Current High School Research Articles

Holoreact: chemistry experiment game with hologram based to enhance learning on senior high school level

The survey conducted on 104 students from 14 schools through online questionnaires found that students considered chemistry as a complex subject. This is also supported by the declining score result from chemistry's National Examination, specifically in the analytic chemistry section for the past three years. Based on the survey, students were interested in learning chemistry through an experiment hologram-based game because it is more immersive and easier to observe. Hence a chemistry experiment hologram-based game is made using the ELEKTRA method, which aims to teach high-school chemistry concepts for analytic chemistry. The test result from students showed an increase of understanding for 47% - 62% in both pre and post-experiment quiz scores. Based on the expert's interview result, the game's content has been compatible with the current high school curriculum.

Research on Optimization Design of English Homework in Junior Middle School under the Background of Double Reduction

The "Double Reduction” policy was issued in July 2021, emphasizing the need to comprehensively shorten the total amount and duration of homework, and reducing students' excessive academic burden, so as to improve the quality of school education and teaching, and make homework assignments more scientific and reasonable. Homework after class is an important part of school education. Students' high-quality completion of homework is not only conducive to improving the efficiency of learning, but also conducive to reducing students' learning pressure and psychological burden. After class homework management is not only an important subject of school education and teaching, but also a key issue in the comprehensive reform of education. Over the years, students' heavy learning burden has become a hot issue of general concern in society. The state has also issued policies to reduce students' learning pressure and burden. The traditional homework design is basically in the form of reading and writing, with a large amount of tasks, and it is very single and mechanical. For a long time, the reduction of students' learning initiative and enthusiasm will inevitably have a great impact on improving students' comprehensive quality. Therefore, in order for primary and secondary school students to grow up healthily and use English flexibly, it is necessary to realize English teaching with higher standards. We should always pay attention to the physical and mental development of students and promote them to become a person with all-round development. The promulgation of the "Double Reduction” policy will inevitably have a certain impact on junior high school English homework. Whether the current junior high school English homework design implements this requirement needs to be carefully considered. Therefore, this paper starts from the actual situation of junior high school English homework design, finds out the problems in homework design, and analyzes the main reasons, so as to better promote the implementation of the "Double Reduction” policy.

The Design and Research of Diversified High School Chemistry Homework in the Context of "Double Reduction"

Homework, is a dispensable part on stimulating students' curiosity and developing their thinking in the subject, providing a reference basis for teachers to optimize teaching methods and evaluate students' daily learning activities. Chemistry homework is an auxiliary form of chemistry teaching. The design of high school chemistry homework should be efficient, artistic, creative, and interesting, according to the Double Reduction policy issued by the Chinese Ministry of Education. The problems of high school chemistry homework at present are analyzed, and the research progress of domestic and foreign high school chemistry homework design is introduced briefly. In order to better improve the quality of current high school chemistry assignments, four novel and diversified homework cases are designed, including the interesting life homework "the Neutralization Reaction of Acid and Base", the game-based practical homework "Chemical Reaction Aeroplane Chess", the oral expression homework "Chlorine and Its Compounds" and the interdisciplinary homework "Chemical Fertilizer", using constructivist learning theory and multiple intelligence theory as guiding ideas. Through the systematic research and practice, it is found that high school students are passionate about the assignments, and their passion and enthusiasm for learning chemistry can gradually increase. The useful and effective chemistry homework can fundamentally trigger students' interest to learn chemistry.

Influencing Factors Impacting Women to select Engineering- A Range of Perspectives

To find solutions to complex problems, engineering practice needs to adapt and embrace diverse thinking. The lack of female participation in engineering fields, in the western world including New Zealand, at the tertiary education level (post secondary/high school level e.g., university, polytechnic, etc.) has been a barrier for diversity, equity and innovation in both the industry and academic professions. Non-diverse professions miss out valuable contributions and new ways of approaching problems that a varied workforce brings. New Zealand needs to mitigate the gender bias to ensure a diversity of skills and knowledge in the engineering profession is fostered. This paper presents findings from three studies as part of a larger research project aimed at investigating influencing factors that contribute to female participation in engineering studies at the tertiary level in New Zealand. In the three studies researchers explored student teachers, current polytechnic engineering students and high school students’ perceptions, experiences, and influences related to engineering.
 The first study investigated future teachers of children aged 11-13 years perceptions of engineering and engineers. The second study investigated the impacts and influences that led domestic and international female engineering students choose the Civil Engineering programme at Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec). The third study investigated the impacts and influences that led to Year 12 and 13 students to enrol in a trades engineering related course at Wintec. The three completed studies deployed qualitative research methods using focus group and individual interviews.
 The first study found that participants held very strong stereotypical views about who engineers are and described them as: white, male, middle-aged, good at maths and science who may be antisocial, and that they design and build stuff while getting dirty. The second study found that barriers to selection of engineering for women include the school system; lack of career and subject choice guidance available to students at school, lack of promotion of the profession, and society’s perception of engineers as being masculine. The third study found that young women were exposed to strong stereotypical thinking and behaviours throughout their lives that could potentially steer them away from a career in engineering. Other barriers included a lack of timely, accurate career advice, outdated school facilities and inauthentic enactment of curriculum. However, exposure to positive role models and strong support networks, along with developing self-efficacy, assisted them to overcome these barriers enabling them to explore engineering as a potential career pathway.
 Given the strong stereotypical views about engineering from future teachers, incorrect perceptions about engineering in society and lack of engineering career and subject choice guidance available to students at school, it is not surprising that there is a shortage of females entering engineering fields in New Zealand.

Reading Strategies for Junior English Teaching

Reading is a dynamic process in which the reader and the text interact and construct meaning together. More and more junior high school English teachers and students have begun to pay attention to the importance of English reading and put forward higher requirements for students' English reading ability. Studying the reading habits and reading strategies of junior high school students and cultivating students to master reading strategies is a very important issue in the current junior high school English teaching, which has very important practical significance. This paper discusses reading strategies for junior English teaching, designs reading training methods for different teaching stages, and discusses the functions and characteristics of three learning modes to improve students' English reading ability and self-learning ability. Through the use of different learning modes, according to the students' personal abilities and personality characteristics, we can mobilize their enthusiasm and initiative, stimulate their interest in English reading, and achieve practical quality-oriented teaching.

Examining Physical Education Teaching Practices During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Purpose/Method: This qualitative case study examined through an interpretive worldview how current high school (HS) physical education (PE) teachers (n=14) implemented online experiences that could have influenced students’ interpretations of their vicarious experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic (spring/fall of 2020). The study sought to better understand teachers’ perceptions of how social modeling of PA was implemented online, how online PA experiences impacted opportunities for social comparison among the students, and what teachers’ opinions of these practices were in relation to supporting students’ PA self-efficacy. Results: The results found that the study participants differed in their opinions on the most effective ways to provide students with PA demonstrations and implement students' PA experiences during online instruction. Many of the teachers relied more on online videos to demonstrate PA, resulting in a decrease in teachers personally modeling PA themselves (theme 1). Due to the stress of the pandemic on students’ well-being, teachers and their school districts prioritized students’ social and emotional health which influenced how teachers had students participate in PA online (theme 2). This resulted in fewer PA experiences with students participating in front of each other and none of the teachers requiring students to model PA for peers online. Conclusion: This study serves as a starting point to better understand how teachers implemented online instructional practices that could have influenced students’ interpretations of their vicarious experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. The information collected in this study can be used by current PE teachers to design future online practices.

PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER DAN EDUKASI HUKUM CEGAH BULLYING PADA PELAJAR SMA NEGERI 1 MERAUKE

As bullying behavior increases by the younger generation, especially at the educational level, it seems to confirm the increasingly crisis of character-based education in today's educational climate. This writing is directed not only to instill but also to shape character through legal education to prevent student bullying at SMA Negeri 1 Merauke, Merauke Regency. The method applied is the method of discussion, question and answer, and character building between the presenters and students. The findings of the service concluded that the degradation of the character values ​​of students was directly proportional to the bullying behavior, this condition was exacerbated by the lack of understanding of the community and current high school students regarding the laws and regulations including the Criminal Code, the Child Protection Act, the ITE Law.

Analysis the lack of parent-daughter relationship in the current junior high school Chinese textbooks

This article analyzes the current version of middle school Chinese textbooks, the Jiangsu version, the Chinese version, the Beijing Normal University version, the Changchun version, the Lujiao version, the People's Education version (May 4th school system), Lujiao version (May 4th school system), Shanghai Education version of the teaching content of father's love in 9 editions of junior high school Chinese textbooks and summarizes the problem of lack of father-daughter relationship in current junior high school Chinese textbooks ,also puts forward countermeasures.

2015 개정 중․고등학교 역사교과서의 조선후기사 서술 관점과 새로운 서사의 모색

The current middle and high school history textbooks under the Revised Curriculum of 2015 are the first history textbooks developed amid the growing social interest in the importance of authorized history textbooks after the regime''s attempt at replacing old history textbooks with new government-designated ones. Today, authorized history textbooks are oriented toward the development of textbooks to present diverse perspectives reflecting the changing situations of the times and the research achievements of the academic circles instead of textbooks containing only a single perspective under the guidance of the government. The description perspective of a textbook serves as a starting line to establish what and how to look at history for students. In the current history textbooks, the perspective for the description of political history finds the accountability of the ruined nation in the failure of political management from factional politics to power politics. The economic and cultural history is described from the perspective of development with the symbolic elements of Western modernization set as a standard of pursuit. The social history describes the social class system and the rural community society from the perspective of discrimination and conflict. The current history textbooks keep almost the same perspectives and descriptions as the old government-designated textbooks within their larger framework of depicting the aspects of Joseon in its latter part. History textbooks need to have a narrative transition and offer students a chance to understand the times from more diverse perspectives so that they can align with the goals oriented by today''s history education. The descriptions of political history should help students figure out the various patterns of political management and changes during the latter part of Joseon according to historical causal relations. The descriptions of economic and cultural history should focus on development as an objective phenomenon based on proof and comparison and present reasonable historical meanings accordingly. The descriptions of social history should move students closer to the reality of Joseon society during its latter part based on the coexistence of conflict and integration. These proposals will hopefully lead to description changes in history textbooks through collaborations among researchers, teachers, and people concerned.

Effects of Perceived Discrimination on the School Satisfaction of Brazilian High School Graduates

This paper analyzes the consequences of peer victimization for the satisfaction with schooling (“happiness”) of college-bound high school graduates in Brazil. Several types of victimization are explored including discrimination due to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and disability. We compare the satisfaction with their schooling of students planning to head to college straight from high school and older students applying for college later in life (“nontraditional students”). We conclude that students who perceived that they had been discriminated against were more dissatisfied with their school experience than those who did not, ceteris paribus, and we relate level of dissatisfaction to type of discrimination. The older student evidence reveals that this dissatisfaction wanes with time and age, however. Our conclusions are based upon ordered logistic analyses of data for 2.4 million current high school seniors and 78.7 thousand older students drawn from the Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio questionnaire (ENEM).

LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE TO ENRICH THE HIV/AIDS EDUCATION FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

This research determined the degree of leadership initiative of the 376 senior high school students from Laguna Philippines Local Colleges and Universities (LCUs) to enrich their HIV/AIDS education. Results showed that the students have high levels of knowledge and awareness on HIV/AIDS and its effects on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects. They have a high status of opportunities in terms of their current senior high school curriculum vis-à-vis HIV/AIDS education; which means that the students have a high degree of becoming leaders on their own accord; especially if the local colleges and universities coordinate and collaborate with each other. Health Education on HIV/AIDS was a joint effort of these collaborations that educated the senior high school students accurately and completely about HIV/AIDS. Results also showed that the students have a high status of challenges and weaknesses, and low status of strengths for their current senior high school curriculum vis-à-vis HIV/AIDS education. Thus, it was recommended that they must become more conscious on what level do they understand/know about HIV /AIDS; be transformed in terms of their attributes in becoming leaders advocating about HIV/AIDS for every young person in every community.

LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE TO ENRICH THE HIV/AIDS EDUCATION FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

This research determined the degree of leadership initiative of the 376 senior high school students from Laguna Philippines Local Colleges and Universities (LCUs) to enrich their HIV/AIDS education. Results showed that the students have high levels of knowledge and awareness on HIV/AIDS and its effects on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects. They have a high status of opportunities in terms of their current senior high school curriculum vis-à-vis HIV/AIDS education; which means that the students have a high degree of becoming leaders on their own accord; especially if the local colleges and universities coordinate and collaborate with each other. Health Education on HIV/AIDS was a joint effort of these collaborations that educated the senior high school students accurately and completely about HIV/AIDS. Results also showed that the students have a high status of challenges and weaknesses, and low status of strengths for their current senior high school curriculum vis-à-vis HIV/AIDS education. Thus, it was recommended that they must become more conscious on what level do they understand/know about HIV /AIDS; be transformed in terms of their attributes in becoming leaders advocating about HIV/AIDS for every young person in every community.

Research on the Cognitive Degree of Pre-service High School Mathematics Teachers for Mathematical Modeling Literacy

Currently, mathematical modeling literacy has attracted more and more attention from all walks of life. Many relevant problems about it have been studied except the cognitive degree of mathematical modeling literacy of pre-service high school mathematics teachers. This study investigates 51 pre-service high school mathematics teachers' cognitive degree of mathematical modeling literacy by using the method of open interview. After analyzing, it is found that: 1. The scope of cognition of the current pre-service high school mathematics teachers' mathematical modeling literacy is not wide, and more than half of the content of mathematical modeling literacy has not been realized by many pre-service teachers yet; 2. The cognition of many pre-service teachers is not deep and lacks continuity or gradualness; 3. The cognition of many pre-service teachers for many aspects of mathematical modeling literacy is not very clear. Therefore, it is suggested that: 1. Experts and teachers responsible for training work should pay more attention to mathematical modeling literacy and add relevant courses; 2. Pre-service high school mathematics teachers should understand the content of mathematical modeling literacy comprehensively and deeply and clarify relevant statements. Contribution/Originality: This study analyzed the cognition degree of mathematical modeling literacy of current pre-service high school mathematics teachers in China with an open-ended questionnaire self-designed. The results are conducive to reforming the present Chinese teaching and curriculum in order to improve the training for pre-service teachers.y

Research on the Cognition Degree of Mathematical Operation Literacy by Pre-service High School Mathematics Teachers

At present, mathematical operation literacy has generated extensive attention from all walks of life, many questions about it have been studied except the cognition of pre-service high school mathematics teachers on mathematical operation literacy. To address this gap, This study analyzed the cognition degree of mathematical operation literacy of 51 pre-service high school mathematics teachers with an open-ended questionnaire self-designed. After analyzing, it could be found that: a. The scope of cognition is not very broad, about 40% of the content is not recognized, and the communication and reflection aspect is unrecognized; b. Their cognition is not deep, their cognitive level mainly stays at level 1. Their cognition is not continuous and linear; c. A few aspects of cognition are relatively clear, but in general, their cognition is not very clear. The content that they can clearly recognize is mainly the definition and expression of mathematical operation literacy and the aspect of knowledge and skill. Therefore, it is suggested that: a. Experts and teachers in charge of certification work should expand mathematical operation literacy courses and pay more attention to them; b. Pre-service teachers should fully understand the related contents of mathematical operation literacy, go deep into each level, and clarify the expression of mathematical operation literacy. Contribution/Originality: This study analyzed the cognition degree of mathematical operation literacy of current pre-service high school mathematics teachers in China with an open-ended questionnaire self-designed. The results are conducive to reforming the present Chinese teaching and curriculum in order to improve the training for pre-service teachers.

Pre-service High School Mathematics Teachers' Cognition of the Implementation of Mathematical Operation Literacy

After the reform of mathematics in the new curriculum, the educational issue of mathematical operation literacy has attracted increasing attention from all walks of life. The core goal of current mathematics education is the cultivation of mathematical operations literacy for middle school students. The measures to implement mathematical operation literacy have become a research hotspot. This paper hopes to provide theoretical basis and learning suggestions for teachers to further develop logical reasoning literacy in learning by analyzing the research findings of pre-service high school mathematics teachers' understanding of logical reasoning literacy. 51 postgraduates majoring in education in a university were taken as the survey object and an open-ended interview method was used to investigate their cognition of the implementation of mathematical operation literacy. It is found that the current pre-service high school mathematics teachers: 1. The cognition on the implementation of mathematical operation literacy focuses on "skills and repeated practice"; 2. The cognition of the implementation of mathematical operation literacy is not comprehensive. The degree of realization of cognitive aspects in the implementation of mathematical operation literacy has not reached half of the implementation measures proposed by predecessors; 3. The cognition of the implementation of mathematical operation literacy is not very consistent with the implementation measures proposed by predecessors. Although there is a certain degree of overlap between the two, the coincidence ratio is low. The suggestions put forward by pre-service high school mathematics teachers are narrow in scope and need to be further explored and considered.

Lockdown, bottoms up? Changes in adolescent substance use across the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic notably altered adolescent substance use during the initial stage (Spring 2020) of the pandemic. The purpose of this longitudinal study is to examine trajectories of adolescent substance use across the pandemic and subsequent periods of stay-at-home orders and re-opening efforts. We further examined differences as a function of current high school student versus graduate status. Adolescents (n = 1068, 14–18 years, Mage = 16.95 years and 76.7% female at T1) completed 4 different self-report surveys, starting during the first stay-at-home order and ending approximately 14 months later. Negative binomial hurdle models predicted: (1) the likelihood of no substance use and (2) frequency of days of substance use. As hypothesized, results demonstrated significant increases in adolescents’ likelihood of alcohol use, binge drinking, and cannabis use once initial stay-at-home orders were lifted, yet few changes occurred as a result of a second stay-at-home order, with rates never lowering again to that of the first lockdown. Further, graduates (and particularly those who transitioned out of high school during the study) demonstrated a greater likelihood and frequency of substance use and were more stable in their trajectories across periods of stay-at-home orders than current high school students. Unexpectedly, however, there was a strong increase in current high school students’ likelihood of e-cigarette use and a significant linear increase in participants’ frequency of e-cigarette use over the study. Results suggest adolescent substance use, and in particular, e-cigarette use among current high school students, may be of increasing concern as the pandemic evolves.

Intercultural Competence and Reading

In senior high school English reading classes, cultivating intercultural communication skills can help students learn 
 language more efficiently. It is necessary to strengthen the intercultural communication ability training of students in English 
 reading teaching to meet the current high school English training objectives. The majority of senior high school students now have 
 a basic understanding of English. They still lack knowledge of British culture and the ability to communicate in English. This essay 
 will show the critical thinking about intercultural competence and reading.

The Relationship Between Sexual Intercourse Before the age of 13 and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug use among High School Students.

Research has indicated that early sexual intercourse in high school is associated with poor health outcomes such as unintentional pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). What is lacking in the research is an understanding of the relationship between even earlier sexual initiation (i.e., before the age of 13) and alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use behaviors. As such, the purpose of this study was to assess whether sexual intercourse younger than 13 years of age was predictive of ATOD use among students currently in high school. Data was derived from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 15,624). This national study is conducted every odd year, and is a representative sample of high school students in the United States. Logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between sexual initiation younger than 13 years of age and current ATOD use among high school students. The results of this study found that early sexual initiation was predictive of current high school ATOD use with students who had initiated early sexual intercourse having significantly higher prevalence rates among all variables measured. The results of this study indicates health education regarding ATOD use, as well as sexual health education should be introduced to US student at an earlier age. These results indicate that continued education is needed in the pre-teen years to prevent early health risk behaviors in our youth.

Research on the Cognitive Degree of Pre-service High School Mathematics Teachers for Data Analysis Literacy

Currently, data analysis literacy has attracted more and more attention from all walks of life. Many relevant problems about it have been studied except the cognitive degree of data analysis literacy of pre-service high school mathematics teachers. This study investigates 51 pre-service high school mathematics teachers' cognitive degree of data analysis literacy by using the method of open interview. After analyzing, it is found that: 1. The scope of cognition of the current pre-service high school mathematics teachers' data analysis literacy is not wide, and more than half of the content of data analysis literacy has not been realized by many pre-service teachers yet; 2. The cognition of many pre-service teachers is not deep and lacks continuity or gradualness; 3. The cognition of many pre-service teachers for many aspects of data analysis literacy is not very clear. Therefore, it is suggested that: 1. Experts and teachers responsible for training work should pay more attention to data analysis literacy and add relevant courses; 2. Pre-service high school mathematics teachers should understand the content of data analysis literacy comprehensively and deeply and clarify relevant statements.

Research on the Cognitive Degree of Pre-employment High School Mathematics Teachers for Mathematical Abstract Literacy

Currently, mathematical abstract literacy has attracted extensive attention from all walks of life. Many relevant problems about it have been studied except the cognitive degree of mathematical abstract literacy of pre-employment high school mathematics teachers. To address this gap, this study investigates 51 pre-employment high school mathematics teachers' cognitive degrees of mathematical abstract literacy through open-ended interviews. After analyzing, it can be found that: (1) The cognitive scope of the current pre-employment high school mathematics teachers' mathematical abstract literacy is not wide, and more than half of the content of mathematical abstract literacy has not been realized by many pre-employment teachers yet; (2) The cognition of many pre-employment teachers is not deep and lacks continuity and gradualness; (3) The cognition of many pre-employment teachers for many aspects of mathematical abstract literacy is not very clear. Therefore, it is suggested that: (1) Experts and teachers who are responsible for educating teachers should pay more attention to mathematical abstract literacy and add relevant courses; (2) Pre-employment high school mathematics teachers should understand the content of mathematical abstract literacy comprehensively and deeply, and clarify relevant statements.