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Sofía Judith Garófalo; Lydia Galagovsky; Manuel Alonso – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
In this work extensive misconceptions of university students'--from nutrition area--about the metabolism of carbohydrates (CHM) in the human organism have been documented. The results lead to consider their difficulties concerning the learning of a complex set of imbricated biochemical models involved. Pursuant to these considerations, three…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Human Body, Biochemistry, STEM Education
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Addido, Johannes; Burrows, Andrea C.; Slater, Timothy F. – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2022
Teaching science concepts for conceptual understanding has its challenges. Bringing about conceptual change in the science classroom can be difficult because most concepts are complicated and often counter-intuitive in the teaching and learning of science concepts. A review of the literature indicates that the conceptual change model, CCM can be…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Lauren C. Bauman; Brynna Hansen; Lisa M. Goodhew; Amy D. Robertson – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Physics Education Research has a rich history of identifying common student ideas about specific physics topics. In the context of electric circuits, existing research on students' ideas has primarily focused on misconceptions, misunderstandings, and difficulties. In this paper, we take a resource-oriented approach to identifying common student…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Physics, Science Instruction
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Crowther, Gregory J.; Knight, Thomas A. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
The past [approximately]15 years have seen increasing interest in defining disciplinary core concepts. Within the field of physiology, Michael, McFarland, Modell, and colleagues have published studies that defined physiology core concepts and have elaborated many of these as detailed conceptual frameworks. With such helpful definitions now in…
Descriptors: Test Format, Physiology, Higher Education, Concept Teaching
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Pulukuri, Surya; Abrams, Binyomin – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
In order to succeed in biochemistry, students must transfer and build upon their understanding of general chemistry and introductory biology concepts. One such critical area of knowledge is bioenergetics. Student misconceptions around energy and free energy must be addressed prior to learning more advanced topics, such as energy flow in metabolic…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Concept Teaching, College Science, Biochemistry
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Senyigit, Çigdem; Önder, Fatih; Silay, Ilhan – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2021
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of simulation-supported inquiry-based learning on pre-service teachers' conceptual understanding of capacitors. The participants consisted of 50 pre-service teachers studying at a state university in Turkey. The participants were divided into two groups of 25 each on the basis of their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Physics, Science Instruction
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Gul, Seyda – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2021
The fungi kingdom is among the important topics of biology, and students can develop misunderstandings and misconceptions about this subject. This study aims to determine misunderstandings and misconceptions of 5th-grade students about fungi. The participants of the study consisted of 22 (12 girls, 10 boys) fifth graders of an elementary school in…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Misconceptions, Biological Sciences
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Nalkiran, Turgay; Karamustafaoglu, Sevilay – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2020
With the developing technology educating students free from misconceptions, making sense of their learnings and using them in daily life are primarily aimed. This research is designed not only for teaching "work, energy and power" concepts and the relationships among them but also for investigating the effects of the teaching on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Grade 9
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Yangin, Selami; Turan, Ilhan; Bilgin, Sule – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2020
This study aims to find out the effects on pre-service teachers of a constructivist teaching approach aided by use of a Porphyrios-tree. Use of a Porphyrios-tree is thought to be the basis of and most principled conceptual teaching tool to aid meaningful comprehension about concepts of interspecies relationships. The study has a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Constructivism (Learning), Preservice Teachers, Social Studies
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Mazibe, Ernest Nkosingiphile; Gaigher, Estelle; Coetzee, Corene – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
It has recently been suggested that pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has a concept-specific nature, beyond the topic-specific level of PCK. This paper reports a case study of three pre-service teachers' reported PCK about three fundamental concepts within the topic of electrostatics, namely electrostatic force, electric field and electric field…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Level, Fundamental Concepts, Concept Teaching
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Balasundram, Nilavathi; Karpudewan, Mageswary – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
A study of transition metals includes studying the physical and chemical properties of first-row d block metals in the Periodic Table. The curriculum on transition metals emphasizes learning the physical and chemical properties and is a lecture-based strategy that is predominately employed by teachers to transfer the knowledge on properties of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Learning Activities, Educational Technology, Brainstorming
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Yurtyapan, Emine; Kandemir, Nezahat – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
The aim of this research is to examine the effects of worksheets enriched with concept cartoons used in the teaching of Science Teaching Laboratory Applications-II course on the academic success and metacognition skill levels of science prospective teachers. The study was carried out using semi-experimental design. The sample of the study, science…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Worksheets, Cartoons, Scientific Concepts
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Jones, Steven R.; Lim, YaeRi; Chandler, Katie R. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Past research in calculus education has shown that Riemann sum-based conceptions of the definite integral, such as the multiplicatively based summation (MBS) conception, can have important value in interpreting and making sense of certain types of definite integral expressions. However, additional research has shown that students tend to not draw…
Descriptors: Calculus, Concept Teaching, Mathematical Concepts, Introductory Courses
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Sel, Burcu; Sözer, Mehmet Akif – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2019
This study aimed to investigate the effect of conceptual change texts on the conceptual understanding of local government concepts pertinent to the "power, management and society" learning field, as well as the "People and Administration" unit on the fourth-grade social studies course. In the study, a semi-experimental design…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Comprehension, Social Studies, Grade 4
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Jansri, Sopita; Ketpichainarong, Watcharee – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2020
Astronomy concept is regarded as one difficult topic in both teachers' and students' perspective even though it strongly appeals to the human mind. This concept requires imagination and the ability to use various skills and knowledge, for example, actual motion, relative position, and coordination of views from several points on the Earth to…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, High School Teachers, Astronomy, Motion
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