Interdisciplinary Scientific Study Research With Technology-Enhanced Learning

Aramo, C.; Colalillo, R.; Tortoriello, Francesco Saverio; Veronesi, Ilaria

doi:10.21125/inted.2021.1975

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“…The artefacts used, physical or cultural ones, can be the CRC cube with its detectors, the hardware of the instruments and the software for data analysis, or even the physical and mathematical models. They are semiotic mediators of knowledge as they convey the teaching-learning processes guided by researchers and teachers who are invested with the role of cultural mediators [2], [3], [4], [5], [6].…”

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“…Before the beginning of the project activities and at the end of them, students were given a questionnaire with Google forms to fill out online to assess whether the interdisciplinary module of physical mathematics and science on astroparticles had an impact on the learning path of students in terms of acquiring knowledge about covered topics and in terms of understanding the experimental work of the researcher. In-depth analysis of the data emerging from the responses to the questionnaires is described in [4]; below we will briefly outline the salient aspects that emerged. The first questions were intended to monitor students' knowledge of the work of the physicist, of the objectives of scientific research.…”

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Technological semiotic mediators in didactic to approach cosmic rays and improve students' scientific knowledge

Veronesi¹,

Aramo²,

Colalillo³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021)

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This article describes the activities developed in the scientific path of the research project "Mathematical High School" and concerned the analysis of the data detected by the Cosmic Ray Cube (CRC), a muon detector designed in the Gran Sasso (Italy) laboratories. Due to covid-19 the laboratories have been redesigned and calibrated to be developed remotely through elearning platforms. The didactic impact of the activities will be illustrated in this work. It will describe not only the involvement in the development of fascinating topics not usually carried out in Italian curricula, but also the skills acquired thanks to the development of interdisciplinary themes that highlight how the different fields of the scientific world

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Technological semiotic mediators in didactic to approach cosmic rays and improve students' scientific knowledge

Veronesi¹,

Aramo²,

Colalillo³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021)

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“…The activities therefore cover a wide range, from student internships to the development of muon telescopes for various educational scopes. Examples also comprise a competition named "A scuola di astroparticelle" for high schools on several subjects organized every year by the Naples group [9,10], measurements of cosmic rays in several conditions, for instance in water, as done by the OCRA group of Cosenza [11], and the participation in educational research programs [12].…”

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OCRA – an outreach program on cosmic rays for teachers and students

Hemmer

Aramo

Bissaldi

et al. 2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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The Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project was created in 2018 within the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) to offer a platform for all outreach activities focusing on cosmic rays within the institute. OCRA now counts 22 of the institute’s divisions all over Italy as members. The project offers activities both for students and teachers. The one activity common to all local groups is the participation in the yearly International Cosmic Day, organized by DESY, inviting high school students to carry out hands-on measurements of the cosmic ray flux and learn about the related physics background. Two students from each division are then selected to participate in the annual OCRA science camp, a three-day full immersion into the life of a physicist. For both teachers and students, the OCRA website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, offers a series of online laboratories designed both to be used by students individually but also to be offered in the classroom by teachers. A section dedicated to teachers provides ample material to help bring these laboratories to the classroom. The online materials were presented in a course for teachers in spring 2021. In addition to the national efforts, there are also local initiatives of the OCRA member groups: workshops and secondments, science competitions and the development of new detectors for outreach activities offer a multitude of possibilities for students to engage with our researchers and to explore the world of cosmic rays. This article provides an overview on all activities offered by OCRA with a particular focus on the 2022 science camp.

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“…To have feedback on the didactic effectiveness of the activities, two questionnaires were administered to the students, one before starting the path and one at its end. The results of the questionnaires administered in the first year were published in [8].…”

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“…The project focuses on the study of astroparticles and on the reproduction in the classroom of some experiments thanks to very advanced technologies in which students work in groups and experience the role of researchers in a constructivist methodology [2], [3]. This choice is in line with both national and international indications relating to the use of technologies in education as described in [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11].…”

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Analyzing cosmic-ray muons in the experimental paths of the “Mathematical High School” Project

Aramo

Colalillo

Tortoriello

et al. 2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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The Mathematical High School (MHS) Project is a research project involving 160 high schools and 26 Italian universities in which experimental research paths are deepened to explore mathematics as a universal language and as a link between the various areas of both humanistic and scientific knowledge. These activities are developed with the collaboration of internationally recognized research institutions. In particular, in the MHS schools, the research group of the Mathematics Department of the University of Salerno in collaboration with INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics) Naples division, offers laboratory activities of data analysis on cosmic rays. Students, guided by the researchers, use the CRC (Cosmic Rays Cube), a portable muon detector, to carry out an experimental activity, from the data taking to the analysis. They study what cosmic rays are, where they come from and, in particular, the characteristics of comic-ray muons produced in the Earth atmosphere. Mathematics becomes the instrument to interpret data collected by the detector, measure the muon flux and reconstruct their direction. Using dedicated software, students experience the activity of the researchers. Working in team, they deal with high-profile scientific issues usually not developed in the curricular educational paths.

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Interdisciplinary Scientific Study Research With Technology-Enhanced Learning

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Technological semiotic mediators in didactic to approach cosmic rays and improve students' scientific knowledge

Technological semiotic mediators in didactic to approach cosmic rays and improve students' scientific knowledge

OCRA – an outreach program on cosmic rays for teachers and students

Analyzing cosmic-ray muons in the experimental paths of the “Mathematical High School” Project

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