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Dziob, Daniel; Górska, Urszula; Kolodziej, Tomasz; Cepic, Mojca – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
The Chain Experiment competition has been held successfully for 6 years in Poland and is attracting growing interest. The competition provides participants with a task that involves designing and constructing a contraption that is an element in a chain of events that are based on various physical phenomena. The contraptions are then linked…
Descriptors: Physics, Competition, Foreign Countries, Science Experiments
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Andreucci, Colette; Chatoney, Marjolaine; Ginestie, Jacques – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
The purpose of this study is to verify whether pupils (15-16 years old) who have received technology education on a systemic approach of industrial systems, are better than other pupils (of the same age but from other academic domains such as literary ones or ones that are economics-based) at solving physical science problems which involve…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Physical Sciences, Technology Education, Students
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Hong, Jon-Chao; Chen, Mei-Yung; Wong, Ashley; Hsu, Tsui-Fang; Peng, Chih-Chi – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
In a contest featuring hands-on projects, college students were required to design a simple crawling worm using planning, self-monitoring and self-evaluation processes to solve contradictive problems. To enhance the efficiency of problem solving, one needs to practice meta-cognition based on an application of related scientific concepts. The…
Descriptors: Physics, Competition, Scientific Concepts, Hands on Science