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Tirosh, Dina; Tsamir, Pessia – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
In this article, we describe a case study that was conducted within a study aiming to diagnose grade 5 students' concept images of parallelograms. The theoretical framework that we adopted for this study was that of concept definition--concept image as reported by Tall and Vinner ("Educational Studies in Mathematics" 12:151-169, 1981), a…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Concept Formation, Geometric Concepts, Definitions
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Iwan A. J. Sianturi; Zaleha Ismail; Der-Ching Yang – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2024
This study examines the conceptual understanding of numbers and operations among 372 fifth-grade students, based on their responses to an online three-tier test designed to assess their number sense, declarative knowledge, explanatory knowledge, and confidence. The results showed that most students had low performance and low number sense, with…
Descriptors: Numbers, Arithmetic, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation
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Herawati; Herman, Tatang; Suryadi, Didi; Prabawanto, Sufyani – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2022
This study aims to determine students' difficulties in understanding the concept of polygons in elementary schools. This research is qualitative research with a case study method. The subjects of this study were 30 grade 5 elementary school students from two different schools in the city of Bandung. The instruments used are test and non-test. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Concept Formation
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Peikos, George; Spyrtou, Anna; Pnevmatikos, Dimitris; Papadopoulou, Penelope – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: It is stated that it is necessary that students develop their nanoliteracy in order to come up with everyday issues arising from Nanoscale Science and Technology (NST) applications, taking informed decisions and estimating the potential risks and benefits. Even though the inclusion of NST in compulsory education is supported by many…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Attitudes
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Brown, Patrick – Science and Children, 2023
Science and engineering practices (SEPs) and crosscutting concepts (CCs) constitute a significant part of "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (NRC 2012). As teachers, the role of the authors is to highlight the pivotal role that both scientific knowledge and the practices used to generate knowledge play in learning. This article…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Scientific Research, Concept Formation
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Haydari, Veysel; Costu, Bayram – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2021
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the Common Knowledge Construction Model (CKCM) based instruction on 5th grade students' conceptual understanding of the "biodiversity" topic. The study is conducted with 74 fifth grade female students at middle school in the district of Usküdar, Istanbul. Semi-experimental method is…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Grade 5, Middle School Students, Concept Formation
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Wang, Xiao-Ming; Wang, Shi-Man; Wang, Jia-Ni; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Xu, Su – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
At present, environmental issues are of concern to all countries, especially for developing countries, and education on waste sorting is urgent. However, it remains a challenge to improve students' learning achievement and engagement in environmental education. Researchers have pointed out the potential of digital games for promoting students'…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Game Based Learning, Video Games, Program Effectiveness
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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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Yang, Der-Ching; Sianturi, Iwan Andi J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019
When solving a mathematical problem, students who do not have sufficient conceptual understanding may perform poorly and exhibit misconceptions. This study was aimed to examine students' conceptual understanding and significant misconceptions when solving number sense-related problems. An online three-tier diagnostic test was administered to 125…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Diagnostic Tests, Misconceptions, Problem Solving
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Iscan, Yilmaz Vahit; Seyhan, Hatice Güngör – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2021
This study seeks to examine the effect of the 5E learning model, as one of the constructivist learning approach models, supported by conceptual change texts and enriched with relevant guidance materials on eliminating the fifth-grade students' (n=42) misconceptions about "Heat and Temperature". A quantitative research approach was…
Descriptors: Heat, Climate, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
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Mullins, Sara Brooke – Journal of Research in Education, 2020
The concept of angles is important for future geometric knowledge (Arslan et al., 2016; Moore, 2013; Yigit, 2014). However, although Piaget (1948) suggests angles lead to the discovery of lines, angles are typically taught later in schools, after points, lines, and planes (Charles, 2011). Therefore, the way in which angles are taught can affect…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Grade 5, Grade 7, Grade 12
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Sari, Puspita; Hajizah, Mimi Nur; Purwanto, Swida – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
The number line and the neutralization model have been used very extensively in teaching integer additions and subtractions for decades. Despite their advantages, issues concerning subtractions on these models are still debatable. Therefore, the neutralization on an empty number line (NNL) model is proposed in this research to help students better…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Numbers, Subtraction, Addition
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Chang, Tzyh-Lee; Hsin, Huai-Tzu – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2021
Background: Being able to think independently is a must for students to construct new knowledge in their minds. Self-explaining is a constructive learning strategy that encourages students to think for themselves and to make inferences that go beyond the given information. The Self-explain--Discuss--Re-explain (SDR) strategy adapted from…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness, Science Instruction, Science Achievement
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Inel, Yusuf; Urhan, Emrah – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2020
This study aims to find out the effect of activities and practices on concept education to help carry out activities to teach these concepts more effectively and permanently, and determine student preconceptions about the concepts related to the landforms in the 5th-grade social studies curriculum in the learning subdomain called "People,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Concept Teaching, Geographic Concepts, Physical Geography
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Gnidovec, Tanja; Torkar, Gregor – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2019
The present research explores benefits of using young students' drawings in combination with written responses for gathering information about science concepts. Younger students are still very limited in their verbal expression and less biologically literate than older students. The aim was to determine primary school students' conceptions about…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Scientific Concepts
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