Tripti Bameta1, Arjun Singh2 , Deepa Chari3 & Mashood K K 4Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, India tripti@hbcse.tifr.res.in 1, arjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in 2 , deepa@hbcse.tifr.res.in 3 & mashood@hbcse.tifr.res.in 4 , The direction of force due to atmospheric pressure is a difficult topic for students to understand. Our study involving 35 high school students point towards the existence of two contrasting mental […]
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V. C. SonawaneHomi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, India vcs@hbcse.tifr.res.in Learning by ‘making things ‘is highly encouraged as students can take multiple decisions regarding material, size, proportions, control during experimentation. Making which engages them with doing science. With this idea, we took up the challenge to make an incubator from scratch as a learning […]
Anirvan Gupta1, Nivedita Azad21Department of Physics, Smt. Devkiba Mohansinhji Chauhan College of Commerce and Science, Silvassa, U.T. of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India 2Department of Botany, Smt. Devkiba Mohansinhji Chauhan College of Commerce and Science,Silvassa, U.T. of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Indianiveditaazad1984@gmail.com In the auditory channel, humans are highly attuned to emotional signals in speech […]
Soham DigheHomi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, India sohamdighe228@gmail.com Collaboration is the key to success. Creating a collaborative workplace often results in a win-win situation, where everyone involved can gain from the experience through successful outcomes and the feeling of achievement. In the modern-day world, major collaborations happen over files and documents. There are […]
ArchanaBetter By Designarchana.udayagiri@gmail.com This literature review stitches together the perfect harmony between the laws of nature and laws of the human mind in order to have a healthy and flexible mind capable of deep learning and application of knowledge. Jean Piaget, a developmental psychologist, coined the term ‘Constructivism’ meaning the human mind constructs a beautiful […]
Punam MedhTata Institute of Social Sciencespunammedh@gmail.com There is also an age-old practice of conveying information through narratives, both in formal and informal science education (Glaser et al, 2009). A narrative approach allows for the true excitement of curiosity to shine through, fueling children’s own curiosity and interest in the process (Engel et al, 2018). Research […]
Navneet KaurIndian Institute of Technology Bombay,navneetkaur@iitb.ac.in Uncertainties are part of almost every learning process. It is believed that the production of true knowledge starts from feelings of uncertainty, requiring people to express them openly. Researchers across varied disciplinary domains have argued that learners should encounter uncertainties engendering complexity, doubt or confusion to develop a deep […]
Narasimha SwamyIndian Institute of Technology Bombay, klnswamy@iitb.ac.in Research on feedback practices in education has a history of more than a century. Across this history, feedback has been predominantly viewed as a one-way transmission of information from teacher, computer or peers to the learners. Such information was aimed at addressing learners’ immediate instructional or motivational needs rather […]
Sujatha VaradarajanHomi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, India sujsvarada@gmail.com We designed and implemented a PBL task on indigo dyeing wastewater treatment. PBL advocates self-directed and collaborative learning wherein students work in small groups to find a solution to the given problem. In our present work, we tried to understand – a) learning in a […]
Narendra D. DeshmukhHomi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, India ndd@hbcse.tifr.res.in Experimental competencies such as asking questions, designing experiments, observing, disseminating results, forms a crucial part of learning for biology students. The objective of this preliminary study is to explore undergraduate students’ formulating of experimental design of simple model systems during experimentation. Students worked in […]