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Effects of a Context-Based Approach with Prediction-Observation-Explanation on Conceptual Understanding of the States of Matter, Heat and Temperature
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Karsli Baydere, Fethiye – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the Context-Based Approach (CBA) enriched by Prediction-Observation-Explanation (POE) on 5th grade students' conceptual understanding of the States of Matter, Heat and Temperature. In this study, quantitative and qualitative data collection methods were employed. The quantitative…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Chemistry
Teaching for Hot Conceptual Change: Towards a New Model, beyond the Cold and Warm Ones
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Kural, Mehmet; Kocakülah, M. Sabri – Online Submission, 2016
At the beginning of the 1980s, one of the most striking explanations of conceptual change was made by Posner, Strike, Hewson & Gertzog (1982) with a Conceptual Change Theory based on a Scientific Revolution Theory of Kuhn (1970). In Conceptual Change Theory, learning was explained with the Piaget (1970)'s concepts such as assimilation and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Teaching Methods, Educational History
The Effect of the 4MAT Learning Model on the Achievement and Motivation of 7th Grade Students on the Subject of Particulate Nature of Matter and an Examination of Student Opinions on the Model
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Aktas, Idris; Bilgin, Ibrahim – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2015
Background: Many researchers agree that students, especially primary students, have learning difficulties on the "Particulate Nature of Matter" unit. One reason for this difficulty is not considering individual differences for teaching science. In 4MAT model learning, environment is arranged according to individual differences. Purpose:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Science Achievement, Student Motivation
Effect of 5E Teaching Model on Student Teachers' Understanding of Weightlessness
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Tural, Guner; Akdeniz, Ali Riza; Alev, Nedim – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
Weight is one of the basic concepts of physics. Its gravitational definition accommodates difficulties for students to understand the state of weightlessness. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of materials based on 5E teaching model and related to weightlessness on science student teachers' learning. The sample of the study was 9…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Education, Preservice Teacher Education