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Tsitsipis, Georgios; Stamovlasis, Dimitrios; Papageorgiou, George – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
In this study, the effect of 3 cognitive variables such as logical thinking, field dependence/field independence, and convergent/divergent thinking on some specific students' answers related to the particulate nature of matter was investigated by means of probabilistic models. Besides recording and tabulating the students' responses, a combination…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Logical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Misconceptions
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Beerenwinkel, Anne; Parchmann, Ilka; Grasel, Cornelia – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
This study explores the effect of a conceptual change text on students' awareness of common misconceptions on the particle model of matter. The conceptual change text was designed based on principles of text comprehensibility, of conceptual change instruction and of instructional approaches how to introduce the particle model. It was evaluated in…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Misconceptions, Item Response Theory, Teaching Methods
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Cepni, Salih; Keles, Esra – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2006
In this study, the Turkish students' understanding level of electric circuits consisting of two bulbs and one battery was investigated by using open-ended questions. Two-hundred fifty students, whose ages range from 11 to 22, were chosen from five different groups at primary, secondary and university levels in Trabzon in Turkey. In analyzing…
Descriptors: Energy, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Grade 5