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Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
I wonder what colleagues make of the following extract of a discussion I had with a learner about boiling and freezing water: (I - interviewer = me, A:...
I find that students often get confused when concepts are applied to objects that are part of their everyday activities. It is easier to teach changes of...
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JEANMDOUGLAS@...
Sep 18, 2006 6:11 pm
An interesting viewpoint about using something unusual......my thinking was going along the lines of teacher 'don't assume anything' .......esepcially where...
I had meant to post my on take on the student's apparent confusion over some basic material (please pardon the pun) yesterday, so thanks to Philippa and Jean...
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F. Riga
fr223@...
Sep 23, 2006 8:25 pm
I apologise for the delay in giving my thoughts on this interview. I haven't read others' views . . . yet! I've been puzzling over the extracts and 2 thoughts...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Nov 2, 2006 6:59 am
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
This (below) is a question posted on the PhLEx list (Physics Learning Exchange). Of course there must be a boundary to stop material escaping. And if there is...
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Matthew Ward
mattward.bures@...
Nov 8, 2006 10:02 pm
Is it not possible that you have created another learning impediment with the comment "What is the solid barrier keeping the top of your drink in the cup?...
I think you are right, Matthew. Luckily we mostly (not in this instance) teach face to face through talk, which allows what Bruner called 'constant ...
The following message was posted on the physics teachers' list, PTNC (and is forwarded with the original poster's permission). The story cited was also carried...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Dec 1, 2006 8:45 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
I completely understand the point Dr.Taber is making. And if you are studying science or are a scientist you would have to understand the very abstract...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Jan 2, 2007 9:48 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Feb 1, 2007 7:25 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
I've been looking at the transcript of an interview I did some time ago with a girl at the end of her first year of sixth form. I'll call her Alice. I asked...
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D&M Hall
d_m.hall@...
Feb 12, 2007 1:09 pm
I've been thinking that it's OK to introduce centrifugal force as a real force in some circumstances. If you were in one of those large circular spacecraft...
Hi David I think this is the kind of thing that often leads to strong views - but is probably not very easily researched! My instinct in not to go there, butŠ...
I wrote the other day about Alice's way of thinking about circular motion - technically 'wrong' but quite consistent, and fitting with the common notion that...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Mar 1, 2007 8:49 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
This is a valuable free resource (details below) for those interested ... Bibliography - STCSE Students' and Teachers' Conceptions and Science Education ...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Apr 1, 2007 7:35 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
In conversation with a Y9 student, I learnt that iron contains particles, which are closely packed, and also atoms which are small enough to fit in the spaces...
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SciLrnDrs@...
May 1, 2007 1:55 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Jun 1, 2007 12:38 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Jul 1, 2007 12:08 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Aug 1, 2007 12:09 pm
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
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SciLrnDrs@...
Sep 1, 2007 11:58 am
Science Learning Doctors group: an inter-net discussion forum for exploring and exchanging ideas about specific student learning difficulties in science and...
Hi folks I hope you all had a good Summer (or what passes for Summer post-'Season's End'). The following derives from an interview I did a few years ago with a...
