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Leong, Sarisavinarinawatie Shahrani Muhammad; Said, Hardimah Mohd; Shahrill, Masitah; Perera, J. S. H. Quintus – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This paper aims to explore how the use of lesson study approach with a constructivist framework could enhance Year 9 students' conceptions of pressure specifically on the topic of manometer reading in determining gas pressure. A diagnostic test was first administered to three Year 10 classes to help teachers identify student difficulties in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness
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Dial, Katrina; Riddley, Diana; Williams, Kiesha; Sampson, Victor – Science Teacher, 2009
The law of conservation of mass can be counterintuitive for most students because they often think the mass of a substance is related to its physical state. As a result, students may hold a number of alternative conceptions related to this concept, including, for example, the believe that gas has no mass, that solids have greater mass than fluids,…
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction