Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Training school pupils in the scientific method...

Research

Associated organisational unit

Links

Text available via DOI:

View graph of relations

Training school pupils in the scientific method: student participation in an international VLF radio experiment

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article

Published

Standard

Training school pupils in the scientific method: student participation in an international VLF radio experiment. / Denton, James; Denton, Michael; Kavanagh, Andrew et al.
In: Physics Education, Vol. 47, No. 1, 01.2012, p. 64-68.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article

Harvard

Denton, J, Denton, M, Kavanagh, A, Harron, H, Ulich, T & Denton, J 2012, 'Training school pupils in the scientific method: student participation in an international VLF radio experiment', Physics Education, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 64-68. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/47/1/64

APA

Denton, J., Denton, M., Kavanagh, A., Harron, H., Ulich, T., & Denton, J. (2012). Training school pupils in the scientific method: student participation in an international VLF radio experiment. Physics Education, 47(1), 64-68. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/47/1/64

Vancouver

Denton J, Denton M, Kavanagh A, Harron H, Ulich T, Denton J. Training school pupils in the scientific method: student participation in an international VLF radio experiment. Physics Education. 2012 Jan;47(1):64-68. doi: 10.1088/0031-9120/47/1/64

Author

Denton, James ; Denton, Michael ; Kavanagh, Andrew et al. / Training school pupils in the scientific method: student participation in an international VLF radio experiment. In: Physics Education. 2012 ; Vol. 47, No. 1. pp. 64-68.

Bibtex

@article{00bcf4c351fc48b1b943bb1db666cccf,
title = "Training school pupils in the scientific method: student participation in an international VLF radio experiment",
abstract = "We report on a school–university collaboration to involve students in the deployment, testing, and operation of a very low frequency (VLF) radio receiver as part of an international network of such experiments. A background to the collaboration is presented, along with a summary of planning and development, and the ultimate deployment of the hardware. The integration and involvement of students in data analysis and testing is discussed and we summarize how students further develop their application of the scientific method via their role as custodians of the experiment. Such enrichment activities allow the students access to carry out non-curricular activities they would not normally have access to. We consider that the project as a whole may be used as a template for other school–university experimental collaborations.",
author = "James Denton and Michael Denton and Andrew Kavanagh and Hamish Harron and Thomas Ulich and Joanna Denton",
year = "2012",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1088/0031-9120/47/1/64",
language = "English",
volume = "47",
pages = "64--68",
journal = "Physics Education",
issn = "0031-9120",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "1",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Training school pupils in the scientific method: student participation in an international VLF radio experiment

AU - Denton, James

AU - Denton, Michael

AU - Kavanagh, Andrew

AU - Harron, Hamish

AU - Ulich, Thomas

AU - Denton, Joanna

PY - 2012/1

Y1 - 2012/1

N2 - We report on a school–university collaboration to involve students in the deployment, testing, and operation of a very low frequency (VLF) radio receiver as part of an international network of such experiments. A background to the collaboration is presented, along with a summary of planning and development, and the ultimate deployment of the hardware. The integration and involvement of students in data analysis and testing is discussed and we summarize how students further develop their application of the scientific method via their role as custodians of the experiment. Such enrichment activities allow the students access to carry out non-curricular activities they would not normally have access to. We consider that the project as a whole may be used as a template for other school–university experimental collaborations.

AB - We report on a school–university collaboration to involve students in the deployment, testing, and operation of a very low frequency (VLF) radio receiver as part of an international network of such experiments. A background to the collaboration is presented, along with a summary of planning and development, and the ultimate deployment of the hardware. The integration and involvement of students in data analysis and testing is discussed and we summarize how students further develop their application of the scientific method via their role as custodians of the experiment. Such enrichment activities allow the students access to carry out non-curricular activities they would not normally have access to. We consider that the project as a whole may be used as a template for other school–university experimental collaborations.

U2 - 10.1088/0031-9120/47/1/64

DO - 10.1088/0031-9120/47/1/64

M3 - Journal article

VL - 47

SP - 64

EP - 68

JO - Physics Education

JF - Physics Education

SN - 0031-9120

IS - 1

ER -