Tamara N. Rončević, Saša A. Horvat, Dušica D. Rodić, Ivana Z. Bogdanović
{"title":"SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF BIOCHEMISTRY CONCEPTS BY USING WORD ASSOCIATION TEST","authors":"Tamara N. Rončević, Saša A. Horvat, Dušica D. Rodić, Ivana Z. Bogdanović","doi":"10.33225/balticste/2023.190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33225/balticste/2023.190","url":null,"abstract":"A word association test was used to determine knowledge structures on biochemistry concepts of secondary school chemistry students, aged between 18-19 years. The basic biochemistry concepts related to the topic of Carbohydrates that take place in the International Baccalaurate Diploma Programme curriculum were determined as stimulus words: “Monosaccharides”, “Glucose”, “Cellular respiration”, “Fructose”, “Disaccharides”, “Glycosidic bonds”, “Polysaccharides”, “Starch”. Students were required to provide response words for each of the eight stimulus words within the pre-determined period of time. Analysis of data was done in order to find the stimulus words with the highest number of associations in students’ knowledge structures and to calculate the relatedness coefficient between the stimulus words, in order to construct the relatedness networks that should model the students’ knowledge structures. The results showed that students managed to relate most of the stimulus words with strong or medium strength links, however, “Cellular respiration” remained unconnected to other stimulus words in the students’ knowledge structures. Keywords: biochemistry education, knowledge structures, secondary school students, word association test","PeriodicalId":388525,"journal":{"name":"SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125774723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NATURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: BalticSTE2023","authors":"Vincentas Lamanauskas","doi":"10.33225/balticste/2023.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33225/balticste/2023.08","url":null,"abstract":"Time passes very quickly. It seems that the first BalticSTE symposium took place quite recently. However, eight years have already passed since the first symposium. During this time, when there is a rapid change in all areas of life, a lot has undoubtedly changed. The issues that were discussed during the first symposium have changed significantly. As an example, we can mention the possibilities of (AI), in this case, in the field of education. For example, last year saw the launch of ChatGPT, a chatbot programme that responds to text messages. It is a large language model developed by OpenAI that is trained to analyse and generate text in various contexts. This is just one example showing a rapid change in science and technology. It is gratifying that great attention is paid to these issues and to scientific articles published in this publication.","PeriodicalId":388525,"journal":{"name":"SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128329728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE USE OF INTERNET OF THINGS TECHNOLOGY IN THE PEDAGOGICAL PROCESS","authors":"Jan Francisti, Z. Balogh, M. Turčáni","doi":"10.33225/balticste/2023.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33225/balticste/2023.65","url":null,"abstract":"Today's trend is the use of information technology in all areas of our lives. Emotions are a basic human characteristic, although they are difficult to define, recognise and classify. Proper assessment and recognition of human emotions can lead to a better understanding of user behaviour. The aforementioned technologies can also be used as a suitable teaching aid, which forms the core of the research and is able to guarantee an increase in the success rate of the teaching process itself in terms of students' understanding of the learning materials. The aim of the research was the use of sensor networks as an element of information and communication technologies in the educational process. Using the possibility of measuring physiological functions through smart wristbands in order to identify changes in students' emotional states. The overall proposed system was able to identify changes in students' emotional state, specifically levels of arousal. Based on the results from the proposed system, teachers should be able to adjust their teaching style in specific situations to suit the students and provide a basis for better teaching and learning. Keywords: emotional states, internet of things, physiological functions, teaching process, smart wristbands, sensory networks","PeriodicalId":388525,"journal":{"name":"SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133707252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}