MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS OF LIGHT PROPAGATION TIME FOR 10- AND 14-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS: DIDACTICAL PERSPECTIVES

Student’s mental representations of physical concepts are often different from those of scientists. The research aimed to identify and compare mental representations of light propagation time by school children aged 10 (132 subjects), and 14 (109 subjects) years old. This research was conducted thro...

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Published inJournal of Baltic science education Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 276 - 285
Main Author Ravanis, Konstantinos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Šiauliai Scientia Socialis, Ltd 01.01.2019
Scientia Socialis, UAB
Scientia Socialis Ltd
Subjects
Cables
Data Analysis
Education
Elementary Education
Elementary Schools
Experiments
Industrial research
Light
Mathematical Logic
Piagetian Theory
Propagation
Research Design
School education
Science Education
Science Instruction
Time
crosssectional research
students’ representations
light propagation time
science education
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Summary:Student’s mental representations of physical concepts are often different from those of scientists. The research aimed to identify and compare mental representations of light propagation time by school children aged 10 (132 subjects), and 14 (109 subjects) years old. This research was conducted through individual interviews in which the students were asked to locate light propagation time in various tasks-experimental situations. The results of this research show that even though the students of two groups face difficulties in understanding light propagation time, as they grow older, they make statistically significant progress in constructing the conception of light propagation time. These findings allow to seek out educational perspectives on the understanding of the conception of light propagation time in organised scholastic environments.
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ISSN:1648-3898
2538-7138
DOI:10.33225/jbse/19.18.276