underrepresented backgrounds who successfully enroll in college. Future Research: Additional research on service learning in graduate programs and additional research on the experiences of service learning recipients should follow this study.

scholarly journals Self Recoded Video and diary Wrtiting Practices as a Way to Improve Higher Education Students’ English Speaking Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Nita henita Koesoemah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Error Analysis ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Diary Writing ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Writing Practice ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Speaking Skills

ABSTRACT Writing and Speaking are the productive Skills of a language. although higher education students have learned English for years in primary and secondary schools, many of them do not find it easy to speak English in their college years while they will need English during and after they graduate. To improve their English, especially speaking skill, self video recording and diary writing practice was carried out. This study was to analyze the effect of Self Recorded Video and Diary Writing on the improvement of English speaking skill of higher education students. The focus of this research is on four speaking skill categories; Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar and Fluency. to get the answer error analysis is used and the result is presented using descriptive method. The data are students’ self recorded videos and diary writing were carried out once a week once a week  in one semester. The result obtained is that self-recorded video and diary writing can improve student speaking skills especially in fluency, pronunciation and vocabulary. Key words: fluency, self-recorded video, diary writing, error analysis, descriptive method

scholarly journals Per què vols ser mestre? Com és un bon mestre? Idees per a la formació universitària.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teodor Mellen Vinagre
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Teacher ◽  
Education Students ◽  
The Third ◽  
Current State ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

This article focuses on teacher training in higher education, specifically on the education students studying the Catalan Bachelor’s Degree in Teacher in Primary Education. It reports on the results of a survey asking students why they wanted to be teachers and what they thought made a good teacher. It also reflects on the current state of teacher training at universities today. To complete the research, quantitative data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire containing open-ended, pre-coded questions completed by a representative sample of students. Drawing from the results, the researchers created three main categories of teacher: the first was the personable and authentic teacher, the professional who exerts an influence on students by virtue of their character or personality; the second was a narrator of stories, meaning the person who teaches lessons in a such way that they become memorable; and the third was a motivator for learning, meaning the teacher that is able to organise spaces and times in ways that help students learn with ease and enthusiasm. These and the other findings should offer food for thought for the teacher trainers in higher education.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document