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Brock, Richard; Kampourakis, Kostas – Science & Education, 2023
Scientific teleological explanations cite end states as causes to account for physical phenomena. Researchers in science education have noted that students can use teleological explanations in ways that are illegitimate, for example, by implying that inanimate objects are acting intentionally. Despite such cases, several examples of legitimate…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Epistemology, Philosophy
Salimpour, Saeed; Fitzgerald, Michael T. – Science & Education, 2022
This study explored over 200 journals and a content-focussed research repository to investigate the occurrence of research on the Big Questions in the field of astronomy education research (AER), focussing on Cosmology and Religion. Using both qualitative and quantitative techniques, 151 articles were selected and analysed. Our results reveal that…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Education, Educational Research, Religion
Elina Palmgren; Tapio Rasa – Science & Education, 2024
Modelling roles of mathematics in physics has proved to be a difficult task, with previous models of the interplay between the two disciplines mainly focusing on mathematical modelling and problem solving. However, to convey a realistic view of physics as a field of science to our students, we need to do more than train them to become fluent in…
Descriptors: Physics, Mathematical Models, Science Instruction, Problem Solving
Satanassi, Sara; Branchetti, Laura; Fantini, Paola; Casarotto, Rachele; Caramaschi, Martina; Barelli, Eleonora; Levrini, Olivia – Science & Education, 2023
Among the relevant aspects of the family resemblance approach (FRA), our study focuses on the potential of the approach to elaborate on disciplinary identities in an interdisciplinary context, specifically regarding the interplay between physics and mathematics. We present and discuss how the FRA wheel can be used and intertwined with the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Proximity, Physics, Mathematics
Ferreira, Eric Batista; Toti, Frederico Augusto – Science & Education, 2022
Brazilian journals play an important role in the local scientific scene. Despite its importance, Brazilian scientific production in Physics and Science education needs further articulation regarding the profile and impact of manuscripts. Therefore, our main goal in this paper is to monitor the trends in the Brazilian journals from 2013 to 2019…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Periodicals
Lin, Lin; Song, Qianru; Wang, Jingying; Hu, Tao; Ping, Xiaomei; Ling, Yizhou – Science & Education, 2023
The history of science has a unique value to teaching, and textbooks play an important role in permeating the history of science in science courses. This study aims to compare the presentation of history of science in two versions of high school physics textbooks in China. We selected the 2019 edition of the national and local textbooks as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Physics, Science Curriculum
Meli, Kalliopi; Koliopoulos, Dimitrios; Lavidas, Konstantinos – Science & Education, 2022
Teaching and learning introductory thermodynamics has drawn considerable research attention over the last two decades, especially in several disciplines of higher education. Under particular investigation is the First Law of Thermodynamics (FLT), which offers an expression of energy conservation in thermodynamic systems, as the evidence shows that…
Descriptors: Thermodynamics, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods
Integrating History of Science in In-Service Physics Teacher Education: Impact on Teachers' Practice
Winrich, Charles; Garik, Peter – Science & Education, 2021
This study investigates whether graduate courses for in-service physics teacher professional development that combine the conceptual history of physics, physics content, and physics education research readings will result in the teachers using the history of science for their own classroom instruction. In a study conducted in the USA, teachers who…
Descriptors: Science History, Science Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Physics
Kamphorst, Floor; Vollebregt, M. J.; Savelsbergh, E. R.; van Joolingen, W. R. – Science & Education, 2023
Einstein's derivation of special relativity theory (SRT), based on hypothetical reasoning and thought experiments, is regarded as a prime example of physics theory development. In secondary education, the introduction of SRT could provide a great opportunity for students to engage in physics theorizing, but this opportunity is largely being missed…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science, Science Education
Bancong, Hartono; Song, Jinwoong – Science & Education, 2020
Thought experiments are personal and tacit processes of experimentation that scientists perform within their own imagery in formulating new theories or refuting existing theories. However, by viewing learning as a social process, this study aims to show that thought experiments can also be constructed collaboratively and to present a detailed…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Physics, Problem Solving
Ha, Sangwoo; Kim, Minchul – Science & Education, 2020
Experiment is understood as a core activity in science education as well as science in general. Despite many efforts to improve science education in the laboratory, a cookbook style of verification experiments often dominate school science. In this study, we conducted an open laboratory activity that provided students with an opportunity to think…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Physics, Motion, Academically Gifted
Kostøl, Kristine Bakkemo; Bøe, Maria Vetleseter; Skår, Aud Ragnhild – Science & Education, 2023
Developing students' understanding of the nature of science (NOS) is seen as critical for educating scientifically literate citizens, and has emerged as an important curricular goal internationally. In Norway, a new curriculum reform has recently been implemented, intended to improve the Norwegian education in several ways. The reform aims to…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
Vázquez-Bernal, Bartolomé; Jiménez-Pérez, Roque – Science & Education, 2023
The objective of this work was the theoretical modeling of a construct based on teaching practice about the perception that pupils have of difficulties in problem solving (PS) in experimental sciences, specifically physics, to predict pupil performance in PS. The research was carried out with an incidental sample of second year of secondary…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Models, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction
Schvartzer, Maayan; Elazar, Michael; Kapon, Shulamit – Science & Education, 2021
Many physics learners take the specific mathematical representations they are using as part of their learning and doing physics for granted. The paper addresses this problem by highlighting two goals. The first is to show how a historical investigation from history of science can be transformed into a concrete lesson plan in physics, in a physics…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Jardim, Wagner Tadeu; Guerra, Andreia; Schiffer, Hermann – Science & Education, 2021
Science educators are increasingly using a historical approach to pedagogy as a way to enable students to understand the process of the construction of science in a more contextualized manner. Considering the meaning of context in a broader sense, this article has two objectives. First, it aims to explore how physics lessons using a Cultural…
Descriptors: Science History, Science Instruction, Physics, Teaching Methods