| title: | Physical Misconceptions, Incorrect Use of Physical Terms and their Influence on the Results of Learning Physics |
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| reg no: | ETF5321 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
1.3. Physics 5.5. Pedagogy |
| status: | completed |
| institution: | University of Tartu |
| head of project: | Henn Voolaid |
| duration: | 01.01.2002 - 31.12.2004 |
| description: | 1. Selecting the typical misconceptions and the misused terms in physics of students of natural science teatchers speciality. 2. Comparing the misconceptions and the misused terms in physics of our students and of foreign students. 3. Investigate the influence of everyday language terms on the misusing of physical terms. 4. Investigate how the change of teaching materials and methods owerthrows misconceptions and misused terms in physics. 5. Informing the anuthors of the curricula of physics and science about results of this investigation to minimize forming or extending of misconceptions in physics |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Enn Pärtel | TU | lecturer | |
| 2. | Jaan Susi | TU | lecturer | |
| 3. | Kalev Tarkpea | TU | assoc. prof. | |
| 4. | Henn Voolaid | Tartu University Faculty of Physics and Chemistry | Assoc. prof. | |