scholarly journals Development of high school students' geometric thinking with particular emphasis on mathematically talented students

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-110
Author(s):  
Ákos Győry ◽  
Eszter Kónya
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Geometric Thinking ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
Mathematically Talented

scholarly journals Medical career expectations of academically talented high school students: A nationwide cross-sectional study in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbin Wu ◽  
Leisi Pei ◽  
Shan Li ◽  
Cheng Jiang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Academically Talented ◽  
School Students ◽  
Career Expectations ◽  
Medical Career ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
Academically Talented Students ◽  
Academic Tests

Abstract Background: Academically talented high school students (ATHSSs), an exceptional cohort, are not well studied for their career expectations, especially for those with medical career expectation (MCE). Nowadays, the public perception of the medical profession is changing in China. The purpose of this study was to answer questions about ‘is medicine attractive for ATHSSs and ‘what factors affect medical career expectations (MCE) for ATHSSs’ in China. Methods: A total of 16,479 representative ATHSSs in senior three completed a questionnaire and four different academic tests. Frequency statistics showed the proportion of ATHSSs with MCE. Unpaired t-tests were performed to find out the differences in demographics, family background, and academic performance between students with and without MCE. The logit models analysis were applied to explore the potential factors that affected the MCE of this exceptional group of students. Results: ATHSSs with MCE accounted for 20.6% (ranking 7/18) of the respondents. They were more likely to be female, came from relatively poorer families, lived in a rural area, and performed significantly worse in all academic tests except for mathematics, compared with those without MCE. In addition, the results revealed that gender (β=-0.436, p<0.01), region of hometown (β=-103, p<0.1), mother’s years of schooling (β=-0.019, p<0.05), and father’s occupational status (β=-0.005, p<0.01) contributed significantly to the MCE of academically talented students. Better performance in mathematics affected the MCE of ATHSSs taking the liberal arts and science tests differently. Conclusions: We found the medical career is becoming unattractive to academically talented students and the medical career may be loosing their aura in China. Students who have medical career expectations are likely to be females and to have a weak family background. We discuss implications for medical education.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR ABLE STUDENTS: In Seventh and Eighth Grades

1981 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
Casey Humphries
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Analytical Thinking ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
Problem Solvers ◽  
Mathematically Talented

Too often it is assumed that mathematically talented students, through some sort of magical osmosis, are inherently good problem solvers. This is not true. Bright junior high school students need to have opportunities to systematically develop, practice, and refine their analytical thinking skills.

scholarly journals Level Berpikir Geometri Peserta Didik Berdasarkan Teori Van Hiele pada Materi Bangun Ruang Sisi Datar

Jurnal Elemen ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-279
Author(s):  
Anna Cesaria ◽  
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Tatang Herman ◽  
Jarnawi Afgani Dahlan ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Van Hiele ◽  
Geometric Thinking ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Stage Stage

According to Van Hiele, in understanding geometry, students need to understand five stages, namely stage 1 (introduction stage), stage 2 (analysis stage), stage 3 (sequencing stage), stage 4 (deduction stage), and stage 5 (accuracy stage). Each student has different geometric thinking abilities. This study aims to examine the geometric abilities of junior high school students in the material of flat-sided geometry according to Van Hiele's Theory. This research belongs to the type of qualitative research with a case study design. It was conducted at three schools in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The subjects were students of SMP Negeri 1 Padang, SMP Negeri 7 Padang, and SMP Negeri 25 Padang. Data collection was carried out using tests, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis was carried out with the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and data verification or drawing conclusions. The data originality technique was carried out with the triangulation technique, where the researcher compared the test data with the results of interviews with students. Of the 94 students (male = 38, female 56) tested based on the geometric thinking level of Van Hiele Theory, 92.55% of the students reached the Van Hiele thinking stage at the visualization level. As many as 45.74% of students reached the level of geometric analysis, and 6.38% of students reached the level of abstraction. For the level of deduction and accuracy, no one has been able to solve the problem. The results obtained in this study are that most students are still at stages 1 and 2, unlike van Hiele's opinion, which revealed that the level of geometric thinking for junior high school students is at level 3. According to the study results, it is essential to carry out further checks on the level of geometric thinking of junior high school students in other areas.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Training Emotional Regulation Skills in Reducing Addiction Ability in Male High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Ramin Habibi-Kaleybar ◽  
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Safarali Dehghani ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Male High School ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training ◽  
Talented Students

Background: Emotional adjustment skills have recently been proposed as a new framework in the prevention of addiction in students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of training emotional regulation skills on reducing addiction ability in high school male students. Methods: The statistical population of the present quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test design and a control group was male high school students in Tabriz District 3 in the academic year 2018-2019. Accordingly, using the cluster sampling method, the students of one school were selected as the statistical sample and those with higher than the average score (above 21) were selected randomly and divided into the experimental (n=25) and control (n=25) groups. The experimental group was subjected to Emotional regulation skills training for 8 sessions, each session lasting 90 minutes for two months. During this period, the control group received no intervention. Theoretical Addiction Questionnaire was used for data collection. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the results. Results: Data analysis showed that training of emotional regulation skills has an impact on reducing the addiction of talented students. Conclusion: Training emotional regulation skills has an impact on reducing the addiction of talented students. emotion regulation skills training can also be used as a coping approach in adolescent education that should be targeted by reference groups, such as counselors, school coaches, and social planners.

Reflections on Experiences at a Residential Science and Math High School: An Alumni Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 016235322110447
Author(s):  
Hope E. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Academically Talented ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
Academically Talented Students

Residential Science High Schools (RSHS) for academically talented students that focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) provide opportunities for high school students to accelerate their education. This study examines the results of a retrospective survey from one RSHS, including alumni for more than 20 years after graduation. The results indicate that the alumni have high levels of educational attainment and careers in STEM fields. In addition, the alumni perceive their experiences at the RSHS to have been positive, and that the RSHS prepared them for their educational pursuits, careers, social experiences, and future leadership positions. Finally, although the alumni did report a drop in academic self-concept while they were in the program, this drop did not appear to have an effect on their long-term goals or educational attainment. The implications for this study are to support the use of radical acceleration in the form of residential schools for an educational intervention for academically talented high school students.

scholarly journals Keterujaan Luar Biasa dan Implikasinya Terhadap Pelajar Pintar dan Berbakat di Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Amnah Zanariah Abd Razak ◽  
Sahlan Surat ◽  
Saemah Abd Rahman ◽  
Rosadah Abd Majid
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
The Self ◽  
School Students ◽  
Special Trait ◽  
Emotional Dimension ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Positive Disintegration ◽  
Talented Students

Overexcitabilities is a special trait in gifted and talented students but is rarely known to the general public. This overexcitabilities is one of the socioemotional issues faced by gifted and talented students. The concept of overexcitedness has come to be known in the field gifted and talented and has a great impact on the self-development and future of the students. A survey was conducted using the Overexcitability Survey (II) instrument to measure the overexcitabilities of these gifted and talented students. Previous researchers agree that the Overexcitability Survey (II) is also suitable to be used in identifying gifted and talented individuals. The Overexcitability Survey (II) has five sub constructs: emotional dimension, imagination, intellectual, psychomotor and sensory. The findings of the study among high school students (n = 40) in gifted and talented schools in Negeri Sembilan showed that gifted and talented students had the highest score for intellectual constructs (mean = 3.54) and followed by sensory (mean = 3.51), imagination (mean = 3.45), emotion (mean = 3.40) and psychomotor (mean = 3.40). This study also goes through the Positive Disintegration Theory by Dabrowski that gifted and talented students are able to excel and strive to overcome their weaknesses in order to succeed if they are able to adapt to the uniqueness of the over excitabilities. The knowledge of this over excitabilities is necessary to help the excellence of gifted and talented students. ABSTRAK Keterujaan luar biasa merupakan satu keistimewaan yang ada pada pelajar pintar dan berbakat namun jarang diketahui oleh masyarakat umum. Keterujaan luar biasa ini merupakan salah satu isu sosioemosi yang dihadapi oleh pelajar pintar berbakat. Konsep keterujaan luar biasa ini mula dikenali di dalam bidang pintar dan berbakat dan memberikan impak yang besar dalam perkembangan diri serta masa depan pelajar. Kajian tinjauan telah dilakukan menggunakan instrumen Soal Selidik Keterujan Luar Biasa (II) bagi mengukur keterujaan luar biasa pelajar pintar dan berbakat ini. Pengkaji-pengkaji yang lepas bersetuju bahawa Soal Selidik Keterujan Luar Biasa (II) ini juga sesuai untuk digunakan bagi mengenal pasti individu pintar dan berbakat. Soal Selidik Keterujan Luar Biasa (II) mempunyai lima sub konstruk iaitu dimensi emosi, imaginasi, intelektual, psikomotor dan sensori. Hasil dapatan kajian dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah (n=40) di sekolah pintar dan berbakat di Negeri Sembilan ini menunjukkan pelajar pintar dan berbakat mendapat skor tertinggi yang signifikan bagi sub konstruk intelektual iaitu (min=3.54) dan diikuti sensori (min=3.51), imaginasi (min=3.45), emosi (min=3.40) dan psikomotor (min=3.40). Kajian ini juga melalui Teori Disintegrasi Positif oleh Dabrowski menunjukkan pelajar pintar dan berbakat mampu melonjak cemerlang dan berusaha mengatasi kelemahan diri untuk berjaya jika mereka mampu menyesuaikan diri dengan keunikan keterujaan luar biasa yang dianugerahkan. Pengetahuan tentang keterujaan luar biasa ini perlu bagi membantu kecemerlangan pelajar pintar dan berbakat.

Nurturing Mathematical Talent in New Zealand

1995 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 514-517
Author(s):  
Derek Holton
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematical Talent ◽  
Talented Students

During the last seven years, a program has been developing to assist high school students in New Zealand who have an aptitude for mathematics. It is the only New Zealand program in any subject that aims to help all talented students, no matter where they live or what school they attend.

scholarly journals Van Hiele Geometric Thinking Levels of Junior High School Students of Atebubu Municipality in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Amidu Bashiru ◽  
Josephine Nyarko
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Private School ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Geometric Thinking ◽  
Significant Difference

This study was to measure the Van Hiele’s levels of geometric thinking attained by Ghanaian Junior High School Form 3 (JHS 3) students before writing the BECE. A quantitative research approach was employed in the study and a sample of 105 students randomly selected from the four schools. The results showed that 22 students (20.95%) of the students could not attain any VHG level at all, that means they were in level 0. 65 students (61.91%) of the students attained Van Hiele’s level 1, 17 (16.19%) reached level 2, and only 1 (0.95%) reached level 3. An independent t-test yielded no statistically significant difference between public and private school students in their geometric thinking levels t(103) = 0.926, p > 0.05. The findings indicated that most of the Ghanaian JHS graduates do not attain satisfactory levels of VHGT. Recommendations are made for improving the teaching of geometry.

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