Conveners
Physics Curriculum Materials
- Ana Susac
Physics Curriculum Materials
- Leonardo Colletti (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
Physics Curriculum Materials
- Kristina Zuza (UPV/EHU (Applied Physics Department))
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Nataša Erceg7/5/22, 2:00 PMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
Misconceptions about molecular systems in interaction reveal difficulties in understanding macroscopic phenomena at the microscopic level. It is recommended that the existing misconceptions be addressed along with the comparative construction of correct thermodynamic models to make teaching more effective. Following the above, the conceptual understanding of molecular kinetic theory (MKT) of...
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Dr Michael M Hull (University of Vienna, Austrian Educational Competence Centre, Division of Physics)7/5/22, 2:20 PMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) is a research-based assessment that is used internationally to assess student understanding of Newtonian mechanics. The assessment has been investigated from a number of perspectives and many suggestions have been made for its improvement. One suggestion is the creation of subquestions. Subquestions are a tool to reduce false positives (answering a survey...
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Freek Pols7/5/22, 2:40 PMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
Assessment and feedback are essential in learning to engage in physics inquiry. However, assessment regularly focusses only on the quality of the presentation of the results rather than the adequacy of the decisions made during the investigation and students’ ability to justify these. To acknowledge both aspects of inquiry, we developed and validated the Assessment Rubrics for Physics Inquiry...
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Lana Ivanjek7/5/22, 3:00 PMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
Previous studies have demonstrated that students have difficulties in connecting spectral lines in discrete spectra with the transition between energy levels. In this study, we investigate how this connection is influenced by different representation of discrete spectra and how novices and experts differ in their problem-solving strategies. Therefor eye movements of university students were...
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Ana Susac (Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb)7/5/22, 3:20 PMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
We used isomorphic mathematics and physics items in paper-and-pencil and eye-tracking testing to investigate the effect of context on students’ understanding of vector concepts without the step of translation from physics to mathematics. We found no significant difference between overall scores on mathematics and physics items and the time that students spent attending physics and mathematics...
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Christopher Robin Samuelsson (Uppsala University, Sweden)7/7/22, 10:30 AMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
We have studied what epistemic games students employ to formulate observations, hypotheses and design experiments within an investigative learning environment. The students participated in an activity based on ISLE (Investigative Science Learning Environment) focused on the melting of ice when some table salt is added to it. Two pairs of students were compared: a pair of engineering students...
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82. Diagnosing the source of students’ difficulties within the Physics-Mathematics interplay contextMrs Hadas Levi (the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Lev Academic Center)7/7/22, 10:50 AMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
The interrelationships between mathematics and physics in the context of teaching and learning physics are attributed in the literature to a distinct domain, hereinafter referred to as "Physmatics", that encompasses unique skills and modes of thinking. Students exhibit difficulties with respect to this domain which are seldom get attention in the literature. Based on...
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Silvia Galano7/7/22, 11:10 AMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
Abstract. In this study we developed a new two-tier questionnaire to investigate students’ understanding of astronomical phenomena (change of seasons, Moon phases and eclipses). We submitted this questionnaire to a pilot sample of 152 students of the first year of secondary school in order to validate the instrument. We present results from this pilot submission.
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Leonardo Colletti (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)7/7/22, 11:30 AMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
Physics deals with complexity by reducing it to a limited number of universal principles. Since we live in a world characterised by an increasing complexity in all fields, an indispensable educational challenge arises for basic science education. Here we describe the outcomes of the first stage of a two-year project on complexity we have been developing for schools. It exploits the use of...
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Aleš Mohorič7/8/22, 10:30 AMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
Students were given a task to determine the speed of a car from a muddy pattern on the car door. Students were able to give two explanations for the pattern formation. Using different representations of the data they were able to decide in favour of one of the explanations.
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Benedikt Gottschlich (Physics Education Research Group, University of Tübingen)7/8/22, 10:50 AMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
Despite the enormous importance of electricity for today’s industrial societies, teaching of simple circuits is often perceived by learners as abstract and unappealing. In addition, learning objectives are often not achieved. Therefore, a context-based teaching concept for simple electric circuits has been developed. Considering results from studies investigating the interests of students, the...
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Kristina Zuza () Donostia Physics Education Research Group (DoPER), Department of Applied Physics, University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Spain)7/8/22, 11:10 AMPhysics Curriculum Materials: Development, Implementation, and AssessmentOral presentation
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The redesign process of the TLSs (Teaching Learning Sequence) is needed in DBR (Design Based Research) methodology as the last step of every cycle we implement the sequence. In this work, we implement and analyse the results obtained for a TLS on dynamics for high school (16-17) in two different schools in the Basque Country in 2020-2021. The obtained data seems to show that...