High School Students’ Conceptual Coherence of Qualitative Knowledge in the Case of the Force Concept

This study sought to assess the representational format of task options in the representational variant of the force concept Inventory (R-FCI) test, namely its impact on students’ problem-solving approaches. This was done with the help of eye-tracking equipment. 35 high-school students solved four tasks, mainly from the R-FCI test, which sought to assess the student’s understanding of Newton’s 1st and 2nd Law of Motion. As they were trying to solve the problems, their gazes were tracked by TobiiTX300. A comparison between students who provided the correct and incorrect answer was subsequently carried out. The correctly answering students very quickly found the correct solution both in verbal and graph representation. For motion map representation, they usually compared and made decision between two options. The incorrectly answering students did not show any consistent strategy except they paid the least attention to the correct answer. Moreover, two case stud studies of correctly and incorrectly answering students were described.

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Can Peer Discussion Reduce Students’ Mistakes in Conceptual Physics Questions?

Pedagogika ◽

10.15823/p.2021.143.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 143 (3) ◽

pp. 223-239

Author(s):

Nursultan Japashov ◽

Aizhan Mansurova ◽

Nuri Balta

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

University Students ◽

Concept Inventory ◽

School Students ◽

Force Concept Inventory ◽

Peer Discussion ◽

Better Than ◽

Force Concept

In this work, we tried to check whether students can overcome their mistakes in conceptual physics questions by peer discussion. For this purpose, we administered Force Concept Inventory to high school students and university students. Our study showed that high school students and university students could not overcome their mistakes in the conceptual physics questions by peer discussion. We separately found out that males are better than females at conceptual physics questions.

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Articulatory Intervention for the Visually Impaired

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.1003.139 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 139-144

Author(s):

Cheri L. Florance ◽

Judith O’Keefe

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Behavior Change ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

School Students ◽

Handicapped Children ◽

Paired Stimuli ◽

Visually Handicapped ◽

Parent Program

A modification of the Paired-Stimuli Parent Program (Florance, 1977) was adapted for the treatment of articulatory errors of visually handicapped children. Blind high school students served as clinical aides. A discussion of treatment methodology, and the results of administrating the program to 32 children, including a two-year follow-up evaluation to measure permanence of behavior change, is presented.

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The Relationship Between Cognitive Career Maturity and Self-Reported Career Maturity of High School Students

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development ◽

10.1080/07481756.1987.12022850 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 51-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Bert W. Westbrook ◽

Eleanor E. Sanford ◽

Marion Youngblood

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Career Maturity ◽

School Students ◽

The Relationship

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A Triarchic Analysis of an Aptitude-Treatment Interaction

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.15.1.3 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 3-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 96

Author(s):

Robert J. Sternberg ◽

Elena L. Grigorenko ◽

Michel Ferrari ◽

Pamela Clinkenbeard

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Introductory Psychology ◽

College Level ◽

School Students ◽

Treatment Interaction ◽

Aptitude Treatment Interaction ◽

Psychology Course

Summary: This article describes a triarchic analysis of an aptitude-treatment interaction in a college-level introductory-psychology course given to selected high-school students. Of the 326 total participants, 199 were selected to be high in analytical, creative, or practical abilities, or in all three abilities, or in none of the three abilities. The selected students were placed in a course that either well matched or did not match their pattern of analytical, creative, and practical abilities. All students were assessed for memory, analytical, creative, and practical achievement. The data showed an aptitude-treatment interaction between students' varied ability patterns and the match or mismatch of these abilities to the different instructional groups.

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Identity Exploration and Commitment of Albanian Youth as a Function of Social Opportunity Structure

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040.11.4.268 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 268-276 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Aida Orgocka ◽

Jasna Jovanovic

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Identity Development ◽

Youth Development ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Opportunity Structure ◽

School Students ◽

Identity Exploration

This study examined how social opportunity structure influences identity exploration and commitment of Albanian high school students. A total of 258 students completed a questionnaire that gauged their identity exploration and commitment in three domains: education, occupation, and family. ANOVA results indicated that, overall, students scored highest in exploration in the domain of education and in commitment in the domain of family. Students' exploration and commitment were linked to gender. Albanian female students scored higher than male students in exploration and commitment regarding education and family. Perceived work opportunities in Albania or abroad also significantly moderated participants' exploration in the domain of education and were associated with commitment in education and occupation. As one of the first studies to explore Albanian youth's identity development in relation to social opportunity structure, findings are discussed in light of furthering the field of Albanian adolescent and youth development.

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Mobilizing for Some

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000199 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 123-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Raffael Heiss ◽

Jörg Matthes

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Social Media ◽

High School Students ◽

Experimental Design ◽

Collective Efficacy ◽

Political Efficacy ◽

Negative Effects ◽

School Students ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Specific Factors

Abstract. This study investigated the effects of politicians’ nonparticipatory and participatory Facebook posts on young people’s political efficacy – a key determinant of political participation. We employed an experimental design, using a sample of N = 125 high school students (15–20 years). Participants either saw a Facebook profile with no posts (control condition), nonparticipatory posts, or participatory posts. While nonparticipatory posts did not affect participants’ political efficacy, participatory posts exerted distinct effects. For those high in trait evaluations of the politician presented in the stimulus material or low in political cynicism, we found significant positive effects on external and collective efficacy. By contrast, for those low in trait evaluations or high in cynicism, we found significant negative effects on external and collective efficacy. We did not find any effects on internal efficacy. The importance of content-specific factors and individual predispositions in assessing the influence of social media use on participation is discussed.

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