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Abdul-Razzaq, Wathiq; Thakur, Saikat Chakraborty – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2017
We all know that we must improve the quality of teaching in science at all levels. Not only physicists but also many students from other areas of study take the introductory physics courses in college. Physics introductory laboratories (labs) can be one of the best tools to help these students understand applications of scientific principles that…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Laboratory Experiments, Science Instruction, Instructional Improvement
Walker, Mark; Groger, Martin; Schutler, Kirsten; Mosler, Bernd – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
As well as being a founding father of modern chemistry and physics Michael Faraday was also a skilled lecturer, able to explain scientific principles and ideas simply and concisely to nonscientific audiences. However science didactics today emphasizes the use of open and student-centered methods of teaching in which students find and develop…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Audiences, Chemistry, Science Instruction
Zuza, Kristina; Guisasola, Jenaro; Michelini, Marisa; Santi, Lorenzo – European Journal of Physics, 2012
This study shows physicists' discussions on the meaning of Faraday's law where situations involving extended conductors or moving contact points are particularly troublesome. We raise questions to test students' difficulties in applying Faraday's law in motional electromotive force phenomena. We suggest the benefit of analysing these phenomena…
Descriptors: Physics, Introductory Courses, Science Instruction, Motion
Rojas, Roberto – Physics Teacher, 2022
In one of the Faraday's experiments an electric current is induced in a conducting loop when a magnet in front of it moves towards or away from the loop. While the direction of circulation of the electric current in the loop has only two options, it depends on three experimental conditions that generate eight cases. Even though the Faraday law or…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Science Experiments, Scientific Principles
Maries, Alexandru; Brundage, Mary Jane; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
The Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) is a multiple-choice survey that contains a variety of electricity and magnetism concepts from Coulomb's law to Faraday's law at the level of introductory physics used to help inform instructors of student mastery of those concepts. Prior studies suggest that many concepts on the survey are…
Descriptors: Physics, Energy, Graduate Students, Teaching Methods
Kuo, Eric; Wieman, Carl E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
Although physics education research (PER) has improved instructional practices, there are not agreed upon principles for designing effective instructional materials. Here, we illustrate how close comparison of instructional materials could support the development of such principles. Specifically, in discussion sections of a large, introductory…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Ha, Hyejin; Jang, Taehun; Sohn, Sang Ho; Kim, Junghwa – Physics Teacher, 2022
A solenoid is a coil wound many times on a cylinder of length greater than its diameter. Solenoids are mainly used as electromagnets, because a magnetic field is formed when current flows through a solenoid. The solenoid described in secondary school and university textbooks is a single-layered solenoid. Further, textbooks and papers focusing on…
Descriptors: Magnets, Secondary School Science, College Science, Textbooks
Soares, A. A.; Reis, T. O. – Physics Education, 2019
Here we present an inexpensive proposal to experimentally study Faraday's law of induction. The experiment uses low-cost materials, a computer with a sound card and a smartphone, both running free software. A value proportional to the induced electromotive force is measured with the computer's sound card and the data related to the magnetic field…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Magnets, Energy
Zuza, Kristina; Almudí, José-Manuel; Leniz, Ane; Guisasola, Jenaro – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
In traditional teaching, the fundamental concepts of electromagnetic induction are usually quickly analyzed, spending most of the time solving problems in a more or less rote manner. However, physics education research has shown that the fundamental concepts of the electromagnetic induction theory are barely understood by students. This article…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
Almudi, Jose Manuel; Ceberio, Mikel – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
This study explored the quality of arguments used by first-year engineering university students enrolled in a traditional physics course dealing with electromagnetic induction and related problem solving where they had to assess whether the electromagnetic induction phenomenon would occur. Their conclusions were analyzed for the relevance of the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Physics
Hill, S. Eric – Physics Teacher, 2010
As physics educators, we must often find the balance between simplicity and accuracy. Particularly in introductory courses, it can be a struggle to give students the level of understanding for which they're ready without misrepresenting reality. Of course, it's in these introductory courses that our students begin to construct the conceptual…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Physics, Energy, Misconceptions
Tural, Güner; Tarakçi, Demet – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2017
Background: One of the topics students have difficulties in understanding is electromagnetic induction. Active learning methods instead of traditional learning method may be able to help facilitate students' understanding such topics more effectively. Purpose: The study investigated the effectiveness of physical models and simulations on students'…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Energy, Magnets, Active Learning
De Luca, R. – Physics Education, 2010
Using Faraday's law, one can illustrate how an electromotive force generator, directly utilizing seawater motion, works. The conceptual device proposed is rather simple in its components and can be built in any high school or college laboratory. The description of the way in which the device generates an electromotive force can be instructive not…
Descriptors: Motion, Energy, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
Greenslade, Thomas B., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 2010
Let us now praise famous physicists, and the apparatus named after them, with apologies to the writer of Ecclesiastes. I once compiled a list of about 300 pieces of apparatus known to us as X's Apparatus. Some of the values of X are familiar, like Wheatstone and Kelvin and Faraday, but have you heard of Pickering or Rhumkorff or Barlow? In an…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Laboratory Equipment, Science Experiments
Akoglu, R.; Halilsoy, M.; Mazharimousavi, S. Habib – Physics Teacher, 2010
Our aim in this proposal is to use Faraday's law of induction as a simple lecture demonstration to measure the Earths magnetic field (B). This will also enable the students to learn about how electric power is generated from rotational motion. Obviously the idea is not original, yet it may be attractive in the sense that no sophisticated devices…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Measurement Techniques, Scientific Principles
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