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Slominski, Tara; Grindberg, Sarah; Momsen, Jennifer – Advances in Physiology Education, 2019
Human Anatomy and Physiology (HAP) has long been recognized as a difficult course. A 2007 study (Michael J. "Adv Physiol Educ" 31: 34-40, 2007) sought to better understand this difficulty by asking faculty for their perceptions of why students struggle to learn in HAP. Later research built on these findings by investigating why students…
Descriptors: Physiology, Replication (Evaluation), Learning Problems, Anatomy
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Tri Jalmo; Tri Suwandi – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
This research aims to explore the concept of mental model of students about genetic concepts through drawing-writing test. The participants were 85 students of Biology Education at University of Lampung, which has taken genetics course. Mental model of students was categorized into five levels (levels 1-5) based on coding framework which was…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biology, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Dai, Rui; Fritchman, Joseph C.; Liu, Qiaoyi; Xiao, Yang; Yu, Haibo; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Light interference is an essential topic for understanding the wavelike nature of light, however, there are limited studies on modeling and assessing students' misconceptions and learning difficulties in this area. Based on the knowledge integration modeling approach, a conceptual framework for light interference is developed and used to model…
Descriptors: Light, Comprehension, Scientific Concepts, Physics
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Li, Voon Li; Julaihi, Nor Hazizah; Eng, Tang Howe – Asian Journal of University Education, 2017
The paper presents the results of a case study examining students' difficulties in the learning of integral calculus. It sought to address the misconceptions and errors that were encountered in the students' work solution. In quantitative study, the marks obtained by 147 students of Diploma in Computer Science in advanced calculus examinations…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies
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Guisasola, Jenaro; Almudi, Jose M.; Zubimendi, Jose L. – Science Education, 2004
This study examined university engineering and physical science students' misconceptions of the nature of magnetic field. It is assumed that a significant knowledge of the sources of magnetic field is a basic prerequisite when students have to think about electromagnetic phenomena. To analyze students' conceptions, we have taken into account the…
Descriptors: Magnets, Theories, Curriculum Development, Physical Sciences
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Lazarowitz, Reuven; Lieb, Carl – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2006
A formative assessment pretest was administered to undergraduate students at the beginning of a science course in order to find out their prior knowledge, misconceptions and learning difficulties on the topic of the human respiratory system and energy issues. Those findings could provide their instructors with the valuable information required in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Undergraduate Students, Learning Problems, Advanced Courses