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Direct linkShlyonsky, Vadim – Physics Teacher, 2021
Physics teachers around the world are trying to create classroom environments that would allow life science students to be more intrinsically motivated in their work. These efforts include, among others, matching classroom activities to students' interests as well as structurally variable activities to match different student abilities. While…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Interests, Student Motivation
Doucette, Danny; Singh, Chandralekha – Physics Teacher, 2022
Imagine two groups of students in your physics class or lab. In Group A, the students each take on a different task but invest an equal amount of time, energy, and effort in what they do. For example, one student might be the note-taker, while another operates the calculator, computer, or experimental apparatus, and a third keeps everyone on track…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Group Activities, Cooperative Learning
Johansson, Anders; Nyström, Anne-Sofie; Gonsalves, Allison J.; Danielsson, Anna T. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2023
Higher education physics has long been a field with a disproportionately skewed representation in terms of gender, class, and ethnicity. Responding to this challenge, this study explores the trajectories of "unexpected" (i.e., demographically under-represented) students into higher education physics. Based on timeline-guided life-history…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Gender Differences, Social Class
Preservice Physics Teachers' Development of Physics Identities: The Role of Multiple Representations
Munfaridah, Nuril; Avraamidou, Lucy; Goedhart, Martin – Research in Science Education, 2022
Identity-based research in physics education has been receiving increased attention in the past few years given the potential of identity in producing novel insights into the ways' students engage in physics. In this study, we examined the development of preservice physics teachers' physics identity through a specific instructional practice: a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physics, Science Teachers, Foreign Countries
Jones, Karen L.; Hamer, Jessica M. M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Despite girls enjoying and being good at physics, the proportion of girls studying physics and going into physics related careers still lags behind that of boys. A large volume of research exists on the factors related to the uptake of girls into physics, however little research looks at the link between parents and their child's physics uptake.…
Descriptors: Females, Physics, Parent Attitudes, Aspiration
Upadyaya, Katja; Cumsille, Patricio; Avalos, Beatrice; Araneda, Sebastian; Lavonen, Jari; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Situational engagement is a key element in promoting students' maintained interest and focused attention in learning. Most research on students engagement has been variable-centered, and only few studies have examined situational patterns of student engagement. The present study used person-oriented approach (e.g., latent profile analysis with…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Salimpour, Saeed; Bartlett, Sophie; Fitzgerald, Michael T.; McKinnon, David H.; Cutts, K. Ross; James, C. Renee; Miller, Scott; Danaia, Lena; Hollow, Robert P.; Cabezon, Sergio; Faye, Michel; Tomita, Akihiko; Max, Charles; de Korte, Michael; Baudouin, Cyrille; Birkenbauma, Daina; Kallery, Maria; Anjos, Sara; Wu, Qixuan; Chu, Hye-eun; Slater, Eileen; Ortiz-Gil, Amelia – Research in Science Education, 2021
Astronomy is considered by many to be a gateway science owing to its ability to inspire curiosity in everyone irrespective of age, culture, or general inclination towards science. Currently, where there is a global push to get more students engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, astronomy provides an invaluable conduit to…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Science Curriculum
Petricevic, Ema; Rovan, Daria; Pavlin-Bernardic, Nina – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Research has shown that interest and engagement in learning physics declines with years of schooling, and leads to low enrolment later on in physics courses. Since the first experiences with physics in elementary education is important for the formation of attitudes and interest in physics, the aim of this research was to examine the contextual…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Physics, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Korsun, Igor – Physics Education, 2019
This article is aimed at justifying sensible use of inventive tasks in physics teaching. The justification will encourage teachers to form learners' creative thinking; in particular, the course of physics has the great potential for forming learners' creative thinking. Being adapted to the course of physics, the basic stages to solve inventive…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Physics, Science Instruction, Creative Thinking
Gonsalves, Allison J.; Johansson, Anders; Nyström, Anne-Sofie; Danielsson, Anna T. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
For young women, inbound identity trajectories into physics are generally regarded as exceptional. In this study, we investigated the experiences that young women have which may support their sustained interest and achievement in physics, and their ongoing inbound trajectories into post-secondary physics education. To understand these experiences,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Females, Self Concept
Taslidere, Erdal – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
The current study aimed to determine and predict 12th-grade students' physics achievement in terms of some selected cognitive, physics-related effective, personal, and socioeconomic characteristics in Turkey. Four hundred and ninety-six students (273 female and 223 male) from 18 high schools formed the study group. Findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High School Students, Physics, Science Achievement
de Carvalho, Vinícius; Martins, Victor Hugo; Fabris, Luís Victor Muller; Muller, Marcia; Fabris, José Luís – Physics Education, 2019
This work shows the production steps of two optical fibre sensing setups which were specially designed for the activities of the 2018 Photonics Lab Open Day realized at the Federal University of Technology-Paraná in Brazil as a celebration of the first International Day of Light (16 May). The systems are based on the sensing properties of fibre…
Descriptors: Optics, Physics, Science Instruction, High School Students
Amir, Nazir; Abdullah, Nor'Aini Bte – Physics Education, 2021
A way to promote student interest and engagement in physics is by capitalizing on students' skills in arts and crafts to design and make physics-based toys. This article illustrates how two students (averaging 14 years of age) in the authors' science class designed and fabricated a variation of a physics-based teaching aid that demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Interests, Physics, Learner Engagement
Download full textTural, Güner – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2020
One of the topics students have understanding difficulties in science is pressure. The study investigates the effectiveness of an active-learning environment on the students' understanding of the concept of pressure. The sample consisted of 30 students from a public secondary school in Turkey. This study used a pre-test, post-test,…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Physics, Science Instruction
Odeneal, Alexander – Primary Science, 2019
In this article, newly qualified teacher (NQT) Alexander Odeneal shares some ideas that primary teachers could use to capture pupils' interest and support scientific discussions. The article offers four different activities and an explanation of why they do what they do to support the non-specialist teacher leading the lesson. Each activity…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
