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Light phenomena conceptual assessment: an inventory tool for teachers
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K. Ndihokubwayo, J. Uwamahoro, I. Ndayambaje, and M. Ralph, Phys. Educ.,
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(3) (2020).
This article discusses the design and introduction of the Light Phenomena Conceptual Assessment (LPCA) to help teachers measure their students' conceptual understanding of light…
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/ab6f20/meta
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Active learning in intermediate optics through concept building laboratories
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M. Masters and T. Grove, Am. J. Phys.,
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We have modified our intermediate optics laboratory to improve student understanding through the use of active learning. Our approach relies on the direct confrontation of…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3381077
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Using Multimedia to Teach Optics to College Students
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This research included three phases: investigation of college students' understandings of light and optics, development of multimedia activities, and assessment of students'…
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Combining cognitive research and multimedia for teaching light and optics
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W. Zhang and R. Fuller, International Conference on Undergraduate Physics Education,
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Research has shown that: a) students' initial ideas and mental models play an important role in physics learning, b) technology is an effective instructional tool if appropriately…
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.53195
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Conceptual Underpinnings of Students' Ability to Understand Reflections from a Plane Mirror
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K. Cummings and E. Grillo, PERC 2004 Proceedings, 185-188.
In this paper we explore students' pre-instruction knowledge of several conceptual and procedural pieces of knowledge that we believe are prerequisite to one's ability to generate…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9564&DocID=3453
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The Specificity Effect: An Example from Refraction
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D. Brookes, B. Ross, and J. Mestre, PERC 2008 Proceedings, 83-86.
In physics instruction we often begin by presenting students with an abstract principle, and then illustrating the principle with one or more examples. We hope that students will use…
https://www.per-central.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8117&DocID=751
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How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy
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I. Testa, D. Psillos, and A. Molohidis, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.,
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This empirical study investigates the main features of curricula and contexts that favor or hinder the process of transfer of a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) from the designers’…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020146
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Design-based research as a model for systematic curriculum development: The example of a curriculum for introductory optics
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C. Haagen-Schützenhöfer and M. Hopf, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.,
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[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] Although curriculum design has a long tradition in physics education research (PER), it…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020152
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Development and validation of the Conceptual Survey on Wave Optics
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K. Matejak-Cvenic, M. Planinic, A. Susac, L. Ivanjek, K. Jelicic, and M. Hopf, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.,
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A new diagnostic instrument, the Conceptual Survey on Wave Optics (CSWO), was developed and validated on 224 high school students (aged 18–19 years) in Croatia. The process of test…
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010103
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The learning effects of computer simulations in science education
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N. Rutten, W. van Joolingen, and J. van der Veen, Comput. Educ.,
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This article reviews the (quasi)experimental research of the encompassing 2002-2012 on the learning effects of computer simulations in science education. The focus is on two…
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2011.07.017