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Wei, Yajun; Chong, Zhiwei – Physics Teacher, 2022
Hooke's law for springs, stating that the force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance is proportional to that distance, is a topic covered by almost all introductory physics courses at both school and university levels. In this article we present a much more efficient and intuitive approach, compared to the traditional method, for…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Secondary Education
Resbiantoro, Gaguk; Setiani, Rahyu; Dwikoranto – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2022
The difference between students' ideas and scientific conceptions, is called misconceptions. Physics learning needs to be designed by teachers to eradicate misconceptions. This paper provides a review of 72 international journal articles on diagnosis methods, causes, and ways of remediating misconceptions that have been published between…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions
Pascasie Nyirahabimana; Evariste Minani; Mathias Nduwingoma; Imelda Kemeza – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Students ability to build correct knowledge relies on their understanding of concepts. Students must understand the concept well before applying it in real-life situations. With the advent of technology, teaching and learning quantum physics has been made easier and more effective in enhancing students' critical thinking and conceptual…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Multimedia Materials, Scientific Concepts
Khaoula, Elarif; Taoufik, Hassouni; Wahbi, Bouazza El – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
In this article, we present the question of our didactic research on the relative conceptual evolution and transition from high school to university in Morocco. We focused on the difficulties encountered by students in the first year of the Physics Sciences using a questionnaire which aims at evaluating the evolution of the concept of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Higher Education, Student Adjustment, Foreign Countries
Åkerlind, Gerlese; McKenzie, Jo; Lupton, Mandy – International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 2014
This chapter describes an innovative method of curriculum design that is based on combining phenomenographic research, and the associated variation theory of learning, with the notion of disciplinary threshold concepts to focus specialised design attention on the most significant and difficult parts of the curriculum. The method involves three…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Learning Theories, Action Research, Instructional Design
Ene, Emanuela – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Following the trend in science and engineering education generated by the visible impact created by the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), the investigator developed a Physics of Semiconductors Concept Inventory (PSCI). PSCI fills the need of standardized concept tests for undergraduate education in photonics and electrical engineering. The structure…
Descriptors: Science Education, Engineering Education, Physics, Standardized Tests
Hwang, SungWon; Kim, Mijung – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
We review Brown and Kloser's article, "Conceptual continuity and the science of baseball: using informal science literacy to promote students science learning" from a Vygotskian cultural-historical and dialectic perspective. Brown and Kloser interpret interview data with student baseball players and claim that students' conceptual understanding…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Scientific Literacy
McCloskey, Michael; And Others – 1981
Through everyday experience people acquire knowledge about how moving objects behave. For example, if a rock is thrown up into the air, it will fall back to earth. Research has shown that people's ideas about why moving objects behave as they do are often quite inconsistent with the principles of classical mechanics. In fact, many people hold a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Science, College Students, Concept Formation
Ranney, Michael – 1987
Students lacking formal training in physics have great difficulty predicting the paths of various projectiles. With respect to pendulum-bobs that are released from various points in a swing, a previous experiment found that empirical feedback (i.e., resultant trajectories) produced transfer-of-training to other pendular-based tasks. However, such…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, College Students, Concept Formation

Menigaux, Jacqueline – Physics Education, 1994
Describes an investigation that explores students' understanding of the translation, rotation, and deformation of an object. Findings illustrate that students have difficulty appreciating that these different phenomena can occur simultaneously. Discusses some implications for teaching. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Energy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Vokos, Stamatis; Shaffer, Peter S.; Ambrose, Bradley S.; McDermott, Lillian C. – American Journal of Physics, 2000
Reports on a study of student understanding of the wave nature of matter in the context of the pattern produced by the diffraction and interference of particles. Errors made by students after standard instruction indicates the presence of similar conceptual and reasoning difficulties at three different educational levels. (Contains over 20…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Demonstrations (Science), Higher Education, Misconceptions

Bridges, Richard – Physics Education, 1998
Explores how the apparent loss of energy in inelastic collisions may be understood by considering a simple model of two rigid balls connected by a spring. Includes a numerical simulation of this and an extension to include Newton's Cradle. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Energy, Foreign Countries

Martinez, N. Marin; Solano, I.; Gomez, E. Jimenez – International Journal of Science Education, 2001
Investigates students' conceptions of force, their methodological characteristics, and their most widely used theoretical foundations. Compares research carried out from 1975-1985 with later research in the period 1985-1995. (Contains 85 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Force

Grosu, I.; Baltag, O. – Physics Education, 1994
Describes an experiment that uses a bottle, a cork, and a wooden match to study students' explanations of what they observe to reveal misunderstandings about pressure and to produce some incorrect interpretations such as creation of a gradient of pressure. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Demonstrations (Science), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Byron, Frederick W., Jr.; Clement, John – 1980
This project had three major goals: (1) investigate the extent to which introductory physics students misuse or misunderstand formulas; (2) catalogue the typical ways in which they do this; and (3) begin the larger task of identifying key types of knowledge that successful problem solvers use to give formulas meaning. Exploratory interviews and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Algebra, College Science, Concept Formation