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Reuter, Timo; Weber, Anke Maria; Flottmann, Julia; Leuchter, Miriam – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2021
Planning and conducting experiments require the application of the control of variables strategy (CVS). Research indicates that older children can learn the CVS by engaging in guided-inquiry activities. It has not been studied yet whether this is also the case for children as young as 6- to 7-years. 145 children aged 6-7 years participated in a…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Physics, Science Instruction, Grade 1
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Küchemann, S.; Klein, P.; Fouckhardt, H.; Gröber, S.; Kuhn, J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
The concepts of the Coriolis and the centrifugal force are essential in various scientific fields and they are standard components of introductory physics lectures. In this paper, we explore how students understand and apply concepts of rotating frames of reference in the context of an example lecture demonstration experiment. We found in a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Physics, Concept Formation
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Bitzenbauer, Philipp – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
We conducted a quasiexperimental study in order to investigate the effect of a teaching concept on quantum physics based on coincidence and correlation experiments with heralded photons on preuniversity students' conceptions of quantum physics (experimental group, N = 150). We compare the results with the traditional curriculum's effect (control…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Mechanics (Physics), Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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Kaps, Andreas; Stallmach, Frank – Physics Education, 2022
Smartphone-based experimental exercises were incorporated as part of the homework problems in an introductory mechanics course at a university. A quasi-experimental field study with two cohorts design was performed to measure the impact of such exercises on motivation, interest and conceptual understanding. The empirical results on learning…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Homework, Mechanics (Physics)
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Stiller, Cornelia; Stockey, Andreas; Hahn, Stefan; Wilde, Matthias – School Science Review, 2021
This article describes a new competence-oriented teaching rationale for a science course, developed in Germany through close cooperation between teachers and researchers, that seeks to improve scientific literacy at upper-level secondary school (ages 15-17). Its aim is to help students become independent and competent experimenters by combining…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science
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Grusche, Sascha – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Prismatic refraction is a classic topic in science education. To investigate how undergraduate students think about prismatic dispersion, and to see how they change their thinking when observing dispersed images, five teaching experiments were done and analysed according to the Model of Educational Reconstruction. For projection through a prism,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Learning Activities, Undergraduate Students
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Scharfenberg, Franz-Josef; Bogner, Franz X. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
Nowadays, outreach labs are important informal learning environments in science education. After summarizing research to goals outreach labs focus on, we describe our evidence-based gene technology lab as a model of a research-driven outreach program. Evaluation-based optimizations of hands-on teaching based on cognitive load theory (additional…
Descriptors: Science Education, Outreach Programs, Science Laboratories, Genetics
Bullock, Merry; Ziegler, Albert – 1993
Developmental changes in the understanding and use of the logic of experimental control were addressed with three tasks in a longitudinal study. In all three tasks, understanding of experimental control was assessed by production measures (children were asked to test potential causal relations in a multivariable situation) and by choice/evaluation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Education