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Conceptual Learning: Enhancing Student Understanding of Physiology
Students are leaving undergraduate science programs without the knowledge and skills they are expected to have. This is apparent in professional programs, such as medical and veterinary school, where students do not possess the critical thinking skills necessary to be successful. Physiology is a …
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College student understanding of informed consent terminology
… The purpose of this research was to evaluate students' understanding of terminology commonly used in the ICF. An online research survey was sent to active students of Eastern Michigan University (EMU) during the winter 2015 semester. Questions were asked to evaluate the students' understanding …
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Affecting U.S. education through assessment : new tools to discover student understanding
… lead policy makers, parents, educators, and even students to arrive at invalid conclusions about schools; teachers, and student ability, especially when evaluating the ability of a student to apply (versus just know) concepts. It was hypothesized that, if applied in a manner aligned with accepted …
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Millennial community college student: understanding their natural use of technology for learning
Students of the millennial generation are generally noted as being born between 1982 and 2002. For the purpose of this study, the term - Millennial - will be considered to be the proper generational title based on the work of Howe and Strauss (2000). This study explored the natural use of …
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Improving Depth of Student Understanding of Physics Content Using Standards Based Grading
… are constantly referring to the significance of students grades. Students are consistently encouraged to increase their grades and are told that these grades will affect how they do in life. However, even with a continual focus on grades and grading policies, many studies over the most recent …
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Student understanding of the kinematic quantities of angular speed and angular acceleration
… first and second year university physics students' understanding and reasoning of the concepts, angular speed and angular acceleration. The analysis was based on student responses to various tasks presented to them during one hour long interviews. These responses were characterized from a …
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Creating Interactive Experiences and Visualizing Computer Science Concepts to aid Student Understanding
… fun, engaging, and function to allow students to play around with the concepts they learn, without having them build their own tools from scratch. For example, when we first introduce graph search in an intro to computational thinking class, although we use a variety of visual aids, we …
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Investigating and Improving Student Understanding of Superposition in Introductory and Quantum Physics Courses
… research and curriculum development related to student understanding of the principle of superposition in introductory optics and upper-division quantum mechanics courses. The focus is on the extent to which students are able to relate the mathematical formalism used in physics to real-world …
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The relationship between teacher pedagogical content knowledge and student understanding of integer operations
… between their level of PCK and the change in the understanding of their students as measured by pre- and posttest of teacher and student knowledge. The study was conducted summer 2010 in a large urban school district on two campuses providing a district funded annual summer intervention, called …
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An Investigation of Chinese Graduate Student Understanding of Academic Integrity in U's Higher Education
… may be more of an issue among Chinese graduate students. When Chinese graduate students are accused of plagiarizing an implicit assumption often exists that poor language skills or lack of integrity may be the cause. The failure to consider cross-cultural issues in learning may have led to these …
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The effects on student understanding when questioning techniques are used during the reading of informational text
<p>If students are taught strategies to use when they come across informational texts, then they will be able to apply this information when they come across complex texts. Students not only need to be aware of the strategies, but they need to have the metacognitive ability of when to use the best …
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Does Attainment of Piaget's Formal Operational Level of Cognitive Development Predict Student Understanding of Scientific Models?
… instruction will need to be developed to enable students to achieve these standards. The literature reveals an inconsistent history of success with modeling education. These same studies point to a possible cognitive development component which might explain why some students succeeded and others …
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Does Attainment of Piaget's Formal Operational Level of Cognitive Development Predict Student Understanding of Scientific Models?
… instruction will need to be developed to enable students to achieve these standards. The literature reveals an inconsistent history of success with modeling education. These same studies point to a possible cognitive development component which might explain why some students succeeded and others …
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On the role of student understanding of function and rate of change in learning differential equations
… In Pieces to identify the knowledge resources students utilize while in the process of completing various differential equations tasks. In addition I explore how this utilization changes over the course of a semester, and how resources related to the concepts of function and rate of change …
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Exploring math teachers' own classroom experiences with deciding how to respond in the moment to student understanding
… The math education community has made strides in understanding how math teachers help students develop a conceptual understanding of math ideas. In-the-moment instructional decisions are essential for helping students develop a conceptual understanding of important math ideas (Carpenter et al., …
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Utilizing the History of Science to Enhance Student Understanding and Engagement: A Compilation of Earth Science Lesson Plans
… the history of science can be used to enhance student understanding of scientific concepts and processes, as well as the context in which science is explored. Successful methods for incorporating the history of science in to the classroom can also improve student understanding and use of …
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An Examination of Student Understanding of the Use of Models in Science and Conceptual Understanding of Electricity and Magnetism
… the relationship between college physics students' knowledge about models in science and their conceptual understanding with regard to electricity and magnetism. The data for this study was obtained through the administration of two instruments: Conceptual Survey of Electricity and …
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