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Conceptual understanding of photosynthesis
… at 95 confidence levels. In one of the more conceptual questions the girls did better than boys at the range of 61-70% while at the range 71-80% only the girls featured. The efforts by the government to encourage girl children to do well may be beginning to pay off. It is also an achievement …
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Conceptual understanding of genetics among student teachers
… the level of competency in the knowledge, understanding and problem-solving skills in genetics by student teachers. The study also explored the student teachers' awareness of the application of genetics technology in their communities. The method adopted for the study was an integration of …
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Promoting Conceptual Understanding via Adaptive Concept Maps
… to identify possible methods to promote conceptual understanding in the context of a digital textbook, and these hypothesized solutions will be evaluated through a prototype tool. The primary method that has been selected for this study to promote conceptual understanding in textbooks is …
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Engaging in Conceptual Understanding of Limits in Secondary Calculus
This curriculum project includes conceptual understanding support for teaching limits in high school calculus. The non-sequential lessons focus on polynomial expansion and division, and composite functions as they apply to understanding limits. The definition of the derivative is presented …
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Enhancing student learning and conceptual understanding of electric circuits
… research has highlighted that students have many conceptual difficulties regarding electric circuits and that traditional teaching methods are not successful in overcoming these difficulties. In addressing this issue, this research project placed its primary focus on the development of research …
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A Case Study on Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conceptual Understanding
… focuses on developing a blueprint for assessing conceptual understanding of AFM concepts. Since existing literature suggests that novices and experts organize knowledge differently, comparing students' and experts' mental models can shine a light on the alternative conceptions that students …
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Schema Theory-based Computational Approach to Support Children's Conceptual Understanding
… acknowledge the difficulty faced by children in understanding new concepts. Explaining new concepts to children requires supporting their reasoning based on concrete objects and ideas. Human tutors normally use some dialogue to introduce new concepts and tailor the explanations to the prior …
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Supporting children’s conceptual understanding of fractions with manipulatives and gesture
… children’s development of flexible and robust conceptual knowledge in this content area is critical for their success both in and out of school. The overarching goal of this project is to investigate the tools that support elementary school-aged children’s fraction learning by focusing on two …
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Mental Representation and the Construction of Conceptual Understanding in Electronics Education
… nature of the phenomena of interest. Developing understanding about electronics is therefore challenging because voltage cannot be readily observed; only the outcomes of the behaviour of voltage can be observed. Consequently modelling the phenomena of interest becomes a crucial factor in …
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USING HANDS-ON INQUIRY TO DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE GEOMETRY CLASSROOM
… first encountering a topic to support students’ conceptual understanding as they progress through the unit. The four non-consecutive lessons serve as introductions to the following topics: triangle angle theorems, parallel lines cut by a transversal, writing proofs, and triangle congruence …
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CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND THE USE OF HAND-SKETCHING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
… the current role of sketching and students' conceptual understanding of sketching and CAD within the Mechanical Engineering design process. Literature and previous research enriched the content of the Concept Inventory. Sketching assignments and data from students' design notebooks were …
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Using Dynamic Graphing Software to Develop Conceptual Understanding of Transformations of Trigonometric Functions
… software can be useful to develop student understanding of complex mathematical problem solving through manipulation and visualization of concepts. One challenging topic for high school mathematics students to understand is the relationship between right triangle trigonometry and …
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Grade 12 students conceptual understanding of chemical reactions: a case study of flouridation
… this study was to investigate grade 12 students conceptual understanding of chemical reaction using fluoridation of public water supply as a practical example of chemical reaction. The study also attempted to find out the effectiveness of concept mapping in facilitation the students understanding …
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Conceptual understanding, career aspiration, self-efficacy and experience of third-year chemistry students
… retention is affected by aspects such as conceptual understanding, career aspiration, self-efficacy and experience; which were considered independently and not holistically. This study aims to understand the persistence of chemistry students at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, …
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Computational Labs in Calculus: Examining the Effects on Conceptual Understanding and Attitude Toward Mathematics
… private institution on student outcomes of conceptual understanding of calculus and attitudes towards mathematics. The first manuscript addresses the changes in conceptual understanding through multiple-method research design, a quantitative survey given pre and post study and qualitative …
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Conceptual understanding of threshold concepts of electrical phenomena: Mental models of senior undergraduates in electrical engineering
… But does it? In electrical engineering (EE), conceptual understanding of electrical phenomena has rarely been addressed. Even though the presumed goal of instructors and students alike is to learn the concepts of electrical phenomena well enough to be able to use the concepts to design useful …
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Development of preservice elementary teachers science self-efficacy beliefs and its relation to science conceptual understanding
… beliefs and changes in physical science conceptual understanding in a specialized elementary physics content course for elementary education majors (N=51). The data were collected using science self-efficacy beliefs surveys, physical science concept instrument, class observations, …
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Impact of instructor intervention on the conceptual understanding of undergraduate engineering students working in a group
… during an intervention and how they impact the conceptual understanding of the students. Video data was drawn from four discussion sections in a required undergraduate engineering course involving two teaching assistants (TA) and four course assistants (CA). To achieve this, I analyzed how …
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