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Andreas Lichtenberger; Tommi Kokkonen; Lennart Schalk – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Multiple external representations (MERs) are useful for teaching complex content in science education. An open question is whether there is an especially effective way to sequence MERs. On the one hand, the so-called concreteness fading approach suggests starting instruction with more concrete representations and proceeding stepwise to more…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Li, Mingyang; Donnelly-Hermosillo, Dermot Francis; Click, Jennifer – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Numerous studies illustrate the value of simulations or project-based learning approaches to enhance the learning of science. Simulations can help students connect across macroscopic, microscopic, and symbolic representations of scientific phenomena, while project-based learning can provide a meaningful narrative and activities for students to…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Sequential Approach, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Arthurs, Leilani A.; Elwonger, Justin; Kowalski, Chelsie M. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2021
Whether to engage student preconceptions to facilitate conceptual change is an area of debate among conceptual change theorists. Here, we evaluate the efficacy of a preconceptions-based instructional sequence about groundwater previously described by (Arthurs, 2019). To assess the impact this instructional sequence had on facilitating the…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Schemata (Cognition), Undergraduate Students
Wilcox, Bethany R.; Pollock, Steven J.; Bolton, Daniel R. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
The cyclic format of the undergraduate physics curriculum depends on students' ability to recall and utilize material covered in prior courses in order to reliably build on that knowledge in later courses. However, there is evidence to suggest that people often do not retain all, or even most, of what they learned previously. How much information…
Descriptors: Retention (Psychology), Interaction, Introductory Courses, Instructional Effectiveness
Changtong, Nidawan; Maneejak, Nantakarn; Yasri, Pratchayapong – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2020
STEM education is a pedagogical philosophy which aims to draw the interrelationship between science, technology, engineering and mathematics to solve complex problems in real life situations. In order to use STEM education to foster students' learning, the researchers designed STEM activities for middle school students related to the concept of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Middle School Students, Learning Activities
Remsburg, Alysa J.; Harris, Michelle A.; Batzli, Janet M. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
How can science instructors prepare students for the statistics needed in authentic inquiry labs? We designed and assessed four instructional modules with the goals of increasing student confidence, appreciation, and performance in both experimental design and data analysis. Using extensions from a just-in-time teaching approach, we introduced…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Learning Modules, Statistics
Harris, Daniel Wyatt – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research examining animation use for student learning has been conducted in the last two decades across a multitude of instructional environments and content areas. The extensive construction and implementation of animations in learning resulted from the availability of powerful computing systems and the perceived advantages the novel medium…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Animation, Earth Science, Scientific Concepts
Fogarty, Ian; Geelan, David – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2013
Students in 4 Canadian high school physics classes completed instructional sequences in two key physics topics related to motion--Straight Line Motion and Newton's First Law. Different sequences of laboratory investigation, teacher explanation (lecture) and the use of computer-based scientific visualizations (animations and simulations) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction