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Analysis of the Abstraction Process of Continuity Knowledge
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Memnun, Dilek Sezgin; Sevindik, Fatma; Beklen, Canan; Dinç, Emre – World Journal of Education, 2019
This study aimed to analyze the abstraction process of twelve-grade students' continuity knowledge through the RBC+C abstraction model. With this aim, a semi-constructed interview was conducted with two twelfth-grade students and recorded with a video camera. Two different research problems were addressed in the interview, and the students were…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 12, Cognitive Processes, Abstract Reasoning
High-School Students' Conceptual Difficulties and Attempts at Conceptual Change: The Case of Basic Quantum Chemical Concepts
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Tsaparlis, Georgios; Papaphotis, Georgios – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
This study tested for deep understanding and critical thinking about basic quantum chemical concepts taught at 12th grade (age 17-18). Our aim was to achieve conceptual change in students. A quantitative study was conducted first (n = 125), and following this 23 selected students took part in semi-structured interviews either individually or in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Rote Learning, Chemistry, Interviews
Analogies and Reconstruction of Probability Knowledge.
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Fast, Gerald R. – School Science and Mathematics, 1999
Investigates the effectiveness of utilizing analogies to effect conceptual change in students' alternative-probability concepts. Results indicate that analogies can be effective in producing desired conceptual change in high school students' probability concepts. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Dissonance, Concept Formation, Grade 12