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Leinonen, Risto; Asikainen, Mervi A.; Hirvonen, Pekka E. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
As has been shown by previous research, students may possess various misconceptions in the area of thermal physics. In order to help them overcome misconceptions observed prior to instruction, we implemented a one-hour lecture-based intervention in their introductory thermal physics course. The intervention was held after the conventional lectures…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Thermodynamics, Scientific Concepts
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Coetzee, Annaretha; Imenda, Sitwala N. – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
The incidence and prevalence of alternative conceptions in science have been reported by a number of researchers. This article reports findings of a study involving the development and implementation of two intervention programmes to address alternative conceptions related to interference and diffraction of waves among 133 first year university…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Lecture Method, Physics, Science Instruction