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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Physics teachers"”.
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Examining the influence of physics focused professional development on advanced placement physics teachers
… the pedagogical content knowledge of in-service physics teachers because of the large population of under-qualified teachers in the physics classroom. The need is even greater for the advanced placement (AP) physics teacher because of the level of rigor involved in the AP curriculum. This case …
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Improving the training of pre-service physics teachers in Malaysia using didaktik analysis
… and learning to the training of pre-service physics teachers in a Malaysian teacher training programme. The process of developing a specific content knowledge (real or true physics) was done through a didaktik analysis of specific physics content, to develop physics content knowledge suitable …
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Modelling physics teachers' pedagogical content knowledge through purposeful relationships between semiotic registers: KEPLER - "Knowledge Environment for Physics Learning and Evaluation of Relationships"
… teacher, it is envisaged that pre-service teachers may gain an insight into how subject knowledge may be structured for pedagogical purposes.
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Advancing Practical Physics in Africa’s Schools
… based teaching, practical work is seen by many teachers as an essential aspect of their practice. It is widely accepted that practical work not only enables skills acquisition but also leads to greater conceptual understanding. However, whilst there has been much research into the factors that …
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Teachers' use of teaching and learning support materials for effective teaching of grade 11 chemistry and physics in Kavango East region, Namibia
The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ use of Teaching and Learning Support Materials (TLSMs) for effective teaching of Grade 11 Chemistry and Physics in the Kavango East Region, Namibia. Four research questions were generated to guide the collection of data. The study adopted the …
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Application of Projects of Constructing Devices in Physics Teaching and Learning for Tanzanian Secondary Schools
… devices (CDs) in ordinary level secondary school physics teaching and learning in Tanzania. The study design was a survey using both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. The study was conducted in Dar es Salaam and Morogoro regions, where six secondary schools were …
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From the drawing board into schools: An analysis of the development and implementation of a new physics curriculum in New Zealand secondary schools
This thesis explored the introduction of a new physics curriculum in New Zealand secondary schools. It was part of a nationwide overhaul of the whole school curriculum from primary to secondary schools, initiated in the early 1990s. The study of curriculum change is inextricably woven with teacher …
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"Incongruent Bedfellows": Physics and Medicine in the Formation of North American and British Radiology, 1896-1930
… in 1928 represents a victory of the values of physics. I link the increasing authority awarded to physicists in the American and British x-ray communities to the particular leadership roles taken on by these individuals as physics teachers and safety inspectors.
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A study of the effectiveness of interactive television as the primary mode of instruction in selected high school physics classes
… student achievement and attitude in high school physics classes. Students enrolled in a distance learning program using interactive television to teach physics were the study population. Data were obtained from eighty-five students at six remote sites and the originating site. Z-tests of the mean …
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Significados del concepto de interacción gravitatoria en estudiantes de nivel polimodal y puesta en práctica de una propuesta didáctica respecto a dicho concepto
… such a concept as a linking principle of the physics contents studied at that school level. Initially, some diagnostic studies were carried out: (a) ideas of Polimodal students and college freshmen about the notion of interaction; (b) the place that the interaction topic occupies in the …
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Os saberes docentes na formação do professor de física: uma análise do planejamento à execução de uma sequência didática
… starting point our dissatisfaction with the way Physics Teaching is found in Basic Education, linked to our conception that the search for improving it necessarily involves improving teacher training. We believe that teacher training needs to be aligned with the conception of teacher we want …
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A study of the understanding and use of mathematical concepts by Secondary School Teachers of Physics: Case of selected Schools in Lusaka
Throughout the study of physics, mathematical related terms, facts, figures and concepts are learned. Although the relationship between mathematics and physics is evident and interwoven, no studies of Zambian origin have focused on how mathematical concepts should be understood and used by physics …
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A study of the understanding and use of mathematical concepts by Secondary School Teachers of Physics: Case of selected Schools in Lusaka
Throughout the study of physics, mathematical related terms, facts, figures and concepts are learned. Although the relationship between mathematics and physics is evident and interwoven, no studies of Zambian origin have focused on how mathematical concepts should be understood and used by physics …
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Response of administrators to poor performance in O-level physics examinations : The case of selected high schools of Copperbelt province
… Administrators to poor performance in O-level Physics examinations. The study further aimed at finding out the views held by School Administrators on the high failure rate and the measures they had put in place to improve performance. The School Administrators included school Headteachers and …
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Girls and A level physics : identity and choices
This thesis addresses the question of how physics identity and physics self efficacy influence girls’ choices to study or not to study physics post-16. This question is important because only 20% of the overall 16-18 physics cohort in England and Wales is female. A theoretical framework for physics …
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The Role of Executive Functions in Mathematics and Physics Achievement in Secondary Schools: A Comparative Study of 15- to 17-year-old Students Across Science and Humanities Curriculum Tracks
… education. Owing to the complex structure of physics, teachers often express concerns about secondary school students’ low levels of physics achievement. Therefore, the current study examines the links between executive functions and physics achievement. There is well-replicated evidence that …
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The Effect of Multimedia Cases on Science Teaching Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Prospective Teachers in Kenya
… teaching self-efficacy beliefs of prospective teachers in Kenya using mixed methods in data collection and analysis. Collaborating with two teacher educators at Central University, I designed and implemented two multimedia case-based intervention lessons, one with prospective chemistry teachers …