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Yildiz, Ali – European Journal of Physics Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to discuss a wrong statement written about dimensional analysis in a physics text book prepared for the students who are studying in science, engineering and teaching undergraduate programs at universities and who have to take compulsory physics courses, to analyse the use of the text book including the wrong…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Yildiz, Ali – Online Submission, 2013
The aim of this study is to investigate the views of pre-service mathematics teachers taking compulsory Physics-I (mechanics) and Physics-II (electricity) about the mistakes they encountered in the textbooks which they benefited from and the predictions of instructors teaching physics courses about these views. A total of 75 preservice teachers,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers, Physics
Yildiz, Ali – Online Submission, 2016
This study was conducted to investigate how to teach velocity and speed effectively, with which activities and examples. Although they are different quantities, they are generally used in the same meaning. Study data and the quantities discussed were obtained from the examination of documents such as scientific articles and books about the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Motion, Teaching Methods
Yildiz, Ali – Online Submission, 2012
The main purpose of this research was to study how the instructiveness of the letter, one of the writing to learn activities; changes according to the person to whom it is written (the addressee). The document analysis method was used in this qualitative study. Since documents are very important information sources used effectively in qualitative…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Writing (Composition), Learning Activities, Physics
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Yildiz, Ali – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
In the present study, the comprehension levels of special relativity theory in prospective teachers who take the Introduction to Modern Physics lesson in the faculty of education science teaching department and the effect of writing for learning on their achievement is researched. In the research, a control group pre-test post-test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Grade 2
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Yildiz, Ali; Buyukkasap, Erdogan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
This study examines prospective teachers' levels of understanding the photoelectric effect, and the impact of writing activities for learning purposes on the success of prospective teachers. These prospective teachers study in the science teaching program of the faculty of education and take the course Introduction to Modern Physics. In this…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Research Design, Physics