Using a virtual learning community (VLC) to facilitate a cross-national science research collaboration between secondary school students

2014 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Peng Chia ◽  
Alan Pritchard
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Science Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Virtual Learning Community ◽  
National Science ◽  
Cross National

Dimensions of Summer Science Training Programs as Reflected by their Participants

1966 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
C. J. Bartlett ◽  
Harold A. Edgerton
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
National Science ◽  
Science Training

As par: of a 1963 follow-up study of participants in the National Science Foundation's 1960 Summer Science Training Program for secondary school students, characteristics of the program, as reflected by the questionnaire responses of the participants, were subjected to factor analysis. Responses to 57 items from the questionnaire were judged relevant to the study and were organized to reflect the post SSTP experience and career development of participants in 134 programs. Twelve factors emerged from the analysis.

Experimental Programs: A summer mathematics training program for high-ability secondary-school students

1962 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-278
Author(s):  
Clifford Bell
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
High Ability ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Science ◽  
Basic Objective

For the past three years the National Science Foundation has supported summer training programs in science, mathematics, and engineering for high-ability secondary- school students. The basic objective for these programs has been “to bring outstanding students into direct contact with college teachers and research scientists of recognized competence” so that these students may be inspired to gain an understanding in science beyond that usually acquired in the high school.

Experimental Programs: A summer mathematics program for high-ability secondary-school students

1962 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-376
Author(s):  
Alfons J. van der Linder
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
New England ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
High Ability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematics Courses ◽  
Secondary School Mathematics ◽  
National Science ◽  
Mathematics Program

At a time when the change in approach (and to some extent, the content) of secondary-school mathematics courses was hitting the curriculum with a dramatic impact, Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, always eager to improve upon the traditional, was one of the first colleges to cater to youngsters gifted in the field. The National Science Foundation sponsored this effort with a substantial grant for the summer of 1959. Forty boys, primarily from the New England area, participated in this first program.

Evaluation of a Summer-School Program for Highly Gifted Secondary-School Students: The German Pupils Academy

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Neber ◽  
Kurt A. Heller
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Summer School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
School Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Regulatory Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Framework

Summary The German Pupils Academy (Deutsche Schüler-Akademie) is a summer-school program for highly gifted secondary-school students. Three types of program evaluation were conducted. Input evaluation confirmed the participants as intellectually highly gifted students who are intrinsically motivated and interested to attend the courses offered at the summer school. Process evaluation focused on the courses attended by the participants as the most important component of the program. Accordingly, the instructional approaches meet the needs of highly gifted students for self-regulated and discovery oriented learning. The product or impact evaluation was based on a multivariate social-cognitive framework. The findings indicate that the program contributes to promoting motivational and cognitive prerequisites for transforming giftedness into excellent performances. To some extent, the positive effects on students' self-efficacy and self-regulatory strategies are due to qualities of the learning environments established by the courses.

Ethnolinguistic Identity and Television Use in a Minority Language Setting

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake Harwood ◽  
Laszlo Vincze
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
German Language ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ethnolinguistic Vitality ◽  
Ethnolinguistic Identity ◽  
Television Use

Based on the model of Reid, Giles and Abrams (2004 , Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 16, 17–25), this paper describes and analyzes the relation between television use and ethnolinguistic-coping strategies among German speakers in South Tyrol, Italy. The data were collected among secondary school students (N = 415) in 2011. The results indicated that the television use of the students was dominated by the German language. A mediation analysis revealed that TV viewing contributed to the perception of ethnolinguistic vitality, the permeability of intergroup boundaries, and status stability, which in turn affected ethnolinguistic-coping strategies of mobility (moving toward the outgroup), creativity (maintaining identity without confrontation), and competition (fighting for ingroup rights and respect). Findings and theoretical implications are discussed.

Smart Girls, Dumb Boys!?

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Latsch ◽  
Bettina Hannover
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
School Students ◽  
Compensatory Strategies ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
Stereotype Lift ◽  
The Media

We investigated effects of the media’s portrayal of boys as “scholastic failures” on secondary school students. The negative portrayal induced stereotype threat (boys underperformed in reading), stereotype reactance (boys displayed stronger learning goals towards mathematics but not reading), and stereotype lift (girls performed better in reading but not in mathematics). Apparently, boys were motivated to disconfirm their group’s negative depiction, however, while they could successfully apply compensatory strategies when describing their learning goals, this motivation did not enable them to perform better. Overall the media portrayal thus contributes to the maintenance of gender stereotypes, by impairing boys’ and strengthening girls’ performance in female connoted domains and by prompting boys to align their learning goals to the gender connotation of the domain.

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