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Stylos, George; Kotsis, Konstantinos T. – Primary Science, 2021
Science is one of the most important subjects for students at all educational levels. To promote engagement, hands-on experiments can provide a 'realistic and exciting experience of the content' (Holstermann, Grube and Bögeholz, 2010: 744) and hopefully facilitate motivation. In this article, George Stylos and Konstantinos T. Kotsis present four…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Heat, Scientific Concepts
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Thysiadou, Anna; Gaki, Vaso – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2021
The introduction of the computer into the educational process is a fact. The educational use of new technologies creates a new, more appealing and enjoyable learning environment. The introduction of new technologies into school differentiates the role of the professor by giving him/her a guiding character in a process of experiential approach to…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts
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Ravanis, Konstantinos; Pantidos, Panagiotis; Vitoratos, Evangelos – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2009
Children's mental representations about physical concepts and phenomena play a vital role in the learning process. This is confirmed by the data derived from relevant researches which demonstrate that the students formulate incompatible ideas compared with the scientific ones. In this research we investigate the representations of 14-15 years old…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Learning Processes, Adolescents, Magnets
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Koumaras, P.; And Others – School Science Review, 1996
Focuses on the provision of meaningful counterintuitive experimental evidence for students while taking into account the relations of theory, instruments, and experimental data. Discusses the use of experiments designed to test pupils' conceptual framework during the teaching of introductory electricity. (JRH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Electricity, Foreign Countries