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Mota, A. R.; Lopes dos Santos, J. M. B. – Physics Education, 2014
Students' misconceptions concerning colour phenomena and the apparent complexity of the underlying concepts--due to the different domains of knowledge involved--make its teaching very difficult. We have developed and tested a teaching device, the addition table of colours (ATC), that encompasses additive and subtractive mixtures in a single…
Descriptors: Color, Misconceptions, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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Tas, Erol; Gülen, Salih; Öner, Zeynep; Özyürek, Cengiz – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to research the effects of traditional and web-assisted conceptual change texts for the subject of water chemistry on the success, conceptual errors and permanent learning of students. A total of 37 8th graders in a secondary school of Samsun participated in this study which had a random experimental design with…
Descriptors: Water, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Grade 8
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Bawaneh, Ali Khalid Ali; Nurulazam Md Zain, Ahmad; Salmiza, Saleh – European Journal of Physics Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Herrmann Whole Brain Teaching Method over conventional teaching method on eight graders in their understanding of simple electric circuits in Jordan. Participants (N = 273 students; M = 139, F = 134) were randomly selected from Bani Kenanah region-North of Jordan and randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Brain, Electronics
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Balci, Sibel; Cakiroglu, Jale; Tekkaya, Ceren – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2006
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Extension, and Evaluation (5E) learning cycle, conceptual change texts, and traditional instructions on 8th grade students' understanding of photosynthesis and respiration in plants. Students' understanding of photosynthesis and respiration in…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Urban Areas, Statistical Analysis, Learning Processes
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Van Dooren, Wim; De Bock, Dirk.; Hessels, An; Janssens, Dirk; Verschaffel, Lieven – Learning and Instruction, 2004
Already at a very young age, children experience the wide applicability and intrinsic simplicity of linear/proportional relations. In primary and secondary school mathematics education, moreover, extensive attention is paid to this type of relations. In the long run, students develop the misbelief that each relation can be quantified as…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Grade 8, Experiments