dc.contributor.author | Olympiou, Giorgos | en |
dc.contributor.author | Zacharia, Zacharias C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Papaevripidou, Marios | en |
dc.contributor.author | Constantinou, Constantinos P. | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | CY - Λευκωσία | en |
dc.creator | Olympiou, Giorgos | en |
dc.creator | Zacharia, Zacharias C. | en |
dc.creator | Papaevripidou, Marios | en |
dc.creator | Constantinou, Constantinos P. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-03T10:13:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-03T10:13:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10797/14584 | en |
dc.description | Περιέχει το πλήρες κείμενο | el |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of Physical Manipulatives (PM) and the combination of
Physical Manupulatives with Virtual Manipulatives (VM) on pre-service teachers’ understanding of scientific
concepts in the domain of heat and temperature. A pre-post comparison study design was conducted that involved
62 undergraduate pre-service elementary school teachers enrolled in an introductory course in heat and
temperature that was based upon the Physics by Inquiry curriculum (McDermott and The Physics Education
Group, 1996). The participants were assigned to an experimental (EG, 34 students) and a control group (CG, 28
students). The CG used PM to conduct the experiments, whereas, the EG used a combination of PM and VM.
Conceptual tests were administered to assess students’ understanding before, during, and after the study The data
analysis involved both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. The quantitative analysis showed that
experimenting with the combination of PM and VM enhanced students’ conceptual understanding more than
experimenting with PM alone. The qualitative analysis revealed that the EG had a larger shift from not scientific
accepted conceptions to scientific accepted conceptions concerning changes in temperature, heat and heat
transfer than the CG. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | University of Cyprus | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Virtual laboratories | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
dc.rights | Open Access | en |
dc.source | CBLIS Conference Proceedings 2007 Contemporary Perspective on new technologies in science and education | en |
dc.title | Using physical and virtual manipulatives to Enhance conceptual understanding in heat and temperature | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Physical manipulatives | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Virtual manipulatives | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Conceptual understanding | en |
dc.contributor.conferenceorganizer | Learning in Science Group, University of Cyprus | en |
dc.contributor.coordinator | Constantinou, Constantinos P. | en |