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Sokolowski, Andrzej – Physics Education, 2019
This paper is a continuation of an earlier discussion in this journal about adhering to principles of mathematics while presenting function graphs in physics. As in the previous paper, the importance of the vertical line test was examined, this paper delves more in-depth, and it pinpoints a need for presenting graphs with a continuous rate of…
Descriptors: Graphs, Physics, Mathematics Education, Calculus
Weissman, M. B. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Sound educational policy recommendations require valid estimates of causal effects, but observational studies in physics education research sometimes have loosely specified causal hypotheses. The connections between the observational data and the explicit or implicit causal conclusions are sometimes misstated. The link between the causal…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Attribution Theory, Educational Policy
dos Santos, Paulo José Sena; dos Santos, Toni Fernando Mendes – Physics Education, 2021
Many researches show that students have difficulties in understanding graphics in kinematics. Some authors argue that we can use different instructional strategies to reduce these difficulties. Based on these studies, we developed and applied a didactic sequence using educational robotics to teach graphic analysis in movements in a dimension with…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physics, Science Education, Graphs
Choffin, Amy; Johnston, Laura – Science and Children, 2018
This article describes how two teachers implemented a 5E lesson in a third-grade classroom where the students had been working with forces/motion and investigating things that move like pendulums, swing sets, and various toys. The lesson was included as part of a larger unit on motion. The desired outcome for this lesson was for students to…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Science, Science Education, Motion
van Leeuwen, Theo H.; Manalo, Emmanuel; van der Meij, Jan – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2015
There is considerable interest in the cultivation of student graphic literacy among educators and researchers, especially in the sciences. Previous research, however, has shown that many students manifest difficulties in using diagrammatic representations. One explanation that has been proposed to account for these difficulties is that certain…
Descriptors: Science Education, Diagnostic Tests, Brain, Visual Aids
Christie, Derek – Physics Teacher, 2014
This simple experiment uses an unusual graph straightening exercise to confirm the parallel axis theorem for an irregular object. Along the way, it estimates experimental values for g and the moment of inertia of a tennis racket. We use Excel to find a 95% confidence interval for the true values.
Descriptors: Graphs, Science Education, Racquet Sports, Computation
Nation, Molly Trendell; Feldman, Allan; Wang, Ping – Science Teacher, 2015
Global climate change and its effects are real and immediate. Students must gain an understanding of climate science so they can participate in public debate about how to reduce the emission of heat-trapping gases and how their communities can mitigate the effects of global warming. In this activity, students model these effects on Earth's oceans…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Climate, Pollution, Investigations
LaDue, Nicole D.; Libarkin, Julie C.; Thomas, Stephen R. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
The pervasive use of visual representations in textbooks, curricula, and assessments underscores their importance in K-12 science education. For example, visual representations figure prominently in the recent publication of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States in Next generation science standards: for states, by states.…
Descriptors: Science Education, Earth Science, Biology, Physics
Durmaz, Hüsnüye – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2016
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of an instructional intervention on enhancement the pre-service science teachers' (PSTs) science process skills (SPSs) and to identify problems in using SPSs through Laboratory Applications in Science Education-I course (LASE-I). One group pretest-posttest pre-experimental design was employed. An…
Descriptors: Intervention, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Inquiry
Vieyra, Rebecca E.; Vieyra, Chrystian – Physics Teacher, 2014
Mobile device accelerometers are a simple and easy way for students to collect accurate and detailed data on an amusement park ride. The resulting data can be graphed to assist in the creation of force diagrams to help students explain their physical sensations while on the ride. This type of activity can help students overcome some of the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Recreational Activities, Parks
Schultheis, Elizabeth H.; Kjelvik, Melissa K. – American Biology Teacher, 2015
Current educational reform calls for increased integration between science and mathematics to overcome the shortcomings in students' quantitative skills. Data Nuggets (free online resource, http://datanuggets.org) are worksheets that bring data into the classroom, repeatedly guiding students through the scientific method and making claims…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Process Skills, Educational Change, Statistical Analysis
Cetin, Nezahat – PRIMUS, 2009
This study investigated whether students who are studying calculus were able to determine the graph of the derivative of the functions related to the problems they come across in their daily lives or in applied science. A test was given to science and engineering students at a Turkish university. At the end of this study, it was determined that…
Descriptors: Technology, Teaching Methods, Calculus, Science Education
Rosenblatt, Rebecca; Heckler, Andrew F.; Flores, Katharine – Advances in Engineering Education, 2013
We apply a "tutorial design process", which has proven to be successful for a number of physics topics, to design curricular materials or "tutorials" aimed at improving student understanding of important concepts in a university-level introductory materials science and engineering course. The process involves the identification…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Science Education, College Students, Introductory Courses
Heck, André; Ellermeijer, Ton – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2010
Coach is an activity-based, open computer environment for learning and doing mathematics, science, and technology in an inquiry approach, developed in the last twenty-five years at the AMSTEL Institute of the University of Amsterdam. It offers a versatile set of integrated tools for data collection, data analysis, modelling and simulation, and for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Physics, Science Education
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conference on e-Learning (EL) 2019, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and co-organised by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, in Porto, Portugal, July 17-19, 2019. The EL 2019 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Instruction, Cooperation