Browsing GIREP Conference 2008 Physics Curriculum Design, Development and Validation by Subject "Conceptual understanding"
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Effects of physical and virtual Experimentation on students conceptual Understanding in heat and temperature
(University of Cyprus, 2008)The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of Physical Manipulatives (PM), Virtual Manipulatives (VM), and two sequential combinations of PM and VM, on pre-service students’ understanding of scientific concepts ... -
It seems easy to float, but is it really? Α Teaching unit for buoyancy
(University of Cyprus, 2008)The teachers’ prior practice indicates that the conceptual understanding of buoyancy among lower secondary school students is often deficient. Therefore we introduced a new teaching sequence in which students are ... -
Teaching and learning about Electromagnetism in high school: addressing issues of relevance and Epistemic practice
(University of Cyprus, 2008)Electromagnetism presents an interesting topic for teaching and learning of physics in high school. On the one hand, the corresponding phenomena are mostly outside the range of student experiences and relevance to every ...