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AlArabi, Khaleel; Tairab, Hassan; Wardat, Yousef; Belbase, Shashidhar; Alabidi, Suzan – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
This quasi-experimental study was conducted in two secondary schools in a major city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to examine the impact of Computer Simulations (CSs) on students' learning of Newton's Second Law of Motion (NSLOM) in grade 11 compared to traditional face-to-face education. The study used Newton's Second Law of Motion…
Descriptors: Physics, Motion, Science Education, Computer Simulation
Wu, Chih-Hung; Tzeng, Yi-Lin; Huang, Yueh-Min – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
This study investigated and compared the effectiveness of both digital game-based learning (DGBL) and static e-learning material for Newton's laws of motion on students' learning attention, affective experiences, cognitive load and academic achievement. Physiological signals and affective techniques were adopted to measure students' learning…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Game Based Learning, Computer Games, Electronic Learning
Asakle, Shadi; Barak, Miri – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Location-based learning refers to place-based education conducted online with the use of geographic information systems and mobile devices; with the shift to distance learning, its integration in science education warrants careful evaluation. The goal of this study was to examine the effect of location-based learning on students' understanding of…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Situated Learning, Concept Formation
Zhou, Shaona; Wang, Yanlin; Zhang, Chunbin – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
There is widespread agreement that science learning always builds upon students' existing ideas and that science teachers should possess knowledge of learners. This study aims at investigating pre-service science teachers' knowledge of student misconceptions and difficulties, a crucial component of PCK, on Newton's Third Law. A questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Level
Lemmer, Miriam – Africa Education Review, 2018
Science teaching and learning require knowledge about how learning takes place (cognition) and how learners interact with their surroundings (affective and sociocultural factors). The study reported on focussed on learning for understanding of Newton's second law of motion from a cognitive perspective that takes social factors into account. A…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physics, Scientific Principles, Motion
Antwi, Victor – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Most Ghanaian university physics students depend on rote learning and rote problem solving, without having the conceptual knowledge of concepts that are being studied. This is so because the Ghanaian style of setting and answering of questions favour those students who have the ability to do rote memorization of learning. The instructors start…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Motion, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Jumper, William D. – Physics Teacher, 2012
Many high school and introductory college physics courses make use of mousetrap car projects and competitions as a way of providing an engaging hands-on learning experience incorporating Newton's laws, conversion of potential to kinetic energy, dissipative forces, and rotational mechanics. Presented here is a simple analytical and finite element…
Descriptors: Physics, Hands on Science, Mechanics (Physics), Kinetics
Bao, Lei; Fritchman, Joseph C. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Newton's third law is one of the most important concepts learned early in introductory mechanics courses; however, ample studies have documented a wide range of students' misconceptions and fragmented understandings of this concept that are difficult to change through traditional instruction. This research develops a conceptual framework model to…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Principles, Physics, Teaching Methods
Chen, Cheng; Bao, Lei; Fritchman, Joseph C.; Ma, Hemin – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Causal reasoning is a fundamental cognitive process that supports a wide range of learning activities such as making predictions and inferences, explaining phenomena, and drawing conclusions. In physics learning, causal reasoning plays an important role in developing conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. This study builds off the…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Thinking Skills, Prediction, Inferences
Simic, Bojana; Mešic, Vanes; Ðapo, Nermin; Šapic, Iva Movre; Vidak, Andrej; Alic, Amina; Erceg, Nataša – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Physics homework often boils down to solving end-of-chapter quantitative problems. For targeting different learning goals of physics education, different types of homework are needed. The aim of this research was to compare the effectiveness of simulation-based, video-based, and paper-and-pencil homework in developing an understanding about…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Homework, Video Technology
Antwi, Victor; Addo-Wuver, Fortune; Sakyi-Hagan, Nelly – Science Education International, 2020
Newton's third law of motion is probably one of the easiest and simplest laws in physics for students to recite. However, when they are given questions where they must apply the understanding of the law to solve a problem, it often becomes a challenge. They seem to forget about the fact that action and reaction are opposite and equal. In this…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
Coletta, Vincent P.; Bernardin, Josh; Pascoe, Daniel; Hoemke, Anatol – Physics Teacher, 2019
Physics instructors recognize the value of kinesthetic experience in learning fundamental physics concepts. We describe a kinesthetic experiment appropriate for both college and high school physics students. The experiment helps students achieve an intuitive understanding of Newton's second law in a way they find quite enjoyable. It was devised by…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods
Bastos, Rodrigo Oliveira; Cordeiro Filho, Luiz Artur; Ikeoka, Renato Akio – Physics Education, 2022
The necessity to teach experimental physics in the pandemic period motivated the development of practices in which students may take measurements with instruments constructed by themselves. In this article, we present an experimental practice to approach Newton's law of cooling with a thermoscope (the earliest device for detecting changes in…
Descriptors: Physics, Heat, Measurement, Measurement Equipment
Ferrarelli, Paola; Iocchi, Luca – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2021
Novel technology has been applied to improve students' learning abilities in different disciplines. The research in this field is still finding suitable methodologies, tools, and evaluation mechanisms to devise learning frameworks with high impact on students' performance. This article describes an instructional method to perform Newtonian physics…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Programming, Robotics
Fraser, Duncan; Linder, Cedric – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
Contemporary learning research and development that is embedded in primary and secondary schooling is increasingly acknowledging the significance of a variation approach for enhancing the possibility of learning. However, the variation approach has so far attracted very little attention in higher education, but where it has, the results have been…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Simulation, Physics, Chemical Engineering