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Sliško, Josip; Topalovic, Tatjana Markovic; Božic, Mirjana – Physics Teacher, 2021
The question from the title is raised because in almost all introductory physics courses/textbooks the atmospheric pressure has been attributed to the weight of the column of air from a given level in the atmosphere up to its top. "Air is pressing on air." However the same textbooks, in the chapter on the kinetic theory of gases, tell…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Molecular Structure, Scientific Concepts, Kinetics
Mateas, Victor – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
This article describes how mathematics may be experienced in widely different ways across mathematics and physics courses and highlights some unexpected constraints in a trigonometry curriculum. The examples and discussion are based on a study (Mateas 2020) that compares how trigonometry is portrayed in representative physics (i.e., "Holt…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Trigonometry
Rosa, Katemari; Gomes da Silva, Maria Ruthe – Physics Teacher, 2020
This paper is intended to foster conversations about stereotypes, prejudice, and our day-to-day work in the classroom. The focus is on sexism and how it can affect our teaching, particularly looking at physics textbooks. Maybe you are already familiar with debates around feminist movements, gender studies, patriarchy, performance, and all of those…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Lo, William; Beichner, Robert J. – Physics Teacher, 2019
For many students, introductory physics is an enormous hurdle to cross in their educational careers. Studies show that many students struggle with basic vector concepts and hold misconceptions of fundamental principles like Newton's laws, ideas essential to the understanding of higher-order physics concepts and for achieving success in engineering…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Barnes, Erica M.; Oliveira, Alandeom W. – Reading Teacher, 2018
Elementary students are expected to use various features of informational texts to build knowledge in the content areas. In science informational texts, scientific metaphors are commonly used to make sense of complex and invisible processes. Although elementary students may be familiar with literary metaphors as used in narratives, they may be…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, Elementary School Science
Yildiz, Ali – European Journal of Physics Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to discuss a wrong statement written about dimensional analysis in a physics text book prepared for the students who are studying in science, engineering and teaching undergraduate programs at universities and who have to take compulsory physics courses, to analyse the use of the text book including the wrong…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Devarajan, Deepa; Gustafson, Samantha J.; Bickelhaupt, F. Matthias; Ess, Daniel H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Undergraduate organic chemistry textbooks and Internet websites use a variety of approaches for presenting and explaining the impact of halogen atom size on trends in bond strengths and/or acidity of hydrogen halides. In particular, several textbooks and Internet websites explain these trends by invoking decreasing orbital overlap between the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Science, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Structure
Chen, Hao; Ni, Ju-Hua – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2013
Biochemistry occupies a unique place in the medical school curricula, but the teaching of biochemistry presents certain challenges. One of these challenges is facilitating students' interest in and mastery of metabolism. The many pathways and modes of regulation can be overwhelming for students to learn and difficult for professors to teach in an…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Metabolism, College Science
DeBuvitz, William – Physics Teacher, 2011
The usual science course is not meant to be a history course and the usual science book is not meant to be a history book. However, most science books do include some historical information. Unfortunately, the history part is usually so brief that it is far from interesting and often so oversimplified that it is totally wrong. Introductory physics…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Physics, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction
Goodwin, Alan – School Science Review, 2012
Evaporation and boiling are both terms applied to the change of a liquid to the vapour/gaseous state. This article argues that it is the formation of bubbles of vapour within the liquid that most clearly differentiates boiling from evaporation although only a minority of chemistry textbooks seems to mention bubble formation in this context. The…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Textbooks, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Bizzo, Nelio; Monteiro, Paulo H. Nico; Lucas, Marcelo B.; Bianco, Andre Amaral G. – Science Education International, 2012
First-aid methods recommended for snakebites are included in Science textbooks in Brazil. Books published before 1996 provided misleading information in this respect and it is possible that such recommendations derived from North-American experiences conducted at the beginning of the 20th Century. The official evaluation of textbooks carried out…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Medical Services, Patients
Elcoro, Luis; Etxebarria, Jesus – European Journal of Physics, 2011
The requirement of rotational invariance for lattice potential energies is investigated. Starting from this condition, it is shown that the Cauchy relations for the elastic constants are fulfilled if the lattice potential is built from pair interactions or when the first-neighbour approximation is adopted. This is seldom recognized in widely used…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Interaction, Misconceptions, Science Instruction
Andersen, Lauren; Nobile, Nicole; Cormas, Peter – Science Scope, 2011
For students to develop an understanding of science content and processes, teachers must create classroom environments in which students use inquiry to understand the natural world. However, teachers frequently find it difficult, if not impossible, to demonstrate complex scientific concepts, which textbooks often fail to properly explain. During…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Prior Learning, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts
Huggins, Elisha – Physics Teacher, 2009
During the session on "Introductory College Physics Textbooks" at the 2007 Summer Meeting of the AAPT, there was a brief discussion about whether introductory physics should begin with one-dimensional motion or two-dimensional motion. Here we present the case that by starting with two-dimensional motion, we are able to introduce a considerable…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Physics, Motion, Scientific Principles
Freedman, Alan D.; Ross, Scott E.; Gayle, Richard C. – American Biology Teacher, 2008
Anatomy scholars agree that the pectineus muscle adducts and flexes the hip joint. While some scholars have reported that the pectineus muscle acts as a lateral rotator, others have reported that this muscle acts a medial rotator. This problem is further complicated because a group of scholars does not specify the pectineus muscle's role in hip…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Human Body, Science Instruction, Differences