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van Buuren, Onne; Heck, André; Ellermeijer, Ton – Research in Science Education, 2016
A learning path has been developed on system dynamical graphical modelling, integrated into the Dutch lower secondary physics curriculum. As part of the developmental research for this learning path, students' understanding of the relation structures shown in the diagrams of graphical system dynamics based models has been investigated. One of our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Secondary School Science, Science Curriculum
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Thijs, Gerard D.; Van Den Berg, Ed – Science and Education, 1995
Presents a brief overview of historical and cross-cultural data that points to the universality of some main physics conceptions. Summarizes articles from the science education literature that emphasize the relevance and influence of a number of cultural factors, such as language, world view and traditional beliefs, reasoning patterns, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions
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Thijs, G. D. – Science Education, 1992
Evaluates the effectiveness of a course using a constructivist approach in reducing Dutch secondary school students (n=190) misconceptions about force. Concluded that the lessons were effective in changing students' ideas in regard to forces in rest situations and frictional forces and that learning effects were equally distributed over student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Force