The Influence of Teaching Approach on Students' Conceptual Learning in Physics.

ABSTRACT: Physics is fundamental to secure future needs for scientific and technological competence (Angell et al., 2004), but many countries experience a drop in students' performances in international assessments (Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development [OECD], 2018), as well as in rates of enrolment in undergraduate programs in scientific disciplines (STEM). Socio-constructivist theories have produced a reforming movement in several educational systems, in particular in the area of sciences, but teacher often consider them an idealistic view of education and do not consider themselves metacognitively competent enough to foster thinking in the classroom. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of different teaching methods on high-school students' conceptual knowledge of physics, af

SUBMITTER: Bigozzi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6290030 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature