Action research in the physics classroom: the impact of authentic, inquiry based learning or instruction on the learning of thermal physics

Abstract Students experience thermal physics phenomena from a very young age, but in Singapore their formal science instruction occurs in Primary 3 or 4 (aged 9 or 10) and again in secondary school (aged 13 to 16). Hence, students often form alternative or incomplete scientific conceptions related t...

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Main Author: Flavian Brian Fernandez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brill | Sense 2017-07-01
Series:Asia-Pacific Science Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41029-017-0014-z