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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Physics Education"”.
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Gender Equity in Physics Education: Framing the Future of Physics Education Research in Canada
… is to determine if and how the field of physics education research (PER) in Canada is addressing issues of gender inequity in physics education, and to develop an expert knowledge-based framework to guide Canada’s ongoing PER to increase gender equity in physics education. Three separate …
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Bridging the Gap in Physics Education
… the possible benefits of computer simulations in physics education. However, very little research has been conducted on how computer simulations can actually be integrated into a physics program (Zacharia & Anderson, 2003). This research investigated the effects of computer simulations on the …
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Digital Physics Education - Personal devices, mediated reality, serious gaming
… in Chapter III; a mediated reality setup for physics education in Chapter IV.
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Physics Education: Understanding the Barriers for Young Women in Ontario
… all countries of the world, at every level of education, physics as a field of science is failing to recruit and retain women. This phenomenon is believed to relate to girls’ educational experiences from K-12, but the reasons for the gender gap in physics are not fully understood. The purpose …
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"Concept" and "Context": Toward modelling understanding in Physics Education research
"Context sensitivity" is a core issue in physics education research (PER). Why does student understanding of a concept depend so crucially on the context in which it is embedded? This dissertation attempts to answer this question by using a variety of theoretical tools to model understanding. We …
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Design of an air track for engineering and physics education
An air track is a valuable tool for examining force and motion in the classroom, providing a low-friction environment to observe phenomena. Unfortunately, currently available models have limited functionality and are prohibitively expensive for many schools. To improve access to this helpful …
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A systems approach to physics education at first year university level
… is broader than that normally considered in education. Two distinct aspects of this systems approach are identified-an “applied” aspect and a “basic” aspect. With respect to curriculum development and analysis, the applied aspect involves the design, development and evaluation of a learning …
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Rethinking laboratory activities with digital technologies and developments in physics education
… and active learning methodologies in physics education, focusing on both high school and introductory undergraduate laboratory courses. The research is motivated by the need to move away from traditional, teacher-centered approaches and embrace methods that actively engage students in …
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Developing modern graphite exponential pile experiments to augment reactor physics education
Reactor Physics is not always an intuitive subject for students to understand. When nuclear engineering was beginning as a field it was common for students to complete measurements on sub-critical reactors, which could not sustain a fission chain reaction, in order to develop student intuition. The …
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Gender, Ethnicity, and Physics Education: Understanding How Black Women Build Their Identities as Scientists
… identity and the pursuit of a career in physics?" Grounded on a critical race theory perspective, the study uses storytelling to analyze how these women build their identities as scientists and how they have negotiate their multiple identities within different communities in society. …
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Picturing the physics behind equations and graphs: a grounded cognition based model for multimedia learning and its application in physics education
… thesis tries to answer a fundamental question in physics education: How does the design of instructional representations affect the process of constructing physics knowledge? This question is important for the creation of instructional materials of any form, ranging from printed textbooks to …
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Fyzikální vzdělávání žáků a učitelů v projektu Heuréka
Title: Physics education of students and teachers in the Heureka project Author: RNDr. Irena Dvořáková Department: Department of Physics Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Leoš Dvořák, CSc., Department of Physics Education, Faculty of …
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YEAR ONE HUNDRED REFOUNDATION: A DIDACTIC PROPOSAL FOR A CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
In the late nineteenth century, classical physics seemed unassailable, firmly grounded in Newton’s mechanics for macroscopic bodies and Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory for radiation. This confidence was bolstered by the technological successes that marked a significant phase of the Industrial …
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The Use of Digital Video Games in an Elementary Teacher Education Program: Exploring Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes and Interest towards Physics
… video games (DVGs) have been used in various educational contexts. However, there has been limited exploration into how they could be used in teacher education programs to investigate how DVGs, in their play, could affect teacher candidates’ (TCs) attitudes towards and interests in physics and …
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Enlight : a projected augmented reality approach to science education
… new possibility for innovative learning tools in education. This thesis explores the application of a projected augmented reality system and its use in science education. Through this work, we provide some brief insights into the potential and challenges of using the projection augmented model in …
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First year students' understanding of measurements in physics laboratory work
Recent collaborative work by the physics education research group at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the science education research group at the University of York (United Kingdom) has produced a suite of research instruments which may be used to probe the procedural understanding of …
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Strategies adopted by undergraduate physics students when modelling solutions to hands-on tasks
… a focus on the role of models and modelling in physics education. At the same time, there has also been a move away from the use of recipe-style tasks in physics laboratories to inquiry-based problem solving. From the ensuing research, model-based views of physics have emerged which have …
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factors Affecting Academic Performance of In-service Students in science Education: a case of the University of zambia
… performance of mature-age students in Science Education at University of Zambia. It was guided by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The theory provided relationship between achievement motivation and academic performance. A descriptive research design was used. Both Qualitative and Quantitative …
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Perceptions of Education Administration towards the Teaching and Learning of O-level Physics:A case of the Copperbelt Province
This study investigated the perceptions of education administrators towards the teaching and learning of O-Level Physics of the Copperbelt province. The study focused on 46 high schools where O-level Physics was offered within the Copperbelt province. A total sample was of 102 respondents selected …
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factors Affecting Academic Performance of In-service Students in science Education: a case of the University of zambia
… performance of mature-age students in Science Education at University of Zambia. It was guided by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The theory provided relationship between achievement motivation and academic performance. A descriptive research design was used. Both Qualitative and Quantitative …
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