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2022-04-20ZeitschriftenartikelPromoting Pre-service Physics Teachers’ Science Media Literacy The Science Media Literacy (SML) framework aims to prepare students for the rapidly changing mediascape, where the task of gatekeeping is increasingly transferred to consumers. In this explorative study we reconstructed ...
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2020-01-16ZeitschriftenartikelInvestigating students’ modelling styles in the process of scientific-mathematical modelling Modelling plays an important role for inquiry in science and mathematics education; therefore, a lot of research has been done in this field from both perspectives. However, an integrated view combining previous findings ...
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2019-03-18ZeitschriftenartikelAssessment of meta-modeling knowledge: Learning from triadic concepts of models in the philosophy of science Meta-modeling knowledge is an established construct in science education, typically conceptualized in frameworks encompassing hierarchically ordered levels of understanding specific for different aspects (e.g., purpose of ...
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2018-09-24ZeitschriftenartikelVisualizing pre-service biology teachers´ conceptions about population dynamics in ecosystems The Balance of Nature (BoN) metaphor leads to various naïve conceptions about ecosystem dynamics that do not address current scientific theories adequately. An appropriate alternative is the Flux of Nature (FoN) metaphor. ...
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2018-05-16ZeitschriftenartikelDo Linguistic Features Influence Item Difficulty in Physics Assessments? This paper addresses the question if and to which extent linguistic surface features of test items in a physics assessment affect item difficulty. In an experimental study, linguistic features of test items in physics were ...
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2017-04-05ZeitschriftenartikelDevelopment and Evaluation of a Construct Map for the Understanding of the Expansion of the Universe The expansion of the universe is one of three pillars of the Big Bang theory and, therefore, an important aspect in cosmology. How the understanding hereof, including the complex concept of an expanding space, is developing, ...
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2012-11-07ZeitschriftenartikelUsing polytomous IRT models to evaluate theoretical levels of understanding models and modeling in biology education Forced choice-tasks have been developed to assess students’ (N = 901) understanding of models and modeling in biology based on a theoretical structure differentiating five aspects and three levels of understanding (Upmeier ...
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2016-03-18ZeitschriftenartikelUnderstanding Energy - An exploration of the relationship between measures of students’ understanding of energy, general cognitive abilities and schooling Past research has examined students’ understanding of energy at different stages of schooling. This research has led to the widespread view that students progress in their understanding of energy through a sequence of key ...
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2015-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelDevelopment of inquiry competencies during junior classes: A replicationstudy using longitudinal design Scientific inquiry plays a major role in science education. So far competency structures related to knowledge gain through inquiry have been identified and analyzed. Different levels of such structures have also been ...
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2015-04-14ZeitschriftenartikelEvaluating an instrument to measure mental load and mental effort using Item Response Theory Measurement of cognitive load (CL) is seen as a problematic issue since no consensus about appropriate instruments has been reached. In this study, a rating scale instrument to measure mental load (ML; 6 items) and mental ...
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2014-06-05ZeitschriftenartikelSecondary Students’ Visual-Spatial Ability Predicts Performance on the Visual-Spatial Electricity and Electromagnetism Test (VSEEMT) This study examines the relationship between students’ general visual-spatial ability and their understanding of electricity and electromagnetism, a topic that requires imagining many invisible, 3-dimensional phenomena. ...
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2014-06-05ZeitschriftenartikelThe Terminology within German Lower Secondary Physics Textbooks From primary school through university and beyond, textbooks are crucial for teaching and learning science. In most cases the content of the books is aligned with intended state curricula, and teachers in many countries ...
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2013-12-03ZeitschriftenartikelChemistry Student Teachers’ Scientific Inquiry Competencies We constructed paper-and-pencil test-items to assess chemistry student teachers’ scientific inquiry competencies. We focused on the inquiry method experiment, divided into three reasoning steps (question & hypothesis; ...
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2013-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelAnalyzing the FCI based on a Force and Motion Learning Progression In this paper, we bring together a well-established and often-studied instrument assessing students’ understanding about force and motion, the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), and a proposed description of how students ...
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2013-04-03ZeitschriftenartikelTeaching Patterns of Scientific Inquiry: A Video Study of Chemistry Lessons in Germany and Sweden Despite the central role of Scientific Inquiry within science education, this topic is rarely focused upon during science lessons in Germany. A comparison with a school system that emphasises Scientific Inquiry in a ...
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2012-06-15ZeitschriftenartikelCovariates of complex problem solving competency in chemistry The ability to solve complex and real-life problems is one of the key competencies in science education. Different studies analyzed the relationships between complex problem solving (CPS) and covariates such as intelligence, ...
