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Zarkadis, Nikolaos; Stamovlasis, Dimitrios; Papageorgiou, George – European Journal of Physics Education, 2021
The present study investigates the effect of three neo-Piagetian constructs, namely Formal Reasoning (FR), Field Dependence/Independence (FDI) and Divergence (DIV), as well as the effect of age and gender, on students' portrayed representations of the atomic structure, considering their degree of coherence. For this purpose students'…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Piagetian Theory, Nuclear Physics, Cognitive Style
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Damli, Seher; Ünlü Yavas, Pervin – European Journal of Physics Education, 2015
The aim of this study is to introduce an activity on magnetic fields prepared in order to improve high school students' views on the nature of science. The activity was prepared according to explicit-reflective approach, which is one of the nature of science teaching methods. The nature of science elements intended to obtain with the activity are…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Magnets
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Aziz, Majed S.; Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam Md – European Journal of Physics Education, 2010
The aim of this study is to compare and contrast the science process skills (SPS) included in the 10th-12th grade physics textbooks content utilized in Yemeni schools. The study revealed weaknesses and strengths in the textbooks' content. For instance, a number of science process skills (SPS), such as measuring, predicting and hypothesizing, have…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Physics, Textbooks