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Struck, William; Yerrick, Randy – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
The effects of two types of two well-established microcomputer-based teaching methods were examined for their effect on teaching high school students kinetics. The use of data acquisition probeware and digital video analysis were studied for their impact on students' conceptions and ability to interpret graphical relationships to real world…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Computer Uses in Education, Kinetics, Physics
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Winans, J. G. – Physics Education, 1972
Recognizes that physics, like other sciences, deals with information in the form of sense impressions. Concepts of mass length and time are not sensory experiences and should substitute instead the terms of force, displacement and time for better understanding. (PS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Kinetics, Physics, Resource Materials
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Mace, W. K. – Physics Education, 1971
Describes some of the general principles involved in the planning of a teaching sequence. Discusses in more detail one example of a complete syllabus including major concepts and experiments. (Author/TS)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Kinetics
Brophy, M.; Fryars, M. – 1983
Seychelles Integrated Science (SIS), a 3-year laboratory-based science program for students (ages 11-15) in upper primary grades 7, 8, and 9, was developed from an extensive evaluation and modification of previous P7-P9 materials. This P8 SIS unit deals with: (1) changes in temperature which make matter expand and contract (and how this affects…
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, Curriculum Development, Heat, Integrated Curriculum