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Motivation and Learning Physics.

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Fischer, Hans Ernst; Horstendahl, Michaela – Research in Science Education, 1997

Beneath elements of cognitive development, motivation is seen as a basic concept to describe students' learning in a physics classroom. German secondary school students regard physics as difficult to learn, very abstract, and dominated by males. Knowing about the influence of motivation on learning physics may lead to new insights in the design of…

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation

Student-Centred Instruction and Learning Processes in Physics.

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Welzel, Manuela – Research in Science Education, 1997

Presents results from empirical studies of physics learning for different age groups using a situated cognition perspective to construct detailed understandings of how individual learning processes unfold. Contains 35 references. (PVD)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Research, Educational Change, Epistemology