Students Learn Math by Working as Astroparticle Researchers: A Fruitful Collaboration of School, University and Research

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

doi:10.21125/iceri.2020.1414

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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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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 students were able to observe on the XZ and YZ faces of the CRC the illumination of the LEDs corresponding to the scintillator bars crossed by the particles and understood how to reconstruct the trajectory of the muons. Details of this work are described in [6]. We have also deepened some aspects of the Cartesian geometry of space by exploiting the potential of the visualization of apps, calculation software and spreadsheets and we have studied an application to the concept of straight line in space (which is part of the school curriculum of mathematics) in trace reconstruction with an effective didactic impact as achieved through laboratory experimentation in active teaching activities text.…”

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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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Students Learn Math by Working as Astroparticle Researchers: A Fruitful Collaboration of School, University and Research

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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

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

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