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Goodhew, Lisa M.; Robertson, Amy D.; Heron, Paula R. L.; Scherr, Rachel E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Resources theory assumes that resource activation is context sensitive, and that an important dimension of context is the question students are answering. The context sensitivity of resource activation has been demonstrated empirically by case studies that show students using different resources to answer questions that are similar in focus. In…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Motion, Teaching Methods
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Close, Hunter G.; Scherr, Rachel E. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
We demonstrate that a particular blended learning space is especially productive in developing understanding of energy transfers and transformations. In this blended space, naturally occurring learner interactions like body movement, gesture, and metaphorical speech are blended with a conceptual metaphor of energy as a substance in a class of…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Learning Activities, Blended Learning, Energy
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Harrer, Benedikt W.; Flood, Virginia J.; Wittmann, Michael C. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
For over 30 years, researchers have investigated students' ideas about energy with the intent of reforming instructional practice. In this pursuit, Watts contributed an influential study with his 1983 paper "Some alternative views of energy" ["Phys. Educ." 18, 213 (1983)]. Watts' "alternative frameworks"…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Energy
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Bäckström, Åsa – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
The body has become a vital research object in several disciplines in recent years. Indeed, in the social sciences and humanities, a corporeal turn in which embodiment has become a key concept related to learning and socialisation is discussed. This cross-disciplinary paper addresses the epistemological question of how we know what we know and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Motion, Human Body
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De Sá Teixeira, Nuno Alexandre; Oliveira, Armando Mónica; Silva, Ana Duarte – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2014
Newton's cradle, a device consisting of a chain of steel balls suspended in alignment, has been used extensively in physics teaching to demonstrate the principles of conservation of momentum and kinetic energy in elastic collisions. The apparent simplicity of the device allows one to test commonly hold views regarding the intuitive understanding…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Principles, Motion
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Strean, William B. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
This paper explores a variety of practices and classroom activities that engage the whole student. Grounded in a somatic perspective (from "soma" meaning the body in its wholeness--the integration of thinking, feeling, and acting), the discussion shows how students can be brought fully into learning through movement, music, and…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Motion