One‐to‐one mobile technology in high school physics classrooms: Understanding its use and outcome

This study examined ways in which high school students used mobile devices in physics classrooms and after school, and the impact of in‐class and after‐school mobile technology use on their physics learning performance and interest. We collected data from 803 high school freshmen in China after they had used mobile devices for over five months. A fixed‐effects model was employed to control the undetected variances. Results indicated that the students frequently used their mobile devices for physics learning in class and after school. Students also perceived the mobile devices as very useful for their physics learning, and their perception of usefulness was positively correlated with their frequency of use. Both the in‐class and after‐school duration and frequency of mobile technology use positively influenced students' physics learning achievement and interest. However, we also found that mobile technology was mainly used to augment rather than to transform instructional practices in physics classrooms. The paper concludes with a discussion of implications and limitations of these results for research and practice.     

Exploring the use of web-based learning tools in secondary school classrooms

This study explored the impact of Web-Based Learning Tools )WBLTs), also known as learning objects, in secondary school mathematics and science classrooms. Surveys, open-ended questions, and student performance data were collected from a sample of 8 teachers and 333 students. Teachers rated the learning benefits, quality, and engagement value of WBLTs very high. Students rated these same features moderately high. Student performance with respect to remembering, understanding, applying, and analyzing concepts increased significantly )28–53%) when WBLTs were used. Qualitative data suggested that a number of students reacted positively to the following qualities of WBLTs: visual supports, learning benefits, ease of use, animations, graphics, and engagement. Some students were concerned about pace )too fast), challenge level )too hard), and the quality of help features when using WBLTs. Overall, it appears that the WBLTs used in this study had a positive impact on teacher and student attitudes, as well as student learning performance.     

The occurrence of assimilation and accommodation in learning high school physics

The Piagetian model of intelligence consists of the elements of content, mental structures and mental functioning. While the first two elements are said to be variants, the third element is described as invariant. Mental functioning begins with a process called assimilation which promotes disequilibrium and, in reestablishing equilibrium, the learner accommodates to what was assimilated. The assimilation-disequilibrium-accommodation process has been labeled adaptation which Piaget described as the accord of thought with things. The newly-acquired ideas (or concepts) are next organized with other knowledge; Piaget described that organization process as the accord of thought with thought. While the Piagetian mental functioning model has been available for some time, empirical evidence that the model actually did or did not function was not found. Teaching and curriculum development procedures were extracted from the mental functioning model and a twelfth-grade physics course was so organized and taught. Naturalistic data collected from individual student interviews and in-class discussions were used to evaluate the hypothesis that mental functioning and the factors which compose it are integral parts of the learning process.     

有关高中物理教学中强化学生学习能力的探讨

高中物理教育总是学生生涯中很重要的一步,怎样走好这一步、如何走这一步成为很多教学工作者的研究讨论目标。从教师和学生不同的身份考虑,实现这一目标应分别从这两者入手,学生和教师的关系本是相辅相成的,因而让教师来做这个火车头去引导学生,学生则成为车厢在教师的带领下跟着教师的节奏从自身去提炼出更好的自己。     

基于高中物理学科基地的场馆式学习样式研究

基于高中生物理学习中存在"忽视物理观念形成的内在逻辑""挤占科学思维形成的时间空间""丧失对科学探究过程的乐趣兴趣"和"缺失科学态度与责任培养的意识与行动"等问题,本文以高中物理学科基地为场馆,采用以具身式体验,课题式探究,驱动式创造为主要特征的场馆式学习方式,引导学生养成良好的物理核心素养。     

高中学生学习物理障碍浅析

高中物理，若干年来教师反映难教、学生反映难学、考试难、考分相对其它学科要低，使学生在心理上、情绪上、方法上、能力提高上等方面遇到的障碍相对就要多一些。探索和研究高中学生学习物理的障碍，寻求一些有效的消除障碍的方法是我们物理教师需要长期研究的问题。下面是笔者在教学中的一些体会，在此以求抛砖引玉。     

农村初中生学习倦怠与学习毅力的关系研究

为考察农村初中生学习倦怠与学习毅力的关系,本研究通过对宜宾市368名农村初中生的调查,运用SPSS19.0对数据进行处理,结果表明:(1)农村初中生学习倦怠与学习毅力均处于中等水平;(2)农村初中生学习倦怠与学习毅力显著负相关,学习倦怠感越低学习毅力越强;(3)农村初中生学习倦怠能显著负向预测学习毅力,学业疏离维度对学习毅力有最大负向预测作用。     

高中生师生关系与英语学习动机的相关性研究

师生关系是教育活动中最基本、最活跃也是最重要的人际关系系统。近年来对师生关系的研究也成为教育学和心理学领域研究者所关注的重要课题之一,但从起研究方法上来看,描述性的研究较多,实证研究相对来说偏少。本研究将采用问卷调查法对普通高中270名学生进行调查,探讨高中生师生关系的现状及其对英语学科学习动机的影响。     

Understanding students' use and value of technology for learning

Despite significant research in the field of educational technology, there is still much we do not fully understand about students' experiences with technology. This article proposes that research in the field of educational technology would benefit from a sociological framing that pays attention to the understandings and lives of learners. Within a broader study that aimed to investigate students' use and value of technologies guided by Bourdieu's sociological theory, this article reports on qualitative embedded case study data of 12 students in years 9 and 10 from two Australian secondary schools. The article provides detailed accounts of students' experiences with technologies in various contexts with consideration of the milieu in which technology use occurred, illustrating the heterogeneous and complex network of influencing factors on students' technology practices. The findings and discussion augment the application of Bourdieu's concepts of field, habitus and capital as a tool to view and understand students' varied and complex experiences and relationships with technology.     

理解--物理学习的关键

理解是物理学习的关键．学生可以通过对物理知识、技能、概念与原理的理解与掌握来发展他们的能力．在实际中，有的学生学习物理知识牢固、灵活，能举一反三，融会贯通，具有创造性．而有的学生学习只是停留在表面上，形式地记住了某个概念的词句，对公式、法则的套用，不知道概念的本质属性，不知道原理的来龙去脉，知其然不知其所以然无法变通．理解学习无疑是很重要的．     

Instructional patterns for the teaching and learning of argumentative writing in high school English language arts classrooms

Reading and Writing - Argumentative writing has long been considered an essential skill for disciplinary learning. For researchers and curriculum developers to develop ecologically valid...     

A study of the relationship between concept emphasis in high school biology textbooks and achievement levels

A two part study investigated any relationship between student achievement and textbook content as well as any impact of a national project's recommendations on textbook content. First, analyses of student responses to biological items on the 1977 National Assessment of Educational Progress's survey of science showed a direct, linear relationship between achievement level and concept emphasis in biology textbooks. Second, a comparison between biology textbooks, published a decade apart, indicated significant changes in the degree of emphasis placed on 10 commonly accepted conceptual areas. Closer examination revealed that change in the amount of emphasis in one conceptual area, Growth and Development, was responsible for the significant difference found. Generally, the recommendations of the biology project were not reflected in the newer textbooks.     

The necessity of each phase of the learning cycle in teaching high school physics

The learning cycle is a method of teaching—it is also a curriculum organization principle and is derived directly from the mental functioning model invented by Piaget. Although Jean Piaget contributed to the formation of the learning cycle (Piaget, 1973), its present structure has to be attributed to Dr. Robert Karplus and the persons who developed the materials of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). It was through the SCIS activities that many of us learned how to develop curricula and teach with the learning cycle. The learning cycle is built upon the premise that three distinct phases are necessary in developing understanding of a concept, that those phases have a definite sequence, and each phase has a definite structure or form. The research done in testing the form variable has already been reported in this journal (Renner, Abraham, & Birnie, 1985). This report explores whether or not each learning-cycle phase is necessary in learning a concept.     

初中物理课堂实施探究性学习的策略

文章从《全日制义务教育物理课程标准(实验稿)》的要求出发,提出物理探究性学习的四点策略:培养探究兴趣,诱发探究灵感,指导探究方法,开发探究潜能。     

Examining the relationship between holistic/analytic style and classroom learning behaviors of high school students

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether and how high school students’ cognitive tendencies in holistic/analytic style relate to their active or passive behavioral patterns observed in the classroom. It was speculated that academic intrinsic motivation might play the role as a moderator and learning approach (the structure-oriented approach versus the depth-oriented approach) might function as a mediator in the effects of holistic/analytic style on classroom learning behaviors. A sample of 1065 high school students in China were assessed in classroom learning behavior, holistic/analytic style, learning approach, and academic intrinsic motivation via the use of relevant measures. Results indicated that holistic style and analytic style were significant predictors of classroom learning behavior. The study also revealed significant moderation effects of intrinsic motivation and significant mediation effects of learning approach. Academic intrinsic motivation and learning approach were proven to be two relevant variables in unraveling the influence of holistic/analytic style on students’ behavioral performances in the classroom.     

中学物理研究性学习活动中选题环节的实施

物理学科研究性学习活动的选题环节能否有效实施 ,关系到研究性课题的研究质量 ,本文从不同层面揭示了物理研究性学习活动中选题的类型以及来源 ,并对选题环节的实施提出了若干建议     

Understanding school mobility and mobile pupils in England

A significant proportion of pupils move school during their school career for reasons other than standard structural moves between educational stages. Little is known about the underlying causes of these moves and the characteristics and experiences of mobile pupils are challenging to research. There is currently a large disconnect between the macro level of system structures, data and policy and the individual experiences and journeys of mobile pupils. This article brings together international literature around school mobility and mobile pupils, with analyses of the English National Pupil Database (NPD), tracking a cohort from age 5 to 16, to better understand when school moves occur and the characteristics of mobile pupils. Findings reveal a sizable underlying rate of moves in England of about 1.5–2% per term and identify differences in mobility related to disadvantage, school phase, ethnic group and SEND status. The predictive power of the data, however, is low, highlighting the need for more research, policy and practice in this area to better understand individual mobility circumstances. By bringing together the literature and the data, the article concludes with a discussion of what is known about school mobility and recommends further areas for research into the characteristics, experiences and outcomes of mobile school pupils.     

Connecting high school physics experiences,outcome expectations,physics identity,and physics career choice: A gender study

This study explores how students' physics identities are shaped by their experiences in high school physics classes and by their career outcome expectations. The theoretical framework focuses on physics identity and includes the dimensions of student performance, competence, recognition by others, and interest. Drawing data from the Persistence Research in Science and Engineering (PRiSE) project, which surveyed college English students nationally about their backgrounds, high school science experiences, and science attitudes, the study uses multiple regression to examine the responses of 3,829 students from 34 randomly selected US colleges/universities. Confirming the salience of the identity dimension for young persons' occupational plans, the measure for students' physics identity used in this study was found to strongly predict their intended choice of a physics career. Physics identity, in turn, was found to correlate positively with a desire for an intrinsically fulfilling career and negatively with a desire for personal/family time and opportunities to work with others. Physics identity was also positively predicted by several high school physics characteristics/experiences such as a focus on conceptual understanding, real‐world/contextual connections, students answering questions or making comments, students teaching classmates, and having an encouraging teacher. Even though equally beneficial for both genders, females reported experiencing a conceptual focus and real‐world/contextual connections less frequently. The explicit discussion of under‐representation of women in science was positively related to physics identity for female students but had no impact for male students. Surprisingly, several experiences that were hypothesized to be important for females' physics identity were found to be non‐significant including having female scientist guest speakers, discussion of women scientists' work, and the frequency of group work. This study exemplifies a useful theoretical framework based on identity, which can be employed to further examine persistence in science, and illustrates possible avenues for change in high school physics teaching. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 47: 978–1003, 2010     

Factors influencing teacher appropriation of professional learning focused on the use of technology in science classrooms

Understanding factors that impact teacher implementation of learning from professional development is critical in order to maximize the educational and financial investment in teacher professional learning. This multi-case qualitative investigation elucidates factors that influence the appropriation of instructional tools associated with professional development focused on technology within science classrooms using activity theory as a theoretical framework. This framework has the capacity to account for multiple elements in professional learning. Implementation variability associated with professional development adoption drives this inquiry to search for better understandings of the appropriation of pedagogical practices. Purposeful sampling was used to identify four participants from a group of science teachers engaged in professional development designed to investigate how cyber-enabled technologies might enhance instruction and learning in eighth-grade science classrooms. The data from this investigation add to the literature of appropriation of instructional practices by connecting the conceptual and practical dispositions of teachers with an appropriation hierarchy.