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Trout, K. P.; Adkins, Mark; Bekker, Jennifer; Harlacher, Alexis; Ramirez, Frandy; Swingler, Andrew; Wagner, Chase – Physics Teacher, 2021
For science students doing traditional laboratory experiments, often it may feel as if the apparatus and experiment have been specifically chosen for good results. They suspect that the science they are learning in the classroom will not match nearly as well in the real world. However, many educators have observed that student motivation and…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Video Technology, Physics, Science Instruction
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Cardona Zapata, Mónica Eliana; López Ríos, Sonia – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2022
Experimental activity in the physics teaching can be considered as a space in which teachers create contexts for students to approach the way scientific knowledge is constructed. In this sense, the strategies for the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the context of science education, has a wide potential to guide…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids
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Carter, Ashley R. – Physics Teacher, 2021
Introductory lab courses have been a staple of the physics curriculum for over 100 years. Yet these courses are now poised for change as recent research shows that they do not meet a frequent goal of enhancing student understanding of lecture content. In thinking about how to move forward, a look back at experiment courses in history seems wise.…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Science Experiments
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Coelho, Ricardo Lopes – Physics Education, 2022
The pendulum was an important scientific instrument in the 17th century. It became a typical textbook problem in the 18th century. After the introduction of vectors in physics in the 1890s, the pendulum problem started to be progressively solved in the manner we know nowadays from introductory mechanics courses. Starting from "F = ma"…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Motion, Scientific Concepts
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Tang, Qianghong – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2023
Protocol-guided teaching is a student-centered instructional model in which the teacher creates the learning protocol prior to the lesson in order to direct students toward active and autonomous learning. A well-structured learning protocol is essential for the effective application of this instructional paradigm. This article evaluates the…
Descriptors: Physics, Secondary School Students, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Maslova, K.; de Jesus, V. L. B.; Sasaki, D. G. G. – Physics Education, 2020
In general, undergraduate experimental physics laboratories do not usually have experiments designed to address rolling friction and to measure the value of the rolling friction coefficient. This work explores an experiment, which has the potential to arouse students' curiosity about rolling friction by addressing a counterintuitive aspect of the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Scientific Concepts
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Thompson, Frank – Physics Education, 2018
It is a well known fact that the Earth carries a net negative charge that produces a downward electrostatic field. The present experiment shows how this field can be measured with a Field Mill which has been constructed from components readily available in the Laboratory. In fine weather conditions a value of 120 (±10) V m[superscript -1] was…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments, Weather
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Duarte, Sergio; Lima, Nathan – Physics Education, 2021
Einstein's relation between mass and energy is perhaps the most famous equation of Physics. Despite its simplicity, the meaning of E[subscript 0] = mc[superscript 2] is not easy to grasp. Furthermore, its traditional derivations rely either on the integral of "momentum," on properties of electromagnetic radiation, or even on the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Physics, Scientific Concepts
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Wagner, S.; Maut, C.; Priemer, B. – Physics Education, 2021
When the thermal expansion of water is discussed in school or university lessons, functional relationships are often inferred without considering measurement uncertainties. Moreover, in some learning materials, the goal of experimentation and the experimental setup do not match. This creates the wrong picture of scientific practice. In this…
Descriptors: Water, Heat, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
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Leblond, Louis; Hicks, Melissa – Physics Teacher, 2021
Scientific laboratories are among the most challenging course components to integrate into online instruction. Available technology restricts the design and nature of experiments, and it can be hard to replicate the collaborative lab environment where frequent and immediate instructor feedback is the norm. Here we report on technological and…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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de Sousa, Gabriel L. A.; Cardoso, George C. – Physics Education, 2018
We use analogies to provide introductory laboratory students intuition into measurement uncertainties. Using a battery-resistor circuit we discuss uncertainty concepts and derive expressions for uncertainty of the mean and sums of uncertainties. Finally, we draw attention to the fact that the interpretation of standard deviation as uncertainty…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Statistical Analysis, Introductory Courses
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Mäntylä, Terhi; Hämäläinen, Ari – Science & Education, 2015
The language of physics is mathematics, and physics ideas, laws and models describing phenomena are usually represented in mathematical form. Therefore, an understanding of how to navigate between phenomena and the models representing them in mathematical form is important for a physics teacher so that the teacher can make physics understandable…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Mathematics, Scientific Principles
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Wieman, Carl – Physics Teacher, 2015
Undergraduate instructional labs in physics generate intense opinions. Their advocates are passionate as to their importance for teaching physics as an experimental activity and providing "hands-on" learning experiences, while their detractors (often but not entirely students) offer harsh criticisms that they are pointless, confusing and…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Undergraduate Study, College Science, Science Experiments
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Amrani, D. – Physics Education, 2013
This paper deals with the comparison of sound speed measurements in air using two types of sensor that are widely employed in physics and engineering education, namely a pressure sensor and a sound sensor. A computer-based laboratory with pressure and sound sensors was used to carry out measurements of air through a 60 ml syringe. The fast Fourier…
Descriptors: Physics, Engineering Education, Comparative Analysis, Intervals
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Gonsalves, Allison J.; Danielsson, Anna; Pettersson, Helena – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
This article analyzes masculinity and experimental practices within three different physics communities. This work is premised on the understanding that the discipline of physics is not only dominated by men, but also is laden with masculine connotations on a symbolical level, and that this limited and limiting construction of physics has made it…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Physics, Science Instruction, Gender Bias
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