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Kohnle, Antje; Passante, Gina – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Analyzing, constructing, and translating between graphical, pictorial, and mathematical representations of physics ideas and reasoning flexibly through them ("representational competence") is a key characteristic of expertise in physics but is a challenge for learners to develop. Interactive computer simulations and University of…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Quantum Mechanics, Computer Simulation
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Phornphisutthimas, Somkiat; Panijpan, Bhinyo; Wood, Edward J.; Booth, Andrew G. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2007
To support student learning in biochemistry and related courses, a simulation program, the Protein Purification Program, offers an alternative multimedia-based tool. This program has now been translated to produce a Thai version. However, translation from the original into the Thai language is limited by the differences between the language…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Thai, Likert Scales, Code Switching (Language)
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Littledyke, Michael – Primary Science Review, 2004
The essential purpose of primary science should be to help children make meaningful sense of the world around them. This will enable them to develop into scientifically literate adults who have a critical understanding of the ideas of science, but who also have respect, care and sensitivity for the world they live in and their impact on it. If…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Science