scholarly journals A Review of High School Level Astronomy Student Research Projects Over the Last Two Decades

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Fitzgerald ◽  
R. Hollow ◽  
L. M. Rebull ◽  
L. Danaia ◽  
D. H. McKinnon
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Science Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Level ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Astronomical Instrumentation ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Student Research ◽  
The Future ◽  
Astronomical Research

AbstractSince the early 1990s with the arrival of a variety of new technologies, the capacity for authentic astronomical research at the high school level has skyrocketed. This potential, however, has not realised the bright-eyed hopes and dreams of the early pioneers who expected to revolutionise science education through the use of telescopes and other astronomical instrumentation in the classroom. In this paper, a general history and analysis of these attempts is presented. We define what we classify as an Astronomy Research in the Classroom (ARiC) project and note the major dimensions on which these projects differ before describing the 22 major student research projects active since the early 1990s. This is followed by a discussion of the major issues identified that affected the success of these projects and provide suggestions for similar attempts in the future.

Augmenting Secondary Education with Advanced Microscopy

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Queenan ◽  
Alyssa Calabro ◽  
David Becker
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New World ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
China And India ◽  
The Past ◽  
State Of The Union ◽  
Bergen County ◽  
The Future

In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama echoed the sentiments of this nation's leaders for the past twenty years when he stated, “Nations like China and India realized…they could compete in this new world. So they started educating their children earlier and longer, with greater emphasis on math and science. They're investing in research and new technologies…. Maintaining our leadership in research and technology is crucial to America's success. But if we want to win the future—if we want innovation to produce jobs in America and not overseas—then we also have to win the race to educate our kids.” The Bergen County Academies (BCA) in Hackensack, NJ, is attempting to do just that: invest in research and technology at the high school level in order to expose students to real world opportunities and applications they will experience in the future.

Alternatives to Research Projects at the High School Level

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-30
Author(s):  
Michael J. Demchik ◽  
Virginia C. Demchik ◽  
Sue Dale Tunnicliffe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Level ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
High School Level

What Are the Mathematical Needs of the High School Student?

1949 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
James H. Zant
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Student ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Future Needs ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject

In deciding what mathematics should be taught at any grade level it is necessary to know the mathematical needs of the students. However, unless we subscribe to the doctrine that no one should learn more about anything than he will need to live at that particular age level, we must also consider the future needs of the students as well. I do not subscribe to this doctrine, hence in this discussion considerable weight will be given to the mathematical needs of adults in deciding what shall be taught to children. This seems especially necessary at the high school level, since, in the case of mathematics, the student is often taking his last course in the subject.

Exploratory study of hypertension among Ghanaian adolescent/youth: Phase A; Real world experience (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Amponsem-Boateng ◽  
Weidong Zhang ◽  
Timothy Bonney Oppong ◽  
Tanko Abdulai ◽  
Godfrey Opolot
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Level ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Current Prevalence ◽  
The Future

BACKGROUND Hypertension (HTN) remains a global risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, with an estimated 442 million to 874 million SBP of ≥ 140 mmHg from 1990 to 2015 correspondingly. HTN prevalence ranges from 25% to 48% in Ghana. There is limited studies on HTN and youth in Ghana, particularly, none has been conducted on the adolescents/youth at the Senior High School level, and therefore this paper seeks to provide literature to fill this vacuum. OBJECTIVE To assess the current prevalence of HTN and pre HTN of the youth of Ghana, estimate the future prevalence and propose possible interventions METHODS A three-phase community based cross-sectional study was conducted. Participants were selected using a multi staged random method. Questionnaires were distributed to participants to collect data on socio-demographics, while a face to face blood pressure screening was also performed on them. RESULTS A total participant of 372 finished the screening and formed the final analysis Majority of the participants were aged between 15- 17 and above 18 years (176/47.3% with CI: 95: 42.2-52.3 and 178/47.8% with CI: 95: 43.4-53.0 respectively), at the SHS level of education and youthful. The study found low level of knowledge within its participants. A little more than thirty percent (30.1%) were pre-hypertensive, 5.1% with stage one HTN and .6% with stage two HTN. There were positive associations between Weight, Hip circumference for male, metabolic syndrome and type of foods regularly eaten by the participants with hypertension CONCLUSIONS The future workforces of Ghana who are at the Senior High School (SHS) level are at a probable risk to early HTN. Increasing education at this stage within the curricular of the education system in Ghana may be a step forward

scholarly journals Solving Problems Reductively

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Armoni ◽  
Judith Gal-Ezer ◽  
Dina Tirosh
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Science Education ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Theoretical Computer Science ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematics And Science

Solving problems by reduction is an important issue in mathematics and science education in general (both in high school and in college or university) and particularly in computer science education. Developing reductive thinking patterns is an important goal in any scientific discipline, yet reduction is not an easy subject to cope with. Still, the use of reduction usually is insufficiently reflected in high school mathematics and science programs. Even in academic computer science programs the concept of reduction is mentioned explicitly only in advanced academic courses such as computability and complexity theory. However, reduction can be applied in other courses as well, even on the high school level. Specifically, in the field of computational models, reduction is an important method for solving design and proof problems. This study focuses on high school students studying the unit “computational models”—a unique unit, which is part of the new Israeli computer science high school curriculum. We examined whether high school students tend to solve problems dealing with computational models reductively, and if they do, what is the nature of their reductive solutions. To the best of our knowledge, the tendency to reductive thinking in theoretical computer science has not been studied before. Our findings show that even though many students use reduction, many others prefer non-reductive solutions, even when reduction can significantly decrease the technical complexity of the solution. We discuss these findings and suggest possible ways to improve reductive thinking.

scholarly journals A Study of Effect of Dramatic Activities on Improving English Communicative Speaking Skill of Grade 11th Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prisana Iamsaard ◽  
Sakon Kerdpol
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
The Future ◽  
Thai Students ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Grade 11

<p>This paper aimed to reexamine the current EFL communicative speaking skill in high school level in Thailand due to the coming of the entry to ASEAN at the end of the year 2015. Thai students need to be wellprepared for workforce in the future since English is used as the working language in ASEAN. The purposes of this paper were to study the effect of dramatic activities on improving English communicative skills of grade 11<sup>th</sup> participants and to examine students’ opinions towards the use of dramatic activities in their speaking class. The duration of experiment was 21 hours within 7 weeks. The research instruments were lesson plans using dramatic activities, English communicative speaking test and a questionnaire measuring students’ opinions towards the teaching based on dramatic activities. The findings were that the English communicative speaking skill on grade 11<sup>th</sup> students after attending the teaching class using dramatic activities was significantly higher than before attending the teaching and the students’ opinions towards dramatic activities on speaking were highly positive.</p>

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