Browsing by Subject "Constructivism"
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Card game: attempts by primary level Education pupils to learn binary encoding
(University of Cyprus, 2007)This paper focuses on the learning of binary encoding by primary school pupils within a learning experiment mainly based on their being involved in playing a game. In fact, nineteen 6th Grade pupils participated in ... -
Designing applets that foster constructivist teaching and learning
(Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)The Modular Approach to Physics (MAP) project makes extensive use of “educational objects” which include Flash animations, Java Applets and Java Applications. A paramount concern in the design of these objects has been to ... -
Information technology for good or evil in science education
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Computers have created new possibilities for experimental and theoretical methods of scientific research. It has been also expected that development in computer technology enables changes in teaching and learning methods ... -
Information technology for understanding Science (it for us)
(University of Cyprus, 2008)The principal aim of the IT for US Project is to present teachers with a vision for the use of ICT in science teaching which exploits the qualities of software tools for developing conceptual understanding of scientific ... -
Information technology for understanding Science (it for us)
(University of Cyprus, 2007)The principal aim of the IT for US Project is to present teachers with a vision for the use of ICT in science teaching which exploits the qualities of software tools for developing conceptual understanding of scientific phenomena. ... -
Prospective computer engineers as users, designers and evaluators of educational software
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)This study focuses on the development of prospective computer engineers’ conceptions about the design of educational software. More specifically, we investigate how the experiences of such engineers in the design, ... -
Visualization of quantum phenomena
(University of Cyprus, 2007)Many abstract phenomena are, by their nature, "unseeable". What then does it mean to visualize quantum phenomena such as Compton Scattering, Alpha and Beta Decay, or collisional de-excitation? Perhaps more importantly, how ...