Teaching thermal physics to Year 9 students: the thinking frames approach
Students hold many alternative conceptions of thermal physics which are very resistant to change. A conceptual change strategy, the thinking frames approach, based on evidence from educational research was used to address commonly held naïve conceptions about heat in a series of thermal physics less...
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| author | McLure, Felicity Won, Mihye Treagust, David |
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| description | Students hold many alternative conceptions of thermal physics which are very resistant to change. A conceptual change strategy, the thinking frames approach, based on evidence from educational research was used to address commonly held naïve conceptions about heat in a series of thermal physics lessons. Students' gains in conceptual understanding were measured in two Year 9 classes using pre/post-tests. These results were compared to conceptual gains of a class learning the same topics by more traditional means. Results showed that learning thermal physics with the thinking frames approach led to a much greater increase in understanding (Effect size = 2.04) compared to learning with traditional methods (Effect size = 0.20). |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-778862020-05-05T23:51:03Z Teaching thermal physics to Year 9 students: the thinking frames approach McLure, Felicity Won, Mihye Treagust, David Students hold many alternative conceptions of thermal physics which are very resistant to change. A conceptual change strategy, the thinking frames approach, based on evidence from educational research was used to address commonly held naïve conceptions about heat in a series of thermal physics lessons. Students' gains in conceptual understanding were measured in two Year 9 classes using pre/post-tests. These results were compared to conceptual gains of a class learning the same topics by more traditional means. Results showed that learning thermal physics with the thinking frames approach led to a much greater increase in understanding (Effect size = 2.04) compared to learning with traditional methods (Effect size = 0.20). 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77886 10.1088/1361-6552/ab6c3c Institute of Physics Publishing restricted |
| spellingShingle | McLure, Felicity Won, Mihye Treagust, David Teaching thermal physics to Year 9 students: the thinking frames approach |
| title | Teaching thermal physics to Year 9 students: the thinking frames approach |
| title_full | Teaching thermal physics to Year 9 students: the thinking frames approach |
| title_fullStr | Teaching thermal physics to Year 9 students: the thinking frames approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teaching thermal physics to Year 9 students: the thinking frames approach |
| title_short | Teaching thermal physics to Year 9 students: the thinking frames approach |
| title_sort | teaching thermal physics to year 9 students: the thinking frames approach |
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