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Direct linkPendrill, Ann-Marie – Physics Education, 2022
Students' understanding of forces in circular motion is often incomplete. The problems are not limited to confusions about centripetal acceleration and centrifugal forces. This paper considers possible effects of different interventions by a teacher who has discovered the many types of free-body diagrams drawn by students for circular motion in a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teaching Methods, Physics, Science Instruction
Viennot, Laurence – Physics Education, 2020
Critical analysis is universally advocated as a key goal of science teaching. In that context, the article explores the responses of beginning teachers (BTs) to explanations used in science education. Specifically, the study asks how BTs can be helped to ground their pedagogical choices in a critical analysis of explanations introduced during…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Beginning Teachers
Walkup, John R.; Key, Roger A.; Talbot, Patrick R. M. – Physics Education, 2019
A lab activity for teaching physics students the fundamentals of statistical analysis during the first few weeks of instruction is described. This activity involves students timing a pulse of light generated by an Arduino device of fixed duration with individual timers (e.g. stopwatch, iPhone timer). To select the most precise timing methods and…
Descriptors: Physics, Introductory Courses, Science Instruction, Laboratory Experiments
Levy, Smadar; Noga, Adi; Kapach, Zehorit; Yerushalmi, Edit – Physics Education, 2022
The instructional lab setting has been found to be dominated by prescribed tasks and pre-prepared lab kits. This was explained by teachers' need to guide students to simultaneously progress through a lab curriculum, which prompts them to standardize the lab experience. Nevertheless, prominent professional associations have persistently called to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Laboratory Experiments, Physics
Peer reviewedMillar, J. W. L. – Physics Education, 1979
Presents a description of the power station game as a simulation exercise topic in physics and society, namely the making of a decision which involves many aspects of technical knowledge. Discusses the results of evaluation of students' attitudes toward the game, and attributes that make simulation an attractive teaching option. (GA)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Games, Energy, Instruction
Peer reviewedReigosa, Carlos; Jimenez-Aleixandre, Maria-Pilar – Physics Education, 2001
Advocates the need for pupils to practice significant aspects of scientific work such as the making of epistemic (related to the nature and construction of knowledge) and methodological decisions. This requires that they work on problems and activities presented in a more open way than usual. Describes a case study. (Contains 11 references.)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
