scholarly journals The InSight Blind Test: An Opportunity to Bring a Research Dataset into Teaching Programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (2A) ◽  
pp. 1064-1073
Author(s):  
Julien Balestra ◽  
Jean-Luc Berenguer ◽  
Florence Bigot-Cormier ◽  
Françoise Courboulex ◽  
Lucie Rolland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Real Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
Blind Test ◽  
Broadband Seismometer ◽  
Waveform Data ◽  
Scientific Challenge ◽  
Teaching Programs ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Insight Mission

Abstract On 26 November 2019, SEIS, the first broadband seismometer designed for the Martian environment (Lognonné et al., 2019) landed on Mars, thanks to National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) InSight mission. On 6 April 2019 (sol 128), the InSight Science team detected the first historical “marsquake” (NASA news release). Before it was recorded, the InSight Science team developed the InSight blind test (hereafter, IBT), which consists of a 12-month period of continuous waveform data combining realistic estimates of Martian background seismic noise, 204 tectonic, and 35 impact events (Clinton et al., 2017). This project was originally designed to prepare scientists for the arrival of real data from the upcoming InSight mission. This article presents the work carried out by middle and high school students during this challenge. This project offered schools the opportunity to participate in and strengthen the link between secondary schools and universities. The IBT organizers accepted the approach to enable 14 schools to take part in this scientific challenge. After a training process, each school analyzed the IBT dataset to contribute to the collaborative School Team catalog. The schools relied on a manual procedure combining analyses in time and frequency domains. At the end, a combined catalog was submitted as one of the IBT entries. The IBT organizers then assessed the catalog submitted by the consortium of schools together with the results from science teams (Van Driel et al., 2019). The schools achieved a total of 15 correct detections over a short time period. Although this number may seem modest compared with the 239 synthetic marsquakes included in the IBT waveform data, these correct detections were entirely made during class time. All in all, the students seemed to be fully engaged, and this exercise seemed to increase their scientific inquiry skills to fulfill their task as a team.

scholarly journals Results of a Questionnaire on Teeth for 118 People who Participated in the University Festival

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Naomi Katayama ◽  
Shyoko Kondo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
High School Student ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
School Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Short Time

A dental questionnaire survey conducted on 34 high school students, 55 university students, 23 Middle-age who participated in the university festival. Participants answered yes or no to ten self-administered questions. Also, participants described the hardness of meals, brushing teeth after meals, and time to spend eating in a questionnaire. As a result, some students even had some guminflammation. Middle –Ages had many people who had experience with swollen gums (52.2%). Of the participants, the Middle Ages were few who applied fluorine (17.4%), and many were students (high school students 64.7%, university students 90.9%). Most people brush their teeth after breakfast or dinner. Participants replied that they usually eat a little hard (52.0%) or soft (38.1%) food. One high school student replied that he usually eats soft food. The time to eat was longer than breakfast and then dinner, but it was less than 30 minutes ever for dinner. Middle-Ages ad an average time to spend eating of fewer than 10 minutes for breakfast, 14 minutes for lunch, and 22 minutes for dinner. Middle ages had shorter meal times in all than students. Form the results of the participants; we wondered if they did not chew food very well because they eat soft food in a short time.

scholarly journals Technological resources in the language classroom: managing time, levels and students’ autonomy

LínguaTec ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Seerig
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Public High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Informal Assessment ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Public High School Students ◽  
Short Time

This narrative intends to describe tools that are being implemented in English Language classrooms, with public high school students in the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS), Campus Bento Gonçalves, in Brazil. They allow teachers to better manage their short time with each group of students, as well as provide a wider range of possibilities of exercises to students with different levels of knowledge of the foreign language. The tools presented here may also be of use for more efficient formal and informal assessment, considering that language teachers usually face a large number of students. Some data related to a survey carried out with students, regarding the use of such tools, are also mentioned. These resources save time and provide a more engaging learning environment, making students more autonomous and collaborative.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI MODEL INTEGRASI KEARIFAN LOKAL DALAM PEMBELAJARAN UNTUK MENDESKRIPSIKAN KETERAMPILAN KOMUNIKASI ILMIAH SISWA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Baiq Muli Harisanti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
School Students ◽  
Integration Model ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Answering Questions

Verbal scientific communication skills observed in this study include: asking questions, answering questions, contributing ideas / opinions, responding to other students' opinions, and conveying the results of the discussion. Based on the results of the study concluded that the oral communication skills of Al-Azhar Kayangan high school students through learning the integration model of local wisdom are still in the low category. A skill cannot be taught in a short time so it needs to be practiced repeatedly so that students become more skilled. Further research is needed to be related to non-verbal communication skills at the same location and students so that observation of students' communication skills is more comprehensive.

scholarly journals Opportunities And Challenges: Afghan Youth Learning English

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khesraw E. Nazar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Community Leader ◽  
After School ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
School Students ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Learning English

The focus of this study is to understand what the opportunities and or challenges are for Afghan immigrant youth in the process of acquiring the English language. This research documents the experiences of Afghan high school students in their effort to obtain the English language during several years of residence in Canada. Based on a one-on-one interview of eight participants, including: seven high-school students and one community leader; this study found that there were a number of opportunities used by the students to learn the English language and a number of factors that made learning English challenging. The opportunities that helped the students include, learning the language in informal settings, such as with friends, sports activities, the workplace, and the internet. The challenges that many of the students indicated, mainly involved formal programs in schools, for example, short time period spent in ESL classes, the facilitation of after-school help by other students who did not know the material well, and the embarrassment of participating in class discussion due to disrespect from classmates.

Inspiring Future Marine and Data Scientists Through the Lure of Ocean Tracks

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Randall E. Kochevar ◽  
Ruth Krumhansl ◽  
Kira Krumhansl ◽  
Cheryl L. Peach ◽  
Erin Bardar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Scripps Institution ◽  
Teachers And Students

AbstractThe Oceans of Data Institute (ODI) at the Education Development Center (EDC), Inc.; Stanford University; and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been collaborating, with the support of three National Science Foundation grants over the past 5 years, to bring large scientific data sets into secondary and postsecondary classrooms. These efforts have culminated in the development of a Web-based student interface to marine science data called Ocean Tracks (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://oceantracks.org">http://oceantracks.org</ext-link>), which incorporates design principles based on a broad range of research findings in fields such as cognitive science, visual design, mathematics education, and learning science. The Ocean Tracks interface was tested in high school classrooms in spring and fall of 2013 with a total of 195 high school students. These tests indicate that students appeared to find many aspects of the interface simple and intuitive to use. Teachers and students indicated that working with real data was highly engaging, pointing to the tremendous potential for “big data” to transform the way science is taught. Interest among college faculty in Ocean Tracks indicates a need in undergraduate classrooms for similar tools that allow students to interact with data. So in the fall of 2014, we began to collect baseline data on students attending undergraduate oceanography classes at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) and Palomar College, where we will also be developing curricula and conducting classroom tests. Preliminary results from this work are presented here.

Using Technology to Rethink the Intersection of Statistics Education and Social Justice

2015 ◽  
pp. 259-280
Author(s):  
Lisa L. Poling ◽  
Nirmala Naresh ◽  
Tracy J. Goodson-Espy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Statistics Education ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Statistical Investigation ◽  
Statistical Problem ◽  
School Students ◽  
Statistical Knowledge

A critical consumer is able to ask questions and discern information about data—its collection and analysis, and is able to judge whether conclusions are warranted (GAISE, 2007; Best, 2001). Promoting statistical knowledge by exploring social issues that create disparities helps individuals foster initiative for positive change and engage in equitable practices (Moses & Cobb, 2001; Gutstein, 2006). This chapter explains investigations suitable for use with pre-service/in-service teachers and middle school or high school students. Investigations were structured to help participants: 1) Engage in statistical problem solving using real data; 2) Focus on the process of statistical investigation (Rossman & Chance, 2012); and 3) Consider statistics as a means of promoting social change. A description of investigations and sample artifacts are included.

scholarly journals Enhancing Students’ Motivation to Learn Arabic Through Method of Muhadharah

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurmadiah ◽  
Sitti Sakinah ◽  
Helaluddin Helaluddin ◽  
Hengki Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
School Students ◽  
Short Time

This paper aims to determine the effect of the Muhadharah method on the motivation to learn Arabic for junior high school students in the Darul Aman Gombara Islamic Boarding School, and to find out the factors that inhibit Muhadharah’s method of increasing motivation to learn Arabic. The results of this study indicate that: 1) the Muhadharah method has an effect on the process of enhancing the motivation to learn Arabic in students of the Darul Aman Gombara Islamic Boarding School; 2) the factors that influence the Muhadharah method are short time, less effective place, less varied ways, inadequate facilities and infrastructure, and little foreign language vocabulary

scholarly journals Analysis of Support Vector Machine (SVM) Method and Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) Method in Making Decisions to Choose Specialization

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
Stevanny Tamaela ◽  
Yopi Andry Lesnussa ◽  
Venn Y.I. Ilwaru ◽  
Abdul Malik Balami
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
High School ◽  
Support Vector Machine ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
School Students ◽  
Simple Additive Weighting ◽  
Selection Of

The Specialization of students is a learning based on the interests of students according to learning opportunities that exist in educational units. Providing education in high school education units based on the 2013 curriculum there is a program for determining specialization for high school students held in class X. Specialization in the 2013 curriculum in high schools is the specialization group for Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. This study uses the Support Vector Machine (SVM) method and the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method which aims to compare the accuracy of each method in Decision Making (SPK) specialization program in the Natural Science and Social Sciences at SMA Negeri 1 Ambon. From the research results, the results of the specialization selection from the SAW method differ from the real data, while the results of the SVM method show the same results as the selection of real specialization in SMA Negeri 1 Ambon

Three years with “Insight Mars (NASA)” in class

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence J Bigot-Cormier ◽  
Jean-Luc Berenguer
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Time Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
Blind Test ◽  
Educational Project ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Worldwide Network ◽  
The Impact

&lt;p&gt;NASA&amp;#8217;s InSight Mars Mission is the first mission dedicated to investigate the deep interiors of Mars. By studying Mars&amp;#8217; interior structure, researchers will be able to answer key questions about the early formation of rocky planets in our solar system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Associated to this outstanding research program, an educational project has been developed to allow middle and high schools to work with SEIS, a seismometer deployed on Mars since the beginning of 2019. These last 3 years, the French School of Shanghai has actively taken part in the educational project with a group of 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; graders for 2 hours on a weekly basis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since 2013, our school has created a &amp;#8220;seismology workshop&amp;#8221; allowing 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; graders to work on seismic Data from our own seismometer or from records coming from &amp;#8220;Sismo &amp;#224; l&amp;#8217;&amp;#233;cole&amp;#8221;, a worldwide network of seismometers present in schools recording and sharing real time data (Courboulex &lt;em&gt;et al.&lt;/em&gt;, 2012).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a previous educational study, that we produced with this &amp;#8220;seismology workshop&amp;#8221; (Bigot-Cormier and Berenguer, 2017), it clearly appeared that collaboration between a research program and middle-high school students can be profitable for both parties. On the one hand, it creates callings for future researchers, while also helping students&amp;#8217; learning - through the strong motivation derived from being part of the usually closed research world. It also permits them to discover new phenomenon, processes, tools, etc. on their own, and enables the development of their analytical skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this poster, we will present to you a sample of our students&amp;#8217; activities since 2017, such as, for example, their work to analyze simulated synthetic data during the &amp;#8220;Blind Test&amp;#8221; (Balestra &lt;em&gt;et al.&lt;/em&gt;, accepted). Moreover, since 2018, we have taken part in answering to challenges of an international educational contest (named Namazu) regarding the setting and the evolution of InSight Mars. Students used specific tools, and by working together, they created modeling such as realizing the landing of Insight Mars Lander with an egg, creating the robotic system to set up SEIS on Mars&amp;#8217; surface from the lander, measuring the impact of the thermic protection on SEIS, etc&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By taking part in this present scientific mission, French students from Shanghai are developing their creativity, their curiosity, their team-spirit, their knowledge and their pleasure to do sciences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Balestra J., J.-L. Berenguer, F. Bigot-Cormier, F. Courboulex, L. Rolland, D. Ambrois, M. Van Driel and P. Lognonn&amp;#233; (accepted). Education: Bring &amp;#8216;InSight Blind Test&amp;#8217; into the classrooms. Seismological Research Letters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bigot-Cormier F. and J.-L. Berenguer (2017). How students Can Experience Science and Become Researchers: Tracking MERMAID Floats in the Oceans. Seismological Research Letters, Volume 88, Number 2A, doi:10.1785/0220160121.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Courboulex, F., J.L. Berenguer, A. Tocheport, M.P Bovin, E. calais, Y. Esnault and J. Virieux (2012). SISMOS &amp;#224; l&amp;#8217;Ecole : A Worldwide Network of Realtime Seismometers in Schools. Seismological Research Letters, volume 83, number 5, September/October 2012, doi:10.1785/0220110139.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Teaching Using Satellite Images as a Way to Introduce Remote Sensing in Secondary School

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 2868
Author(s):  
Daniel Dziob ◽  
Michał Krupiński ◽  
Edyta Woźniak ◽  
Ryszard Gabryszewski
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Real Data ◽  
School Science ◽  
University Education ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
School Year

This article aims to meet two needs: (i) the need for skilled workers and students in the area of remote sensing and (ii) the need to make school science interesting for students. This article addresses both needs by proposing a project for high school students entitled “the Colors of Earth”. The main aim for students was to distinguish between different types of land cover via the creation of various false color band compositions from the satellite Sentinel-2. Achieving this goal requires knowledge from various subjects and enables their practical application via work performed using real data. The project was presented to 39 high-school teachers and 184 high-school students (K-9 and K-10) in the summer semester of the 2019/2020 school year, and their opinions about the project were collected. Overall, both students and teachers judged the project to be interesting, worth introducing to the school, and capable of influencing student opinions of science. In addition, introducing remote sensing elements during pre-university education can help meet the demands for students and workers to study Earth observation.

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