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Atike Sari; Çigdem Sahin Çakir – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2024
This study employed a case study methodology to investigate students' misconceptions about solid, liquid, and atmospheric pressure. The research included 36 8th-grade students from various middle schools in Giresun, comprising 19 girls and 17 boys. Data collection involved a test consisting of 14 concept cartoon questions, and the concept cartoons…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cartoons, Grade 8, Middle School Students
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Jian, Yu-Cin – Research in Science Education, 2023
One of the ways to acquire scientific knowledge is by reading science comics. This study aims to investigate the attitudes (e.g., reading habits, interest, motivation) of university students toward reading science comics, and how they read science comics for acquiring scientific knowledge reflected by an eye tracker. Sixty-five undergraduates were…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Cartoons, Science Education, Reading Comprehension
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Sittichai Wichaidit; Manabu Sumida – Science Education International, 2023
The conceptual change approach has been a prevalent theoretical foundation for comprehending students' acquisition of scientific knowledge. Despite its extensive use, only a limited number of studies have employed this framework to examine the effectiveness of game-based learning (GBL). The GBL was utilized to teach 101 middle school students…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Science Education, Middle School Students
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Turkoguz, Suat; Ercan, Izel – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
This study investigated the effect of visual anthropomorphic stories on students' understanding of the particulate nature of matter and their level of anthropomorphic discourse. This study employed a quasi-experimental research design with pretest and posttest control groups. Science activities supported by visual anthropomorphic stories were…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Activities
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Daloos, Ma. Lara Angela Santos; Paderna, Edwehna Elinore S. – Research in Science Education, 2023
Collaborative-metacognitive use of science literature teaching approach (CMSLTA) refers to a researcher-made teaching approach from the Philippines that comprises four components, namely (a) formation of groups with three to four members who have varied reading comprehension ability and assigned rotating roles; (b) use of Scientific Method…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Rivera, Seema; Glass, Rory; Mastroianni, Michael; Wizner, Francine; Amodeo, Vincent – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
This study examines how three elementary teachers refer to pictorial models (photographs, drawings, and cartoons) during science read-alouds. While one teacher used realistic photographs for the purpose of visually verifying facts about crystals, another employed analytical diagrams as heuristic tools to help students visualize complex target…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Elementary School Science, Visual Literacy, Cartoons
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Roesky, Herbert W.; Kennepohl, Dietmar – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
Cartoons are part of a much larger effort by chemical educators to introduce activities to enhance learning and student participation. There are a variety of cartoon types used in teaching that have been evaluated and discussed within the chemical education community including caricatures, comics, and concept cartoons. This article focuses on the…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods