Conceptual Change Through Building Three-dimensional Models part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Virtual Solar System Project: Building Understanding Through Model Building part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article describes an astronomy course for undergraduates where students use 3-D modeling tools to model the solar system and, in the process, develop rich understanding of astronomical ...

Inquiry, Modeling, and Metacognition: Making Science Accessible to All Students part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper reports on the 1994 trials of the ThinkerTools Inquiry Curriculum which was designed to teach metacognitive skills to middle school science students. Despite sampling weaknesses, findings ...

Formalizing semantic spaces for information access part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article follows the adoption of information visualization tools by researchers in geography, computer science, and information science to explore very large data archives. Database content can ...

Self explanations: How students study and use examples in learning to solve problems part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Light part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This study assesses the meaning of light for 10-15 year old children. Data were gathered through interviews and questionnaires. Results indicate two different conceptions of light: light equated with ...

Models of competence in solving physics problems part of SERC Print Resource Collection
The authors describe a set of two computer-implemented models that solve physics problems in ways characteristic of more and less competent human solvers. The main features accounting for different ...

A New Order for Mechanics part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Naive Theories of Motion part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This chapter discusses knowledge of motion gained by experience, or naive theories of motion, and how experiential knowledge interacts with knowledge gained in the classroom. It describes research ...

Research on conceptual understanding in mechanics part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper discusses research on the learning and teaching of some basic physics mechanics concepts. Several specific examples from representative investigations are presented in order to illustrate ...