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Using a Force Concept Inventory Test with Visually Impaired and Blind Students
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Bulbul, Mustafa Sahin; Garip, Belkis; Özdemir, Ömer Faruk – European Journal of Physics Education, 2015
This paper reports on a study to determine whether blind students' conceptualizations of force and motion differ from sighted students. This is particularly concerned with the question of whether the students' visual experiences have any relation to their conceptualizations or misconceptualization about force and motion. The research was designed…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Visual Impairments, Blindness
Students' and Teachers' Application of Surface Area to Volume Relationships
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Taylor, Amy R.; Jones, M. Gail – Research in Science Education, 2013
The "National Science Education Standards" emphasize teaching unifying concepts and processes such as basic functions of living organisms, the living environment, and scale (NRC 2011). Scale includes understanding that different characteristics, properties, or relationships within a system might change as its dimensions are increased or decreased…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Logical Thinking, Spatial Ability, Science Teachers
Cognitive Load for Configuration Comprehension in Computer-Supported Geometry Problem Solving: An Eye Movement Perspective
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Lin, John Jr-Hung; Lin, Sunny S. J. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
The present study investigated (a) whether the perceived cognitive load was different when geometry problems with various levels of configuration comprehension were solved and (b) whether eye movements in comprehending geometry problems showed sources of cognitive loads. In the first investigation, three characteristics of geometry configurations…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Geometry, Comprehension
Assessing the Development of High School Chemistry Students' Conceptual and Visual Understanding of Dimensional Analysis via Supplemental Use of a Proprietary Interactive Software Program
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Jennifer Tennille Pinder Ellis – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study was designed to evaluate the effects of the proprietary science education software, "Conversionoes," on students' conceptual and visual understanding of dimensional analysis. The participants in the study were high school general chemistry students enrolled in two public high schools with different demographics (School A and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry, Concept Formation
Emerging Conceptual Understanding of Complex Astronomical Phenomena by Using a Virtual Solar System
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Gazit, Elhanan; Yair, Yoav; Chen, David – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2005
This study describes high school students' conceptual development of the basic astronomical phenomena during real-time interactions with a Virtual Solar System (VSS). The VSS is a non-immersive virtual environment which has a dynamic frame of reference that can be altered by the user. Ten 10th grade students were given tasks containing a set of…
Descriptors: Astronomy, High School Students, Concept Formation, Interaction
Favorite Activities for the Teaching of Psychology
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Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr., Ed. – APA Books, 2008
The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans