The aim of this study was to determine the students' mathematical and conceptual challenges for two important concepts of quantum mechanics and also to investigate how the students make sense of their solutions with the ...

Light is one of the interesting concepts used for explaining the important processes in modern physics. Because of this reason the students have some misunderstandings and difficulties about light and related phenomena. ...

In this study, we investigated pre-service physics teachers' mental models of light in different contexts, such as blackbody radiation, the photoelectric effect and the Compton effect. The data collected through the ...

This study aims to identify the mental models related to sound of pre-service physics teachers. In this research, case study method which belongs to qualitative research methods was used. 12 pre-service physics teachers, ...

In order to realize the exact learning, it is important to know that how the individuals learn and how they construct the knowledge in their minds. If the prior knowledge that existed already in the mind of the individuals ...

Each year many people die of the hazardous effects of smoking in the world. Additionally, smoking leads to disadvantageous conditions for both economy and health. Adolescents experience "search for identity" and anxiety ...

Mental models help us understand the formation of objects, the development of the process and to state an opinion about it. Therefore, in this study, we understand a mental model as 'an internal representation, which acts ...

It is known that the new teaching program based on the context based approach has been performed gradually from the 2005-2006 academic year in Turkey to facilitate the students' understanding of the science and technology ...

Modern physics includes special learning difficulties and unusual conceptions. Because of this reason, it has been regarded as one of the most difficult subject to learn for both students and teachers. The present study ...