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Lamanauskas, Vincentas, Ed. – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
These proceedings contain papers of the 3rd International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2019) held in Šiauliai, Lithuania, June 17-19, 2019. This symposium was organized by the Scientific Methodical Center "Scientia Educologica" in cooperation with the Institute of Education, Šiauliai University. The…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, Formative Evaluation, Chemistry

Savelsbergh, Elwin R.; de Jong, Ton; Ferguson-Hessler, Monica G. M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2002
Investigates how situational knowledge differs across individuals of different competence levels. Analyzes participants' descriptions of physics problem situations. Discusses the relationship between competence and the structure of problem situations, differences between experts and novices, and implications for teaching. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Competence, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development

Mullet, Etienne; Montcouquiol, Anne – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Describes an application of methodology based on the Information Integration Theory to study intuitive mastery by 13-14 year-olds of Archimedes' Effect in physics. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Physics

Tsai, Chin-Chung – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1999
Describes a study of Taiwanese 14-year-olds' (n=48) cognitive structures derived from the instruction of basic atomic physics. Finds that even academically above-average students tended to use relatively lower-level modes of knowledge construction, focusing on reciting or describing specific factual knowledge in physics. (Contains 27 references.)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Learning Processes

Ridgeway, Dori – Science Teacher, 1988
Reports concepts which 12th-grade physics students hold about motion before and after a lecture is given. Compares quantitative and qualitative research methodology and describes some responses to test items. Shows six questions, student responses, and typical incorrect explanations used by students. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Mechanics (Physics), Misconceptions, Motion
Beichner, Robert J.; Saul, Jeffery M.; Allain, Rhett J.; Deardorff, Duane L.; Abbott, David S. – 2000
SCALE-UP is an extension of the highly successful IMPEC (Integrated Math, Physics, Engineering, and Chemistry) project, one of North Carolina State's curricular reform efforts undertaken as part of the SUCCEED coalition. The authors utilize the interactive, collaboratively based instruction that worked well in smaller class settings and find ways…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Curriculum, Concept Formation, Epistemology

Shipstone, D. M.; And Others – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Describes a study of the understanding of basic electrical concepts shown by 15-17 year-old students in England, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and West Germany. Reports substantially the same pattern of learning difficulties across countries. Provides sample items. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Electricity, Foreign Countries, Physics
Law, Nancy – 1988
Knowledge elicitation through programming was studied to determine students' intuitive ideas about motion. The subjects, 17-year-old sixth-form science students and 14-year-old third-form students, were asked to write expert systems programs about motion; and their interactions with their own knowledge were observed. The 17-year-old students had…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Expert Systems, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Brown, David E. – 1988
This paper analyzes the misconceptions high school students have about force and suggests that the misunderstanding of Newton's third law is the key to these misconceptions. Clinical interview and diagnostic test data (N=104) indicates that many students have a naive view of force as an acquired or innate property of single objects rather than…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Force, Interviews

Mohapatra, J. K. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Identifies an induced incorrect generalization as a generative cause for the formation of misconception. Analyzes students' protocol of an exploratory learning experiment about the laws of reflection of light. Suggests recommendations for textbook, teaching, and practical work. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Generalization, Misconceptions

Fisher, Brian – School Science Review, 2001
Examines quantitative models in school physics, looking particularly at the degree to which they match the real world. Explores the positive aspects of a mismatch between models and real world conditions. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Clement, John – 1978
This paper attempts to show that it is possible to analyze a problem solving protocol in which the subject spontaneously generates a series of analogies. The qualitative physics problem given to the subject describes a situation where that which is unfamiliar is often solved by relating it to several analogous situations that are more familiar.…
Descriptors: Analogy, Cognitive Structures, College Science, Higher Education
Redish, Edward F. – 2002
This paper considers what physics can offer students, both as physics majors and in other sciences. The recent increases in the technological character of the workplace appear likely to continue, leading to increasing numbers of individuals who should learn something about science. For many of these people, understanding the character of science,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Curriculum, Concept Formation, Futures (of Society)

Rowlands, Stuart; Graham, Ted; Berry, John – Science and Education, 1999
Discusses the various conflicting trends in mechanics education that have appeared over the past two decades, especially as related to conceptual change teaching and learning. Proposes the theory of schemata as a means to resolve the conflict that exists within the literature. Contains 82 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education

Shipstone, David; Cheng, Peter C-H. – School Science Review, 2001
Shows how box diagrams and AVOW diagrams may be used to solve problems concerning networks of resistors that obey Ohm's Law. Presents outcomes and feedback from students and teachers. Concludes with suggestions as to how these techniques might be incorporated into the teaching of basic circuit theory. (Contains 22 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Electric Circuits, Electricity, Foreign Countries