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O'Donoghue, J.; Fitzsimmons, L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
This work describes the design and testing of a low-cost light-emitting diode (LED)-based nephelometer for turbidity analysis. It also describes the use of this nephelometer for context-based learning (CBL) experiments designed for teaching laboratories. The LED nephelometer is simple, low-cost, and robust, providing similar results as a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Light, Measurement Equipment
Chattopadhyay, Tanay – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2022
In this article, simple models of optical computing circuits (1 x 4 demultiplexer (DEMUX), 4 x 1 multiplexer (MUX), Boolean logic, and half-adder (HA)) are shown with mechanically controlled plane mirrors. Photographs of the proposed computational circuits are also shown. It is very useful for the school student to understand optical logic and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Optics, Computation, Science Activities
Nasir, Muhammad; Cari; Sunarno, Widha; Rahmawati, Fitria – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2023
This study aimed to develop a two-tier light concept test to identify student concept understanding of light. The development of the test was carried out through the content validity, construct validity, and reliability test stages using the Item Response Theory (IRT). The sample consisted of 81 students during the second semester at five…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Light
Liu, Yinsheng; He, Wei; Zhao, Li – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Inquiry-based learning has been widely applied in the classroom. Different inquiry learning models may have different orders of performing tasks and discussing. In this study, the Discuss-Do (D-DO) inquiry model and the Do-Discuss (DO-D) inquiry model were applied in the science learning of two groups of fifth-grade students. Group 1 (n = 41) used…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Education, Science Instruction
Kaçar, Sevinç; Balim, Ali Günay – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2018
This study reports on the implementation of an activity that used argument-driven inquiry methods and its effects on students' learning. "Let's Examine the Serial Circuits" activity on the "Electricity Energy" unit was developed and implemented in a science lesson with the participation of 32 seventh grade students. As a result…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Energy, Persuasive Discourse, Inquiry
Kesonen, Mikko Henri Petteri; Asikainen, Mervi Anita; Hirvonen, Pekka Emil – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
In the present article, the context-dependency of student reasoning is studied in a context of optics. We investigated introductory students' explanations about the behavior of light when different light sources, namely a small light bulb and a laser, were used in otherwise identical task assignments. The data was gathered with the aid of pretest…
Descriptors: Light, Optics, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
Wagaba, Francis; Treagust, David F.; Chandrasegaran, A. L.; Won, Mihye – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2016
Background: Enhancing students' metacognitive abilities will help to facilitate their understanding of science concepts. Purpose: The study was designed to conduct and evaluate the effectiveness of a repertoire of interventions aimed at enhancing secondary school students' metacognitive capabilities and their achievements in science. Sample: A…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Scientific Concepts, Light, Teaching Methods
Testa, Italo; Busarello, Gianni; Puddu, Emanuella; Leccia, Silvio; Merluzzi, Paola; Colantonio, Arturo; Moretti, Maria Ida; Galano, Silvia; Zappia, Alessandro – Physics Education, 2015
The science education literature shows that students have difficulty understanding what causes the seasons. Incorrect explanations are often due to a lack of knowledge about the physical mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. To address this, we present a module in which the students engage in quantitative measurements with a photovoltaic panel to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Statistical Analysis
Metioui, Abdeljalil; Trudel, Louis – Online Submission, 2012
The international community of the researchers in science education unanimously agrees on the necessity to take into account, in the elaboration of educational strategies, to specify that all development of educational strategies, the conceptual complexity of the scientific models as well as the various conceptions of the learners. In the present…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Light
Croft, Susan; Topping, Keith – 1992
This pack of resource materials is designed for students in Scotland, ages 5-7, to be done with their parents at home or with another student in school. Forty-five activity sheets cover 7 different areas of science: Air, Magnets, Moving Things, Light, Heat, Myself and Water. The pack also includes a leaflet for parent or peer tutors, lists of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries, Heat
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
This guide is one of a set of 10 science guides, each covering a separate grade in Manitoba, together covering kindergarten through grade 9. The guides have been designed to provide a framework for building scientific concepts and developing the learning of process skills. They replace an earlier set of guides dated 1979. Each guide is essentially…
Descriptors: Animals, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Science
Eaton, Janet; And Others – 1986
Designed to address the major conceptual problems associated with light and vision, appearances of surfaces, and color, this module can be used with high school students or college nonscience majors including those in elementary education. It is one in a series developed by the project "Overcoming Critical Barriers to Learning in Nonmajors'…
Descriptors: College Science, Color, Higher Education, Learning Modules
Katz, Elaine; And Others – 1982
The Science in Action series is designed to teach practical science concepts to special-needs students. It is intended to develop students' problem-solving skills by teaching them to observe, record, analyze, conclude, and predict. This document contains a student workbook which deals with basic principles of physical science. Seven separate units…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Electric Circuits, Electricity, Elementary Education
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
This guide is one of a set of 10 science guides, each covering a separate grade in Manitoba, together covering kindergarten through grade 9. The guides have been designed to provide a framework for building scientific concepts and developing the learning of process skills. They replace an earlier set of guides dated 1979. Each guide is essentially…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Chemistry, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides