Fundamental Physics and Physics Education Research
Fundamental Physics and Physics Education Research

Author: Burra G. Sidharth

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-11

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 3030529231

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This book highlights selected contributions presented at the 15th annual international symposium Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP15), with the aim of informing readers about the most important recent advances in fundamental physics and physics education research. The FFP series offers a platform for physicists from around the world to present their latest theories and findings. The latest symposium was held in Orihuela, Spain and covered diverse fields of research, including gravitation, astronomy and astrophysics, physics of complex systems, high-energy physics, and mathematical physics. Considerable attention was also paid to physics education research, teacher education in physics, and the popularization of physics. In a knowledge-based society, research into fundamental physics plays a vital role in both the advancement of human knowledge and the development of new technologies. Presenting valuable new peer-reviewed contributions submitted from 15 countries, this book will appeal to a broad audience of scholars and researchers.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in E-Learning Environments
Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in E-Learning Environments

Author: Charles Wankel

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1781905150

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Web 2.0 and blended learning technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. This volume critically examines new research on how e-learning technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement and retention.

Mathematics in Physics Education
Mathematics in Physics Education

Author: Gesche Pospiech

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-07-02

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 3030046273

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This book is about mathematics in physics education, the difficulties students have in learning physics, and the way in which mathematization can help to improve physics teaching and learning. The book brings together different teaching and learning perspectives, and addresses both fundamental considerations and practical aspects. Divided into four parts, the book starts out with theoretical viewpoints that enlighten the interplay of physics and mathematics also including historical developments. The second part delves into the learners’ perspective. It addresses aspects of the learning by secondary school students as well as by students just entering university, or teacher students. Topics discussed range from problem solving over the role of graphs to integrated mathematics and physics learning. The third part includes a broad range of subjects from teachers’ views and knowledge, the analysis of classroom discourse and an evaluated teaching proposal. The last part describes approaches that take up mathematization in a broader interpretation, and includes the presentation of a model for physics teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) specific to the role of mathematics in physics.

Computer Aided Assessment of Mathematics
Computer Aided Assessment of Mathematics

Author: Chris Sangwin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-05-02

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0199660352

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Computer aided assessment is rapidly becoming widely used in mathematics education from open access learning materials to interactive materials and online assessments. This book provides a survey of the field, theoretical background and practical examples. It is aimed at any teachers interested in using or developing their own online assessments.

International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change
International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change

Author: Stella Vosniadou

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-18

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 1136578218

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Conceptual change research investigates the processes through which learners substantially revise prior knowledge and acquire new concepts. Tracing its heritage to paradigms and paradigm shifts made famous by Thomas Kuhn, conceptual change research focuses on understanding and explaining learning of the most the most difficult and counter-intuitive concepts. Now in its second edition, the International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change provides a comprehensive review of the conceptual change movement and of the impressive research it has spawned on students’ difficulties in learning. In thirty-one new and updated chapters, organized thematically and introduced by Stella Vosniadou, this volume brings together detailed discussions of key theoretical and methodological issues, the roots of conceptual change research, and mechanisms of conceptual change and learner characteristics. Combined with chapters that describe conceptual change research in the fields of physics, astronomy, biology, medicine and health, and history, this handbook presents writings on interdisciplinary topics written for researchers and students across fields.

Understanding Physics Using Mathematical Reasoning
Understanding Physics Using Mathematical Reasoning

Author: Andrzej Sokolowski

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-08-20

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 3030802051

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This book speaks about physics discoveries that intertwine mathematical reasoning, modeling, and scientific inquiry. It offers ways of bringing together the structural domain of mathematics and the content of physics in one coherent inquiry. Teaching and learning physics is challenging because students lack the skills to merge these learning paradigms. The purpose of this book is not only to improve access to the understanding of natural phenomena but also to inspire new ways of delivering and understanding the complex concepts of physics. To sustain physics education in college classrooms, authentic training that would help develop high school students’ skills of transcending function modeling techniques to reason scientifically is needed and this book aspires to offer such training The book draws on current research in developing students’ mathematical reasoning. It identifies areas for advancements and proposes a conceptual framework that is tested in several case studies designed using that framework. Modeling Newton’s laws using limited case analysis, Modeling projectile motion using parametric equations and Enabling covariational reasoning in Einstein formula for the photoelectric effect represent some of these case studies. A wealth of conclusions that accompany these case studies, drawn from the realities of classroom teaching, is to help physics teachers and researchers adopt these ideas in practice.