3rd international particle physics masterclasses 2007 in slov akia
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Ivan Melo (University of Žilina)in collaboration with
A. Dirner, J. Hlavacova and G. Tarjanyiova
3rd International Particle Physics Masterclasses 2007 in Slovakia
Particle Physics Masterclasses:
High school students become scientists for one day and put handson the top research as members of the university research team
•Lectures•Computer exercises•EVO videoconference
Started in Great Britain 10 years ago
Z-boson decays
μμΖee
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Zee qqZee
MC 2007: 70 universities from Europe, USA and Africa
• 8 universities from Slovakia
• All videoconferences supported by the Slovak-Caltech EVO team
• Slovakia evaluates (with USA) questionnaires from students
Ministry of Education
MC 2007 in Slovakia
Žilina
Prešov
KošiceBanská BystricaTrenčín
Trnava
NitraBratislava
8 universities from all regions244 students and 20 teachers from 50 high schools
Age of students
7%
18%
36%
31%
8%
Other
age 18
age 17
age 16
age 15
169 questionnaires handed in (out of 244 students)
For me the masterclass today was…
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Severity of Masterclasses
The lectures were easy to understand
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The lectures were interesting
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Easy to understand, the lecturers clearly
knew what they were talking about
Lecturers were friendly and had nice
T-shirts !
Very good
Lectures
Interesting
The video connection gave some insight how
international research collaborations work.
The technical quality of the final video linkup was...
very poor432very good
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We were better than
Manchester !
Very good ! Interesting to see the students around the world
Cool !
We could practice English
Video-conference
Why didn’t they speak Slovak ? ☺
After attending the masterclass I know more about particle physics
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After attending the masterclass today I am … interested in physics in ge
larger
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just as before
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How much they learned and what impact it had on them
I learned many new
things
Computer exercise was at times boring
Super !
How did you like the particle physics masterclass you attended today ?
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Did they like it ? Excellent and lot of fun. It’s a pity time
went so fast
Nice people, good lunch, a lot of boys ☺
We had too little muons !
more modern physics at school
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severity of mc
too difficult
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general learned about organisation of scientific research
nothinglittlesomethingmuchvery much
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Correlations
For me the masterclass today was…
too difficultdifficultjust righteasytoo easy
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For me the masterclass today was…
too difficultdifficultjust righteasytoo easy
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Severity of Masterclasses (comparison)
Slovakia (169) gr,hu,it,pl,pt,sk,sp,sv (824)
Slovakia (169) gr,hu,it,pl,pt,sk,sp,sv (824)
The technical quality of the final video linkup was ...
very poor432very goodn
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The video connection gave some insight how
international research collaborations work.
The technical quality of the final video linkup was...
very poor432very good
nu
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disagree totally
disagree somewhat
undecided
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agree totaly
Video-conference (comparison)
Slovakia (169) gr,hu,it,pl,pt,sk,sp,sv (824)
Did they like it ? (comparison)
How did you like the particle physics masterclass you attended today ?
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How did you like the particle physics masterclass you attended today ?
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gr,hu,it,pl,pt,sk,sp,sv (824)
What did they like most ?
What did you like most about this masterclass?
video linkupexcerciseslectures
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MC 2007 in Slovakia
• T – shirts for best students (4 pairs/university)
• MC seminars (Higgs boson and Quark-Gluon plasma)
• Projects (alpha_s, W branching ratios)
• Central Slovak MC pages: http://fyzika.uniza.sk/mc
• Astronomy Masterclasses
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