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Nieminen, Pasi; Savinainen, Antti; Viiri, Jouni – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2012
Previous physics education research has raised the question of "hidden variables" behind students' success in learning certain concepts. In the context of the force concept, it has been suggested that students' reasoning ability is one such variable. Strong positive correlations between students' preinstruction scores for reasoning…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Academic Achievement, Physics, Thinking Skills
Leinonen, Risto; Asikainen, Mervi A.; Hirvonen, Pekka E. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
This study concentrates on evaluating the consistency of upper-division students' use of the second law of thermodynamics at macroscopic and microscopic levels. Data were collected by means of a paper and pencil test (N = 48) focusing on the macroscopic and microscopic features of the second law concerned with heat transfer processes. The data…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Thermodynamics, Science Tests
Nivalainen, V.; Asikainen, M. A.; Hirvonen, P. E. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
This study explores third-year preservice physics teachers' (n=32) views concerning the objectives of practical work at school and university. Content analysis of their essays about practical work revealed not only the objectives of the practical work undertaken but also how they had experienced teaching as school and university students. The…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Preservice Teachers, Student Experience, Teaching Experience
Leinonen, Risto; Asikainen, Mervi A.; Hirvonen, Pekka E. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
As has been shown by previous research, students may possess various misconceptions in the area of thermal physics. In order to help them overcome misconceptions observed prior to instruction, we implemented a one-hour lecture-based intervention in their introductory thermal physics course. The intervention was held after the conventional lectures…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Thermodynamics, Scientific Concepts
Savinainen, Antti; Makynen, Asko; Nieminen, Pasi; Viiri, Jouni – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
Earlier research has shown that after physics instruction, many students have difficulties with the force concept, and with constructing free-body diagrams (FBDs). It has been suggested that treating forces as interactions could help students to identify forces as well as to construct the correct FBDs. While there is evidence that identifying…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Visual Aids
Nieminen, Pasi; Savinainen, Antti; Viiri, Jouni – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
This study investigates students' ability to interpret multiple representations consistently (i.e., representational consistency) in the context of the force concept. For this purpose we developed the Representational Variant of the Force Concept Inventory (R-FCI), which makes use of nine items from the 1995 version of the Force Concept Inventory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Tests, Reliability, Validity