Teaching Absolute Value Meaningfully

2012 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-198
Author(s):  
Angela Wade
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
First Year ◽  
Absolute Value Equation ◽  
Absolute Value Equations ◽  
School Students ◽  
Practical Situation ◽  
Absolute Value ◽  
Time Distance

What is the meaning of absolute value? And why do we teach students how to solve absolute value equations? Absolute value is a concept introduced in first-year algebra and then reinforced in later courses. Various authors have suggested instructional methods for teaching absolute value to high school students (Wei 2005; Stallings-Roberts 1991; Friedlander and Hadas 1988), but here we focus on an investigation that will help students make meaning of the absolute value equation in the context of a practical situation. We connect absolute value to the concepts of rate, time, distance, and slope.

Sobre Educação, Arte e Vídeoarte: rupturas, resiliência e práticas de ensino/aprendizagem na sala de aula

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nélia Lúcia Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Video Art ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Forest School ◽  
Moving Images ◽  
History Of ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study first approaches the history of the observer’s gaze, that is, as observers, we are forming or constructing our way of visualizing moving images. Secondly, it reaffirms the importance and need of resistance of the teaching / learning of Art as a compulsory curricular component for high school. Finally, the third part reports an experience with video art production in a class of first year high school students, establishing an interrelationship between theory and practice, that is, we study video art content to reach the production of videos, aiming as a final result, the art videos created by the students of the Reference Center in Environmental Education Forest School Prof. Eidorfe Moreira High School. The first and second stages of this research share a theoretical part of the Master ‘s thesis, Making films on the Island: audiovisual production as an escape line in Cotijuba, periphery of Belem, completed in 2013.

scholarly journals The problems of junior high school students

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Nurhasanah Nurhasanah ◽  
Muh Farozin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
School Students ◽  
First Year Students

Problem is a state that is not in line with expectations and must be solved immediately. The junior high school student is in the early adolescent phase, which finds many major changes in him that can cause problems. Guidance and conseling services should be provided in accordance with the problems experienced by students and their needs. However, guidance and conseling teachers have difficulty identifying the problems that affect the giving of guidance and counseling services. This study observes the problems experienced by students in junior high school with the number of respondents as many as 193 students. They are first year students of junior high school in Yogyakarta. We analyzed student problems using survey methods with problem-based guidance and counseling instrument, namely Alat Ungkap Masalah (AUM) Umum. The results showed that the 3 highest problem experienced by junior high school students in Yogyakarta covered 45% of he Social Relationship, 44% Personality, and Physical Health got 40%.

The Teacher Won’t Teach Me!

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 35-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
A-K. Eckermann
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Aboriginal Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Rural Town ◽  
Grant Scheme

Throughout 1974 and 1975 I worked among Aboriginal people in Rural Town, S.W. Queensland. With one exception, all Aboriginal people in this country town have attained at least a primary education. Further, almost 30 per cent of men and women in the 16–30 age group have attended some secondary school; although only two completed grade 10 in 1974, a further three attended tenth arade in 1975.These figures reflect the pattern of Queensland Aboriginal education as presented in Roper (1970:55). On the basis of these trends it should be possible to hypothesize that younger Aboriginals are attaining higher educational standards than their parents. But the figures lie – simply because more children are staying at school for longer periods this does not mean that they either learn more at school or are experiencing more satisfaction in the school situation.Obviously the proportion of individuals who attend at least some secondary school is increasing; Aboriginal parents generally support the principle that education is essential if the child is to acquire reasonable employment. Such schemes as the Aboriginal Secondary Grant Scheme are recognised by the Aboriginal community as worthwhile endeavours, not only because they enable parents to support their children for longer periods at school, but because they make the whole educational issue topical. Discussions about the grant lead to discussions about children’s problems at school. Ambitions for “good jobs” are intrinsically linked with educational achievement. Education officers associated with the Aboriginal Secondary Grant are sought out, asked for help to “have the kids sent to boarding school”, as the Rural Town high school does not teach classes beyond Grade 10, and their expertise enlisted to find employment. This concern is not restricted to high school students either. Mothers generally recognise that: “Kids need the first year at school or they get buggered up for the rest. If they miss too much in that first year, they never catch up….”

scholarly journals Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of the ‘High schools High on life’ intervention on reducing excessive drinking in Danish high schools

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e038857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Sofie Clara Pisinger ◽  
Sofie Hoffmann ◽  
Johanne Aviaja Rosing ◽  
Morten Grønbæk ◽  
Janne Schurmann Tolstrup ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Alcohol Intake ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
First Year ◽  
Excessive Drinking ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cluster Randomised ◽  
Randomised Controlled

IntroductionThis paper describes the evaluation design of the ‘High schools High on life’ intervention; a school-based intervention to reduce excessive drinking among high school students in Denmark. The intervention includes a school environmental component to limit access to alcohol at school, a school-educational component to change social norms around alcohol among first year students and a parental component addressing parents’ knowledge and attitudes towards alcohol.Methods and designThe study will employ a cluster randomised controlled study design and will include a random sample of 16 high schools randomly allocated 1:1 to either intervention or control group. Target group: first year high school students. Timeline: baseline survey: January to March 2019, collected as part of the Danish National Youth Study 2019. Delivery of intervention: April 2019 to March 2020. Follow-up survey: April to May 2020. Primary outcome measure: 30% reduction in mean number of binge-drinking episodes (five or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion) within the last 30 days. Secondary outcome measures: proportion of students who drink alcohol, mean weekly alcohol consumption, alcohol intake at last school party, alcohol intake at the school during last school party, proportion of students who agree to be able to have fun at a party without drinking and the proportion of students who think alcohol plays a too dominant part at the school. Implementation will be monitored through process evaluation.Ethics and disseminationThe Scientific Ethics Committees for the Capital Region of Denmark has declared that the trial is not subject to notification (jnr. 19021957). The study is registered at the Research an Innovation Office at University of Southern Denmark (ref: 10.314) allowing collection of personal data. Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration numberNCT03906500.

Educational intervention for increasing knowledge of human papillomavirus and vaccination amongst parents of first year high school students in Croatia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Belavic ◽  
Ivana Pavic Simetin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Year ◽  
Chi Squared

Abstract Background In Croatia, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine became available through a publicly funded national programme during the 2015/2016 school year among boys and girls in the first year high school. Improved parental awareness of HPV and vaccination could help increase the uptake of the vaccination. The primary aim of this study is to establish the importance of educating parents for a greater response to the voluntary vaccination. Methods Parents of students in the first year of high school evaluated the educational lessons in the spring of 2016 in 11 counties coordinated by the Croatian Institute of Public Health: total of 36 doctors from 11 counties. Statistical significance was tested using chi-squared test. Results In total, 3350 evaluations were submitted (82.7%). Parents with a positive attitude towards vaccination following the education more often stated the lesson contributed to this attitude than parents with a negative attitude (P < 0.001). Results show that counties with highest attendance had highest rates of vaccination (Sisačko-moslovačka 1.74 highest and Dubrovačko-Neretvanska 0.03 lowest). Conclusion Our study shows that parents have the impression an educational lesson can contribute to the development of their positive attitude towards vaccination. Further research should be aimed at disparities and how to target these with appropriate interventions.

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