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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 ...
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 ...
A hypothesis on the learning process as a basis for science curriculum development
(University of Cyprus, 2008)
Misconceptions (also known as alternative conceptions) are a perennial problem in physics education. Research
was focused worldwide on this, with limited successes achieved. The problem can be approached from different
...