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Yesh Chogyel – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2024
Misconceptions hinder and challenge the learning of physics and science subjects in general. This study aimed to identify misconceptions in physics topics, namely gravity and force, and to overcome them through timely and appropriate interventions among ninth-grade students at Khuruthang Middle Secondary School in Punakha district, Bhutan. This…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions, Physics, Grade 9
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Faltin, Lukas; Feser, Markus Sebastian – Physics Education, 2021
Since the viscous behaviour of liquids is evident in many everyday situations, it is plausible to assume that students have (pre-)conceptions about the physics behind these phenomena. As yet, no reliable studies exist on this topic. Therefore, the present study aims to address this research gap by exploring secondary school students' conceptions…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 9, Secondary School Science, Scientific Concepts
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Moyo, Methuseli; Machaba, France M. – Pythagoras, 2021
Our research with Grade 9 learners at a school in Soweto was conducted to explore learners' understanding of fundamental fraction concepts used in applications required at that level of schooling. The study was based on the theory of constructivism in a bid to understand whether learners' transition from whole numbers to rational numbers enabled…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
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Grau, Francesc Garcia I.; Valls, Cristina; Piqué, Núria; Ruiz-Martín, Héctor – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The effectiveness of the 5E model has been supported by research in schools in recent years, although its efficacy has rarely been assessed in the long term to avoid novelty effects and to consider the impact of the usual loss of fidelity that time entails. This study was designed to assess the long-term effects on students' conceptual learning as…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Instructional Effectiveness, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
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Kim, Hyun-Kyung; Kim, Haesun A. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
The study aims to analyze student responses to chemistry constructed response items to obtain detailed information on science NAEA (National Assessment of Educational Achievement) in South Korea and to draw suggestions for enhancing curriculum, teaching, and learning. For this purpose, we analyzed 7444 answers that could be generalized as 1.29% of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Science Tests, Teaching Methods
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Yunianto, Wahid; Prahmana, Rully Charitas Indra; Crisan, Cosette – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2021
Measuring teachers' skills and competencies is necessary to ensure teacher quality and contribute to education quality. Research has shown teachers competencies and skills influence students' performances. Previous studies explored teachers' knowledge through testing. Teachers' knowledge of the topic of area-perimeter and teaching strategies has…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Knowledge Level, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Geometric Concepts
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Sozan H., Omar – Cogent Education, 2020
This study analyzed cognitive representations of knowledge from the chemistry of matter unit in a ninth-grade science textbook--the only authorized textbook in Saudi Arabia. It examined textual and visual information from two lessons in order to identify the textbook's introduction of concepts, linguistic context, integration of concepts, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Grade 9
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Fancovicová, Jana – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
Understanding of evolution helps solve biological problems in areas that affect our lives. One of the ways of adopting the concept of evolution leads through a conceptual change. We investigated whether inductively prepared educational activities, focused on evolution, have the potential to create conceptual changes in students' conceptual…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Evolution, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Slezak, C.; Underwood, J.; Moreno, J. – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2019
This paper examines the educational impact of a prepilot study on the "Learning Logs" literacy strategy as it was used in Louisiana. The study examined how students' conceptual understanding of kinematics and Newton's laws were impacted in a ninth-grade physical science course. The findings address a gap within the current research…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Grade 9, Science Instruction, Misconceptions
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Guncaga, Ján; Žilková, Katarína – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
Visualisation is an important part of the cognitive process in mathematics. Pedagogical-psychological theoretical frameworks concerning cognitive processes consider perception and visualisation as basic conditions for the creation of correct mental imagery. This study examined visualisation as a key factor in the development of geometric concepts…
Descriptors: Visualization, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Geometric Concepts
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Chang, Chew-Hung; Pascua, Liberty – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2016
Climate change is an important theme in the investigation of human-environment interactions in geographic education. This study explored the nature of students' understanding of concepts and processes related to climate change. Through semi-structured interviews, data was collected from 27 Secondary 3 (Grade 9) students from Singapore. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Secondary School Students, Grade 9
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Dohrmann, Christian; Kuzle, Ana – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
Results of the last thirty years in mathematics education have shown the importance of an operational concept development. One of the geometrical concepts that has been researched for years already, however, not with the particular focus on its systematic teaching in school mathematics, is the concept of angle. In this paper we focus on children's…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries
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Ozkan, Gulbin; Sezgin Selcuk, Gamze – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2013
Misconceptions are the number one factor leading students to failure when studying physics. To teach physics effectively, misconceptions must be spotted and overcome. Conceptual change texts are of great use in identifying and dealing with fallacies. Such texts can help physics teachers diagnose student misconceptions and the reasons for these,…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts
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Caleon, Imelda; Subramaniam, R. – Physics Education, 2013
The effectiveness of a refutational text in addressing the alternative conceptions held by secondary school students on the topic of wave propagation in an elastic medium was explored in this study. The refutational text, which was 816 words long and featured the particle-spring model, was found to be more effective in promoting conceptual change…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science
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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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