Impact of Guided Inquiry on Tenth Graders\u27 Understanding of Chemical Bonds

Students’ understanding of scientific conceptions have been of considerable interest to science education researcher and science teacher in recent years. Accordingly,many scholarly studies have been conducted on the students\u27 understandings and misunderstanding, particularly. Those concerned with chemistry. For the present study, the term misconception is used to encompass both alternative responses that arise from formal intervention: such as classroom study as well as those resulted from the student own interaction with, and observation of their surrounding environment The main purpose of this study is to investigate the understanding of the Grade- students about the concepts and misconception regarding the chemical bonding and types of bonds (convalescent. ionic and metallic). This study focuses on (i) understanding the level of the concepts of chemical bonds and bonding, (ii) gaining some insights Into the cause of the misconception, and (iii) investigating the impact of incorporating“Guided-inquiry” as an alternative teaching approach in chemistry in secondary Schools, and improving the concept of the student about the chemical bonds and Bonding. One hundred forty student (72 females and 68 males) who participated in This study have been drawn randomly from Tenth Grade classes in two public high School in the Dubai Educational Zone. The data collection is achieved through Employing mixed research method, and the data analysis is made possible with SPSS. The findings revealed that a number of alternative conception of chemical bonds that Were held by Tenth Grade students. The finding also pointed to the effectiveness of Using guided inquiry as an alternative approach to the teaching of chemistry at Tenth Grade, particularly with male students. The study argues that the identification of the Common misconception will greatly help the chemistry teachers to developing Reliable instrumental approaches that could minimize the existing misconceptions About the chemical bonds and bonding.The findings necessitate recommendations for policy makers and science teachers in Order to improve the understanding of these important concepts. It is obvious that more Research studies are needed to document student understanding of such concept. Furthermore, more application of guided inquiry is indeed important to engage student in learning of chemical concept such as the concept investigated in this Study. Policy maker and curriculum developer should also pay attention to Development of illustrative examples in the curriculum to aid understanding

Mediated participatory design for contextually aware in-vehicle user-experiences with autonomous vehicles

This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonThis study reports on the empirical findings of a series of participatory design workshops for the development of a supportive automotive user experience design system. Identifying and addressing this area with traditional research methods is problematic due to the different user experience (UX) design perspectives that might conflict and the related limitations of the automotive domain. Consequently, we deploy a pragmatic epistemological paradigm and apply participatory prototyping methods to resolve this problem. We conduct two iterations of design and evaluation with 19 user experience (UX) designers through individual participatory prototyping activities to gain insights into their explicit, observable, tacit and latent needs. We describe the design of a toolkit tailored to the character of the study to be used in relevant studies of ill-defined or wicked problems. The participatory design activities initially allowed us to explore the motivation to use different technologies, the system’s architecture, detailed features of interactivity, and to describe our users’ needs. As a result, our first analysis of data led us to design implications that translate participants’ needs into UX goals. We use these UX goals for the design of goal-directed personas and scenarios of use as actionable insights to develop our system. A medium-fidelity functional prototype of our system was then evaluated, while contextually aware automotive UX practitioners criticised our design decisions. Some of the essential findings when supporting the contextual understanding are generating new knowledge to inform both theory and practice. The results propose that most automotive UX designers are ready to adopt technologies that use sensitive physiological measures such as eyes, face, body tracking using cameras and computer vision. In contrast, non-automotive UX designers who empathise with the passengers and the drivers and perceive the in-vehicle space as something more private are suggesting that this might affect people’s trust. The majority agrees to collect data and communicate with the users using implicit and explicit context, as a way to support UX design in the autonomous vehicles would require the consent of the passengers. Even though UX designers suggested a general interest in the social and temporal context of the interactions, the limitations of privacy and safety in the vehicle limit them in collecting task-related contextual data leaving the social, temporal, and physical context unexplored. Safety is arguably a factor that will not restrict the future of autonomous driving experiences research and design since there is no cognitive demand on level five autonomy which hands the passengers with plenty of other options when not driving, assuming that they are ready to trust a fully automated system. However, our study does not provide us with a direction on the privacy of autonomous vehicle experiences and whether privacy will continue being a limitation in the context of self-driving vehicles. Thus, we would recommend further research on trust and privacy in fully automated vehicles. We conclude by discussing the design implications and functional tools of our system, including 1) a video tagging tool that supports saving an occurrence identified momentarily on real-time video. 2) A privacy call-wall which uses implicit and explicit context to avoid intrusiveness in private situations. 3) A human-like avatar tool for mitigating privacy issues, and 4) an interactive interviewing tool to support communication between UXers and the passengers of autonomous vehicles. Finally, 5) exploration tools, including a tool for searching participants’ characteristics and target groups of people. We further inform the body of knowledge in participatory UX and HCI methods about the advantages of our methodological approach and the limitations of using it. We discuss why involving non-experts in co-design activities using toolkits tailored to the domain of interest is valuable. Furthermore, we extensively address how, and we give directions for the design of similar toolkits by describing the toolkit that we designed and applied in our study. Conclusively we discuss the broader implications of trust and privacy in other domains and how this related to our findings

History of Construction Cultures Volume 2

Volume 2 of History of Construction Cultures contains papers presented at the 7ICCH – Seventh International Congress on Construction History, held at the Lisbon School of Architecture, Portugal, from 12 to 16 July, 2021. The conference has been organized by the Lisbon School of Architecture (FAUL), NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Portuguese Society for Construction History Studies and the University of the Azores. The contributions cover the wide interdisciplinary spectrum of Construction History and consist on the most recent advances in theory and practical case studies analysis, following themes such as: - epistemological issues; - building actors; - building materials; - building machines, tools and equipment; - construction processes; - building services and techniques ; -structural theory and analysis ; - political, social and economic aspects; - knowledge transfer and cultural translation of construction cultures. Furthermore, papers presented at thematic sessions aim at covering important problematics, historical periods and different regions of the globe, opening new directions for Construction History research. We are what we build and how we build; thus, the study of Construction History is now more than ever at the centre of current debates as to the shape of a sustainable future for humankind. Therefore, History of Construction Cultures is a critical and indispensable work to expand our understanding of the ways in which everyday building activities have been perceived and experienced in different cultures, from ancient times to our century and all over the world

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution to July, 1893.

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. 1 July. HMD 184 (pts. 1 and 2), 53-2, v29-30, 1622p. [3257-3258] Research related to the American Indian

History of Construction Cultures Volume 2

Volume 2 of History of Construction Cultures contains papers presented at the 7ICCH – Seventh International Congress on Construction History, held at the Lisbon School of Architecture, Portugal, from 12 to 16 July, 2021. The conference has been organized by the Lisbon School of Architecture (FAUL), NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Portuguese Society for Construction History Studies and the University of the Azores. The contributions cover the wide interdisciplinary spectrum of Construction History and consist on the most recent advances in theory and practical case studies analysis, following themes such as: - epistemological issues; - building actors; - building materials; - building machines, tools and equipment; - construction processes; - building services and techniques ; -structural theory and analysis ; - political, social and economic aspects; - knowledge transfer and cultural translation of construction cultures. Furthermore, papers presented at thematic sessions aim at covering important problematics, historical periods and different regions of the globe, opening new directions for Construction History research. We are what we build and how we build; thus, the study of Construction History is now more than ever at the centre of current debates as to the shape of a sustainable future for humankind. Therefore, History of Construction Cultures is a critical and indispensable work to expand our understanding of the ways in which everyday building activities have been perceived and experienced in different cultures, from ancient times to our century and all over the world

HERITAGE 2022. International Conference on Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability

Vernacular architecture, tangible and intangible heritage of great importance to European and global culture, represents the response of a society culturally linked to its territory, in terms of climate and landscape. Its construction features are born from the practical experience of the inhabitants, making use of local materials, taking into consideration geographical conditions and cultural, social and constructive traditions, based on the conditions of the surrounding nature and habitat. Above all, it plays an essential role in contemporary society as it is able to teach us important principles and lessons for a respectful sustainable architecture. Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability will be a valuable source of information for academics and professionals in the fields of Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, Construction and Building Engineering and ArchitectureMileto, C.; Vegas López-Manzanares, F.; Cristini, V.; García Soriano, L. (2022). HERITAGE 2022. International Conference on Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/HERITAGE2022.2022.15942EDITORIA