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Noly Shofiyah; Nadi Suprapto; Binar Kurnia Prahani; Budi Jatmiko; Desak Made Anggraeni; Khoirun Nisa' – Cogent Education, 2024
This research investigates the abilities of undergraduate students to apply scientific reasoning in Indonesia, with a particular focus on the concept of force and motion. Forty-three first-year undergraduate students from an Indonesian private institution, comprising 20 males and 23 females, performed the Scientific Reasoning Test of Motion (SRTM)…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Thinking Skills
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Ben-Abu, Yuval; Wolfson, Ira; Yizhaq, Hezi – Physics Education, 2018
We suggest an activity for measuring the speed of a bicycle going in circular motion by measuring the bicycle's lean angle. In this activity students will be able to feel the strength that is being activated on their bodies while they are moving in circular motion. They will also understand that it is impossible to ride in a circle without the…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
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Liu, Chia-Yu; Wu, Chao-Jung; Chiou, Guo-Li; Wong, Wing-Kwong – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Proposing scientific descriptions is critical for individuals to cope with daily problems and acquire essential information. Nonetheless, few classes have enhanced students' ability to describe facts of scientific phenomena. Thus, using a tool of technology-based laboratory, this research examined whether students' scientific descriptions and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematical Models, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
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Rollinde, Emmanuel; Decamp, Nicolas; Derniaux, Catherine – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
The experiment that we present in this paper explores the teaching of Galilean motion principles observed in different reference frames, in an astronomical context. All grade 10 students in a French high school (the lycée Condorcet, Val de Marne) participated in two successive teaching-learning sessions, designed within the theoretical framework…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Astronomy, Science Instruction, Learning Processes
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Ernesto Manlapig Jr.; Eunice Bernadette Acuña; Aivielle Mae Manuel – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2024
Strategic Intervention Material (SIM) is an instructional learner material developed to enhance the academic performance of low-performing students. This study aimed to develop e-SIM and investigate its effect on the student's academic performance and learning motivation in Newton's Laws of Motion. The participants were 40 students from Grade 12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Educational Strategies
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Follows, Mike – Physics Education, 2018
The 1969 version of "The Italian Job" is used as context for teaching turning forces and introducing or enhancing the understanding of equilibrium and Newton's Third Law of Motion. A Harrington Legionnaire coach is used as the getaway vehicle for a gold heist and the film ends on a genuine cliffhanger, with the rear half of the coach…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles
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Abu, Yuval Ben; Wolfson, Ira; Bran, Gil; Yizhaq, Hezi – Physics Education, 2017
In high-school teaching of mechanics, we deal, among other things, with the nature of static and kinetic friction, forces that are proportional to the normal force. Under the influence of frictional forces, a body moves down a rough sloped decline at a fixed rate of acceleration that is independent of its mass. This situation does not apply to…
Descriptors: Motion, Kinetics, Physics, High School Students
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Low, David; Wilson, Kate – Teaching Science, 2017
On entry to university, high-achieving physics students from all across Australia struggle to identify Newton's third law force pairs. In particular, less than one in ten can correctly identify the Newton's third law reaction pair to the weight of (gravitational force acting on) an object. Most students incorrectly identify the normal force on the…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Physics
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Serhane, Ahcene; Zeghdaoui, Abdelhamid; Debiache, Mehdi – School Science Review, 2017
Using a conventional notation for representing forces on diagrams, students were presented with questions on the interaction between two objects. The results show that complete understanding of Newton's Third Law of Motion is quite rare, and that some problems relate to misunderstanding which force acts on each body. The use of the terms…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Secondary School Science, Coding
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Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Christiansson, Ulf; Friggebo, Patrik – Physics Education, 2018
Laboratory work in physics has traditionally focused on the verification of facts, theories and laws. In contrast, this article describes how laboratory tasks can be used to promote students understanding about the nature of science and scientific inquiry. In the project reported here, students learn about measurement uncertainties and a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Science Laboratories, Scientific Concepts
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Ozdemir, Gokhan – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2017
Students' alternative conceptions of force are one of the most studied topics, important for both science assessment and instruction. Previous studies often described students' alternative conceptions of force with a small number of well-known frameworks by utilizing interviews and paper-pencil tests in their assessments. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Manipulative Materials, Evaluation Methods, Scientific Concepts
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Grosu, Ioan; Featonby, David – Physics Education, 2016
This driven top is quite a novelty and can, with some trials, be made using the principles outlined here. This new top has many applications in developing both understanding and skills and these are detailed in the article. Depending on reader's available time and motivation they may feel an urge to make one themselves, or simply invest a few…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Motion, Scientific Principles
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Stinner, Art – Physics Teacher, 2014
This article discusses the kinematics and dynamics of equestrian show jumping. For some time I have attended a series of show jumping events at Spruce Meadows, an international equestrian center near Calgary, Alberta, often referred to as the "Wimbledon of equestrian jumping." I have always had a desire to write an article such as this…
Descriptors: Physics, Motion, Kinetics, Athletics
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Bostan Sarioglan, Ayberk; Kucukozer, Huseyin – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2017
The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of meaning making based instruction regarding angular momentum conservation on the change of two 11th grade students' alternative ideas they have before instruction. Case study model is used in the research. Conceptual test (implemented before the instruction, right after the instruction and fifteen…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Grade 11, Case Studies, Scientific Concepts
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Benacka, Jan – Physics Education, 2015
This paper gives the solution and analysis of projectile motion in a vacuum if the launch and impact heights are not equal. Formulas for the maximum horizontal range and the corresponding angle are derived. An Excel application that simulates the motion is also presented, and the result of an experiment in which 38 secondary school students…
Descriptors: Motion, Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Principles
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