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Direct linkTrumper, Ricardo – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2006
In view of students' alternative conceptions about basic concepts in astronomy, we conducted a series of constructivist activities with future elementary and junior high school teachers aimed at changing their conceptions about the cause of seasonal changes, and of several characteristics of the Sun-Earth-Moon relative movements like Moon phases,…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Waks, S.; Sabag, N. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
The Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach enables the student to construct knowledge in his/her own way. Piaget, the founder of constructivism, saw the development of intelligence as a process involving the relationship between brain maturity and individual experience. The technology PBL (TPBL) approach confronts the student with a personal…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Technology Education, Laboratory Experiments, Constructivism (Learning)
Download full textYildirim, Zahide – Online Submission, 2006
This study aims to assess the impact of hypermedia designing as a cognitive tool on knowledge acquisition and retention in comparison to traditional instruction. A pretest-posttest control group design was used. The study included 48 second-year preservice computer teachers who enrolled in "Instructional Technology and Material…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Preservice Teachers, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups
