Search for dissertations about: "Konrad Schönborn"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Konrad Schönborn.
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1. Perspectives on the role of digital tools in students' open-ended physics inquiry
Abstract : In this licentiate thesis, I present detailed case studies of students as they make use of simulated digital learning environments to engage with physics phenomena. In doing so, I reveal the moment-to-moment minutiae of physics students’ open-ended inquiry in the presence of two digital tools, namely the sandbox software Algodoo and the PhET simulation My Solar System (both running on an interactive whiteboard). READ MORE
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2. Encountering Evolution : Children's Meaning-Making Processes in Collaborative Interactions
Abstract : This thesis explores preschool class children’s meaning making processes when they encounter evolution. By adopting social semiotic and sociocultural perspectives on meaning making, three group-based tasks were designed. Video data from the activities were analysed using a multimodal approach. READ MORE
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3. Crossing the threshold : Visualization design and conceptual understanding of evolution
Abstract : The theory of evolution is considered the unifying theory of biology. An accurate understanding of evolution is vital both for the understanding of diverse topics in biology, but also for societal issues such as antibiotic resistance or biodiversity. READ MORE
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4. Analogical reasoning in science education : - connections to semantics and scientific modelling in thermodynamics
Abstract : Analogiskt tänkande är en central kognitiv förmåga som vi använder i vardagslivet, såväl som i mer formella sammanhang, såsom i forskning och undervisning. Föreliggande avhandling behandlar hur analogier och analogiskt tänkande, uppmärksamhet på semantik och förståelse för vetenskaplig modellering kan användas för att hantera utmaningar i naturvetenskapsundervisningen, särskilt inom området termodynamik. READ MORE
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5. Metaphor in Mind : Programming Teachers' Knowledge and Beliefs in Action
Abstract : Programming has become an integral component of technology education around the world and is an important part of Swedish curriculum reform and classroom teaching. This thesis aims to explore relations between programming teachers' knowledge and beliefs about programming teaching and how it is enacted in their practice. READ MORE