Reflections on High School Students’ Graphing Skills and Their Conceptual Understanding of Drawing Chemistry Graphs

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
School Students

GUIDELINES IN THE ELABORATION OF A TEACHING SEQUENCE OF KINEMATICS ACCORDING TO A HISTORICAL APPROACH

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Trudel ◽  
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Abdeljalil Métioui ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Teaching Sequence ◽  
School Students ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Experimental Process ◽  
Important Branch

The domain of motion or kinematics is important because it forms the basis of mechanics, an important branch of physics. By studying kinematic phenomena in the laboratory, high school students are likely to develop a better understanding of kinematics concepts as well as elements of the scientific approach to study natural and constructed phenomena. However, students encounter difficulties in understanding these concepts, just as in the acquisition of the skills necessary for the accomplishment of the different stages of an experimental process. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to provide guidance, according to a historical approach, which would inform teachers in the design of teaching sequences on the study of kinematics. Keywords: conceptual understanding, high school physics education, historical approach, kinematics.

An investigation on conceptual understanding about cosmology

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S367) ◽  
pp. 397-399
Author(s):  
Arturo Colantonio ◽  
Irene Marzoli ◽  
Italo Testa ◽  
Emanuella Puddu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster Analysis ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Content Area ◽  
School Students ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Teaching Activities

AbstractIn this study, we identify patterns among students beliefs and ideas in cosmology, in order to frame meaningful and more effective teaching activities in this amazing content area. We involve a convenience sample of 432 high school students. We analyze students’ responses to an open-ended questionnaire with a non-hierarchical cluster analysis using the k-means algorithm.

Teaching Rate of Change and Problem Solving to High School Students With High Incidence Disabilities at Tier 3

2019 ◽  
pp. 073194871988734
Author(s):  
Kaitlin Bundock ◽  
Leanne S. Hawken ◽  
Sharlene A. Kiuhara ◽  
Breda V. O’Keeffe ◽  
Robert E. O’Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Functional Relation ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Probe Design ◽  
School Students

Implementing an integrated sequence of concrete-representational-abstract depictions of mathematics concepts (CRA-I) can improve the mathematics achievement of students with disabilities, and explicit instructional strategies involving problem-solving heuristics and student verbalizations can help facilitate students’ conceptual understanding of mathematics. Combining CRA-I and explicit instructional strategies may increase students’ conceptual understanding and ability to express mathematical reasoning through writing. This study included three ninth-grade students with disabilities, and employed a multiple-probe design across-participants to investigate a functional relation between an explicit instructional strategy within a CRA-I framework and high school students’ with disabilities proficiency in solving rate of change problems. Results showed that all three students improved their mathematics scores (combined Tau-U effect size = 0.77, p < .001) and maintained improvements during a 1- to 7-week post-instruction phase. Implications for research and practice related to mathematics instruction and intervention specifically for students with learning disabilities are discussed.

scholarly journals Effect of Jigsaw Strategy and Learning Style to Conceptual Understanding on Senior High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Amiruddin Kade ◽  
I Nyoman Sudana Degeng ◽  
Muhammad Nur Ali
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Senior High School Students

Conceptual understanding should have serious attention due to the low score of Physics subject on national examination in Palu. The difference between learning style and jigsaw strategy is able to combine abstract conceptualization and active experiment towards the conceptual understanding for students whose learning style is converger and diverger. The research design was quasi experiment. The sample is the eleventh class of Senior High School students in Palu that are chosen using cluster random sampling (multistage), that is, 167 students. The research instrument was Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (KLSI) of conceptual understanding test on Physics (Tes Pemahaman Konsep Fisika or TPKF). The data was analyzed by using ANOVA, with the significant level is 5%. The result shows that: (1) cooperative learning strategy of jigsaw type has more benefits than direct learning strategy in conceptual understanding on Physics, (2) student group of which learning style was converger has higher conceptual understanding than that of which learning style was diverger, (3) there are interaction influence between learning strategy and learning style towards the conceptual understanding on Physics

scholarly journals Interactive online physics labs increase high school students’ interest

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gryczka ◽  
Edward Klementowicz ◽  
Chappel Sharrock ◽  
Jin Montclare
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Circuit Design ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
High School Classroom ◽  
Physics Labs

Here we describe the incorporation of a web-based application focusing on circuits for the physics high school classroom as part of an outreach program. The program involves college mentors creating and implementing science lessons in collaboration with the classroom teacher. Focusing on the challenge of understanding circuit design, a technology rich module is employed to improve learning and motivation of the students. The students’ conceptual understanding as well as interest in circuits was increased, the college mentors earned valuable teaching and mentoring experience and the teacher enjoyed more one-on-one time as well as assistance with students.

scholarly journals High School Intervention for Influenza Biology and Epidemics/Pandemics: Impact on Conceptual Understanding among Adolescents

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Dumais ◽  
Abdelkrim Hasni
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
School Intervention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Life Issues

Understanding real-life issues such as influenza epidemiology may be of particular interest to the development of scientific knowledge and initiation of conceptual changes about viruses and their life cycles for high school students. The goal of this research project was to foster the development of adolescents' conceptual understanding of viruses and influenza biology. Thus, the project included two components: 1) pre- and posttests to determine students' conceptions about influenza biology, epidemics/pandemics, and vaccination; and 2) design an intervention that supports conceptual change to promote improvements in influenza knowledge based on these primary conceptions. Thirty-five female students from a high school biology class participated in a series of instructional activities and pre- and posttest assessments. Results from the pretest indicated that high school students exhibit a limited understanding of concepts related to viruses. Six weeks after an intervention that promoted active learning, results from a posttest showed that conceptions about influenza are more accurately related to the provided scientific knowledge. Although adolescents have nonscientific models to explain influenza biology, we showed that a carefully designed intervention can affect students' knowledge as well as influence the implementation of health education programs in secondary schools.

scholarly journals CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF SOLUBILITY CONCEPTS AMONG FIRST-GRADE HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Stojanovska
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Insight Into

A study was conducted to inspect conceptual understanding of solubility concepts among first-grade students and to identify the potentially present misconceptions. A total of 122 high-school students (15–16 years old) were involved in the study and a solubility concept test was administered in order to get insight into their conceptual knowledge. Students were divided into two groups: control group and an experimental one. Only the experimental group was subjected to a conceptual change intervention program.Descriptive statistics and significance testing were used to analyse and summarize data. Independent-samples t-test was used to test the differences in the scores between the control group and the experimental one and between male and female students involved in the study. For multiple-choice questions, four areas of conceptual understanding have been set: satisfactory conceptual understanding, roughly adequate performance, inadequate performance and quite inadequate performance. Furthermore, the findings revealed six misconceptions present in students’ minds.

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