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Direct linkKübra Özmen – Research in Science Education, 2024
While many university health science programs include physics courses to raise knowledge and understanding of physical science concepts, they are still far from addressing the needs of that science health profession. This study aimed to investigate the effect of an introductory physics course on first-year physiotherapy and rehabilitation (PR)…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Sciences, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Tong Tong; Feipeng Pi; Siyan Zheng; Yi Zhong; Xiaochun Lin; Yajun Wei – Research in Science Education, 2025
Students' success in physics problem-solving extends beyond conceptual knowledge of physics, relying significantly on their mathematics skills. Understanding the specific contributions of different mathematics skills to physics problem-solving can offer valuable insights for enhancing physics education. Yet such studies are rare, particularly at…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Physics, Problem Solving, Science Instruction
Ralph Meulenbroeks; Rob van Rijn; Martijn Reijerkerk – Research in Science Education, 2024
Intrinsic motivation plays a unique mediating role in student academic performance. An inquiry-based learning (IBL) physics practical is studied in terms of effects on secondary school students' intrinsic motivation towards performing science practicals. After performing IBL experiments on ionizing radiation, 38 secondary school physics students…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Science Education, Student Motivation, Active Learning
Beth Thacker; Stephanie Hart; Kyle Wipfli; Jianlan Wang – Research in Science Education, 2025
As introductory physics courses increasingly focus on student engagement, the use of Learning Assistants (LAs) has increased. LAs and other instructors need to have sufficient PCK to effectively guide student learning. Our goal was to research LAs observed PCK in the classroom and to develop a set of questions to assess LAs' PCK. Our research…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Instruction
Kanyesigye, Stella Teddy; Uwamahoro, Jean; Kemeza, Imelda – Research in Science Education, 2023
This study aimed to assess the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) on students' achievement in mechanical waves among secondary schools in South Western Uganda. Four hundred and nineteen students (419) from 19 schools were involved in this study. A quasi-experimental research method was employed through Solomon's four-group design. Form six…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Achievement, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Wancham, Kittitas; Tangdhanakanond, Kamonwan – Research in Science Education, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the effects of feedback types and opportunities to change answers on the learners' achievement and their ability to solve physics problems. We compared three feedback types, namely (1) static feedback with hints, (2) reducing feedback with hints, and (3) knowledge of response, and two types of opportunities to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Physics, Science Instruction, Problem Solving
Danielsson, Anna T.; Johansson, Anders; Nyström, Anne-Sofie; Gonsalves, Allison J. – Research in Science Education, 2023
The purpose of this manuscript is to explore how students perceive that online practices have enabled their participation in university physics programmes. In order to conceptualise how students bridge their science participation across physical and online spaces, we make use of the learning ecology perspective. This perspective is complemented…
Descriptors: College Students, Physics, Science Instruction, STEM Education
Coetzee, Coréne; Rollnick, Marissa; Gaigher, Estelle – Research in Science Education, 2022
This paper reports on topic-specific pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) enacted by three pre-service science teachers during their final year school-based internship. An interpretive, qualitative case study was conducted to investigate to what extent the pre-service teachers applied the knowledge taught during a preceding physical science method…
Descriptors: Magnets, Physics, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers
Preservice Physics Teachers' Development of Physics Identities: The Role of Multiple Representations
Munfaridah, Nuril; Avraamidou, Lucy; Goedhart, Martin – Research in Science Education, 2022
Identity-based research in physics education has been receiving increased attention in the past few years given the potential of identity in producing novel insights into the ways' students engage in physics. In this study, we examined the development of preservice physics teachers' physics identity through a specific instructional practice: a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physics, Science Teachers, Foreign Countries
Jiang, Shiyan; Huang, Xudong; Sung, Shannon H.; Xie, Charles – Research in Science Education, 2023
Learning analytics, referring to the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data about learners and their contexts in order to optimize learning and the environments in which it occurs, is proving to be a powerful approach for understanding and improving science learning. However, few studies focused on leveraging learning analytics…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Hands on Science, Science Education, Laboratory Safety
Salimpour, Saeed; Bartlett, Sophie; Fitzgerald, Michael T.; McKinnon, David H.; Cutts, K. Ross; James, C. Renee; Miller, Scott; Danaia, Lena; Hollow, Robert P.; Cabezon, Sergio; Faye, Michel; Tomita, Akihiko; Max, Charles; de Korte, Michael; Baudouin, Cyrille; Birkenbauma, Daina; Kallery, Maria; Anjos, Sara; Wu, Qixuan; Chu, Hye-eun; Slater, Eileen; Ortiz-Gil, Amelia – Research in Science Education, 2021
Astronomy is considered by many to be a gateway science owing to its ability to inspire curiosity in everyone irrespective of age, culture, or general inclination towards science. Currently, where there is a global push to get more students engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, astronomy provides an invaluable conduit to…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Science Curriculum
Danielsson, Anna T.; Engström, Susanne; Norström, Per; Andersson, Kristina – Research in Science Education, 2021
This paper concerns the re/production of norms about physics teaching and learning in a Swedish university quantum mechanics classroom. The university teachers in the analysed classroom can be characterised as implementing reform-based physics teaching, inspired by physics education research they aim to realise a classroom with a high degree of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Instruction, Quantum Mechanics
Ðoric, Biljana; Lambic, Dragan; Jovanovic, Željko – Research in Science Education, 2021
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of three different software simulations for studying Ohm's law and connecting resistors on students' academic performance. A total of 168 eighth-grade pupils were divided into three groups. The first group used the software containing the simulation with an already created electrical circuit, an…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Feedback (Response), Computer Software, Computer Simulation
Bernholt, Sascha; Härtig, Hendrik; Retelsdorf, Jan – Research in Science Education, 2023
The use of texts is an indispensable resource for students' learning, especially in science domains. While developing understanding of a specific topic usually is the main goal of reading expository texts, an important consideration is how to best measure whether this understanding has been reached. In this study, we aimed to analyze gains in…
Descriptors: Science Education, Reading Comprehension, Chemistry, Physics
Erin Mackenzie; Kathryn Holmes; Nathan Berger; Caitlin Cole – Research in Science Education, 2024
Declining enrolments in senior secondary science have heightened concerns for meeting the demands for more STEM-qualified workers and a scientifically literate society. Students' attitudes to science are formed during schooling, particularly in adolescence when they are exposed to a variety of science topics. Students' perceptions of their ability…
Descriptors: Intention, Science Education, Social Support Groups, Self Efficacy
