Cognitive and Metacognitive Problem-Solving Strategies in Post-16 Physics A Case Study Using Action Research /

• Main Authors: Mazorodze, Ronald (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Reiss, Michael J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Science education.; Teaching.; Physics.; Learning.; Instruction.; Study Skills.; Education-Research.; Science Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Physics, general.; Learning & Instruction.; Study and Learning Skills.; Research Methods in Education.

This book reports on a study on physics problem solving in real classrooms situations. Problem solving plays a pivotal role in the physics curriculum at all levels. However, physics students' performance in problem solving all too often remains limited to basic routine problems, with evidence o...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Problem solving and the curriculum
• What we know from the literature
• The study
• The findings
• Discussion and implications.