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Direct linkRobertson, Amy D.; Goodhew, Lisa M.; Scherr, Rachel E.; Heron, Paula R. L. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Existing research identifying common student ideas about forces focuses on students' misunderstandings, misconceptions, and difficulties. In this paper, we characterize student thinking in terms of resources, framing student thinking as continuous with formal physics. Based on our analysis of 2048 written responses to conceptual questions, we…
Descriptors: College Students, Knowledge Level, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Wu, Tsu-Yin; Raghunathan, Vedhika; Lally, Sarah; Rainville, Alice Jo; Bessire, Rachel – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: Seasonal influenza is a preventable disease that may cause high morbidity and mortality. In the USA, the 2020 influenza season overlapped with the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. There is a dearth of research on understanding influenza vaccination uptake and attitudes towards the vaccine among marginalised…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Community Leaders, Information Dissemination, Trust (Psychology)
Alred, Ashley R.; Doherty, Jennifer H.; Hartley, Laurel M.; Harris, Cornelia B.; Dauer, Jenny M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
An understanding of biological variation is important for understanding ecological interactions, ecosystem function, and species' response to environmental change. Biological variation is essential to species survival because natural selection acts upon the phenotypic variation within a population: the more varied the population's genetic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Knowledge Level, Scientific Concepts
Download full textRathouz, Margaret; Cengiz, Nesrin – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2013
In this article, we present some mathematical tasks designed to support pre-service teachers (PSTs) in obtaining a broader, more connected understanding of decimal numbers and quantities. We describe classroom scenarios from a content course in which PSTs experienced these cognitively demanding decimal tasks, enacted in ways that maintain high…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Numeracy, Arithmetic
Olson, Lauren; Arvai, Joseph; Thorp, Laurie – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the state of knowledge of students and faculty on the Michigan State University (MSU) campus; identify relevant gaps in knowledge and misconceptions about recycling; and provide recommendations regarding how these gaps and misconceptions may be addressed through education…
Descriptors: Colleges, Campuses, Recycling, Knowledge Level
Diallo, Abdoulaye – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of direct care workers (DCWs) in group homes towards PWDs. This study also investigated DCWs' demographic and other variables on their attitudes towards PWDs. The scale of attitudes towards disabled persons (SADP) questionnaire was administered to a purposive sample of 108 direct care workers…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Mental Retardation, Negative Attitudes, Knowledge Level
