Addressing students' common difficulties in basic electricity by qualitative simulation-based activities

Ronen, Miky; Eliahu, M.

doi:10.1088/0031-9120/32/6/012

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“…The availability of classroom management software [264][265][266], homework delivery services [267][268][269][270][271][272][273], computer-based laboratory tools , electronic student response systems [296-297], simulation software [64, [298][299][300][301][302][303][304], instructional software [305][306][307][308][309][310][311][312][313][314][315][316][317][318][319][320][321][322][323], computing software [323][324][325][326][327][328][329] and access to the Internet [330][331][332][333][334][335]…”

Section: New Technologies: Computer-based Instructional Media Web-bas...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent advances in classroom physics

Thacker

2003

Rep. Prog. Phys.

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In recent years, a number of factors have prompted change in the teaching of physics. These factors include: 1) results from physics education research, 2) technology as a teaching tool, 3) a decline in the number of students choosing physics as a major field of study, and 4) concerns about the physics content knowledge of different groups of students with particular career goals. These factors and the changes that have resulted are discussed, including a greater focus on conceptual understanding and the cognitive skills required to understand and apply physics concepts, interactive engagement methods, teaching physics in different contexts, and the use of technology.

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Section: New Technologies: Computer-based Instructional Media Web-bas...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent advances in classroom physics

Thacker

2003

Rep. Prog. Phys.

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“…The aim of this study was to examine the role of a simulation as a potential aid that may help students to bridge the gap between theory and reality in the case of electric circuits. For this purpose, simulation was used as an intermediate medium, in conjunction with a both the real phenomenon and its diagrammatic representation ( Ronen & Eliahu, 1997a).…”

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Simulation — a bridge between theory and reality: the case of electric circuits

Ronen

Eliahu

2000

Computer Assisted Learning

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This study aimed to examine the role of a simulation as a potential aid that may help students bridge the gap between theory and reality, in the case of electric circuits. Sixty‐three pairs of students aged about 15 years were presented with two tasks involving real circuits. An open simulation environment was available as an optional aid for the experimental group. Significant differences were found between the achievements of the groups. The use of the simulation contributed to students' confidence and enhanced their motivation to stay on‐task. The detailed analysis revealed the role of the simulation as a source of constructive feedback, helping students identify and correct their miscon‐ceptions and cope with the common difficulties of relating formal representations to real circuits and vice versa.

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“…"Tools and methods" papers dealing with addressing students' common difficulties in basic electricity (Ronen & Eliahu, 1997).…”

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Treasure Hunt in the Library: An Exercise in Academic Literacy

Langley

2007

Proceedings of the 2007 InSITE Conference

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This paper presents an Academic Literacy course designed for first year students in our department. The course is based on a set of relevant reading materials and covers knowledge levels and classification systems, logical and physical library organization principles, physical and virtual search for publications, bibliographic citations and referencing methods and purposes.The paper describes two, out-of-class, activities related to the academic and public libraries in the information age. The first activity, the "Book Hunt", organizes the students' conceptions of the variety of functions being served and the impact of information technology on retrieving academic publications. Students' response to a reflective assignment dealing with concepts and impressions is described. The second activity "Visiting a public library", involves interviewing the librarian and writing a report on the structure and functions of the library. The paper discusses features of students' reports and indicates the contribution of the activities to the students' academic world view.

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Addressing students' common difficulties in basic electricity by qualitative simulation-based activities

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Recent advances in classroom physics

Recent advances in classroom physics

Simulation — a bridge between theory and reality: the case of electric circuits

Treasure Hunt in the Library: An Exercise in Academic Literacy

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