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Volfson, Alexander; Eshach, Haim; Ben-Abu, Yuval – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
Circus art excites amazes and delights. Most of circus genres are based on the principles of classical physics. Dialogic discussions are known as an instrument to identify conceptual barriers (misconceptions) and facilitate their further revision. The present study integrates the three worlds: physics education, dialogic teaching and circus art;…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Recreational Activities, Scientific Concepts
Volfson, Alexander; Eshach, Haim; Ben-Abu, Yuval – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Sound is one of the most commonly used physical phenomena that most of us use without considering its nature. Moreover, students often face difficulties in understanding acoustic phenomena, the most frequent one of which is the substance-based view of sound instead of a process of pressure and density differences. The current study introduces…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Physics, Science Instruction, History Instruction
Safadi, Rafi'; Ababsy, Ranin – Physics Education, 2020
Research indicates that troubleshooting activities that require students to reflect on pre-prepared erroneous examples, i.e. erroneous solutions to problems that correspond to common naïve ideas, impact their learning positively. These include asking students to diagnose erroneous examples; in other words, detect the conceptual errors and then…
Descriptors: Troubleshooting, Error Correction, Demonstrations (Educational), Physics
Zakai, Sivan – Journal of Jewish Education, 2015
What is Israel in the minds and hearts of young American Jewish children? Through interviews and photo and music elicitation exercises, this research uncovers how day school kindergarten students conceive of Israel. This study, part of an ongoing longitudinal project, shows how 5- and 6-year-old children are able to form a multilayered conception…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Jews, Misconceptions
Patkin, Dorit – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2015
Acquaintance with various ways of inculcating concepts in any studied area of knowledge is one of teachers' duties, particularly mathematics teachers. Studies indicate errors and difficulties when inculcating concepts in mathematics and learning them. Many concepts have different meanings in different contexts. Hence, teachers should deal with the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Education, Geometric Concepts
Kolikant, Y. Ben-David; Mussai, M. – Computer Science Education, 2008
We studied students' conceptions of correctness and their influence on students' correctness-related practices by examining how 159 students had analyzed the correctness of error-free and erroneous algorithms and by interviewing seven students regarding their work. We found that students conceptualized program correctness as the sum of the…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Computer Science Education, Science Instruction, Programming

Trumper, Ricardo – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2001
Analyzes senior high school students' astronomy conceptions by means of a written questionnaire presented during the beginning of the first semester. (Contains 42 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change

Stavy, Ruth – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
The development of students' (n=80) conceptions of matter was investigated. Students' ideas about matter were examined by asking students to verbally explain what matter means and to classify items into matter and nonmatter. A major difficulty is indicated by students regarding the concept of matter. (KR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classification, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education

Trumper, Ricardo – Educational Research, 1997
Preservice elementary school teachers in Israel (n=608) answered questions about energy concepts. Results revealed the following: (1) many hold alternative conceptual frameworks, not accepted scientific concepts; (2) many do not accept the idea of energy conservation or degradation; (3) they confuse energy and force; and (4) they have an ambiguous…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Energy

Trumper, Ricardo – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Experiences with an instructional strategy which enabled students to build for themselves the appropriate scientific concept for energy are described. This was done by pupil/teacher dialogue in small groups, in which students were expected to create for themselves a "generalization mechanism" based on their own frameworks. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Energy, Foreign Countries

Bar, Varda; Zinn, Barbara – Science and Education, 1998
Reports on research designed to discover whether certain conceptual difficulties experienced by present day students in the realm of action at a distance are parallel to the experiences of scientists in previous generations. Contains 60 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Trumper, Ricardo – International Journal of Science Education, 1997
Identifies the conceptions of energy of preservice high school biology teachers. Findings indicate that this group of preservice teachers holds alternate conceptual frameworks when describing physical situations. Contains 35 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Energy

Finegold, M.; Gorsky, P. – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
The consistency, if any, with which force concepts are used by individual students in different, but closely related, contexts was investigated. A total of 534 university and high school students were tested to elicit their beliefs about the forces acting on various objects. Students' beliefs about the forces acting on objects at rest and in…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Context Effect

Dreyfus, Amos; Jungwirth, Ehud – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Describes a diagnostic evaluation to measure the idea of the living cell as the basic unit of life. Describes the classification of student knowledge as common knowledge, wide-spread lack of knowledge, inadequate alternatives, and contradictions. (YP)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries

Bar, Varda; Travis, Anthony S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
This article reports on answers by children (grades 1-9, n=83) to oral and written questions concerning the phase change from liquid to gas. The development of concepts was followed, proceeding from concrete to abstract ideas. Many students were found to experience difficulties in problem solving even though they may have had the necessary level…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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