Work in Progress: A Pilot Study to Assess the Impact of a Special Topics Energy Module on Improving Energy Literacy of High School Youth

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan DeWaters ◽  
Susan Powers
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Work In Progress ◽  
Energy Literacy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
School Youth

Vertical Alignment of Educational Opportunities for STEM Learners: Evaluating the Effects of Road Dust on Biological Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (9) ◽  
pp. 710-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason A. Rosenzweig ◽  
Daniel Vrinceanu ◽  
Hyun-Min Hwang ◽  
Shishir Shishodia
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Road Dust ◽  
Platinum Group Elements ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Literature Mining ◽  
School Students ◽  
Platinum Group ◽  
The Impact

In efforts to develop a unique pedagogy for underrepresented high school and undergraduate students, we developed a pilot study to determine the effectiveness of vertically integrating STEM research education from high school students through Ph.D. candidates. The interdisciplinary research project's overarching goal is to assess the impact of environmental pollutants (specifically, platinum group elements found in road dust) on eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and develop computational models to predict the outcomes of exposure. Ultimately, the project involves elements of fate and transport of platinum group elements in soil, water, and air and their impacts on environmental microbiology, eukaryotic cell signaling, and environmental computational modeling. Our vertically integrated and aligned mentorship model paired high school students with undergraduates, M.S. students, and Ph.D. students in various laboratories. To complement their laboratory research exposure, students also attended professional development seminars on résumé preparation, literature mining/searching, preparation of manuscripts, presentation of data, and critical reading of peer-reviewed articles. Our pilot study was very successful in exposing future STEM workers (high school students and college undergraduates) to meaningful research experiences that they translated into seven poster and oral presentations, three review articles (in preparation), three journal articles, and improved attitudes toward STEM careers.

Is there a role for a primary health nurse in a learning support team in a disadvantaged high school? Evaluation of a pilot study

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Dennis ◽  
Ted Noon ◽  
Siaw Teng Liaw
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learner Model ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Support Team ◽  
The Impact

Disadvantaged children experience more health problems and have poorer educational outcomes compared with students from advantaged backgrounds. This paper presents the quantitative and qualitative findings from a pilot study to determine the impact of the Healthy Learner model, where an experienced primary care nurse was embedded in a learning support team in a disadvantaged high school. Students entering high school with National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) scores in the lowest quartile for the school were assessed by the nurse and identified health issues addressed. Thirty-nine students were assessed in 2012–13 and there were up to seven health problems identified per student, ranging from serious neglect to problems such as uncorrected vision or hearing. Many of these problems were having an impact on the student and their ability to engage in learning. Families struggled to navigate the health system, they had difficulty explaining the student’s problems to health professionals and costs were a barrier. Adding a nurse to the learning support team in this disadvantaged high school was feasible and identified considerable unmet health needs that affect a student’s ability to learn. The families needed extensive support to access any subsequent health care they required.

scholarly journals The Impact of Workshops on Energy Literacy and Preferences: A Case of High School Students on Tanegashima Island

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
NAKAI Miwa ◽  
KURISU Toshiyuki ◽  
KAMIZONO Tomokazu ◽  
KAKIUCHI Yasushi ◽  
OKUBO Tatsuya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Energy Literacy ◽  
The Impact

Designing an Energy Literacy Questionnaire for Middle and High School Youth

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan DeWaters ◽  
Basil Qaqish ◽  
Mary Graham ◽  
Susan Powers
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Energy Literacy ◽  
School Youth

Perceptions about the value and cost of children: Australian and Papua New Guinean high school youth

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor J. Callan ◽  
Jeffrey Wilks
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Low Fertility ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Cost Of Children ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Papua New Guinean ◽  
School Youth

SummaryThe present study of 329 Australian and 281 Papua New Guinean (PNG) high school youth compared students' perceptions of the economic role of children, the importance of personal aspirations, evidence of support for the conjugal family and for cultural props. As predicted, the economic role of children was more important to PNG students, and considerably less so to young Australians. Predicted differences in personal aspirations were less clear cut, but young Australians cited more frequently the restrictions and economic costs in having children. In addition, Australians emphasized more than PNG students the pleasure, pride, fulfilment and achievement in having children. As expected in a low fertility country, Australian students mentioned more often the love and companionship of children, although students in both countries had similar views about the impact of children upon the marital relationship. Lineage and religious benefits from children were more salient to PNG youth.

Pilot Study: The Impact of Yoga on Health

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle V. Shelov ◽  
Sonia Suchday ◽  
Jennifer P. Friedberg
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
The Impact
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