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 […]
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Rough Concept Inventories
A. ManiHomi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, India Concept inventories are MCQ-based instruments designed to test the understanding of concepts (and possibly the reasons for failure to understand) by learners. Often, they are deemed to be rather incompatible with student centered modes of learning and evaluation. Some inventories require students to provide justifications […]