Investigating students' mental models about the quantization of light, energy, and angular momentum
Nilufer Didis, Ali Eryilmaz, Sakir Erkoc
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): Nilufer Didis, Ali Eryilmaz, Sakir Erkoc | Yıl: 2014 | Dergi/Kurum: PHYSICAL REVIEW SPECIAL TOPICS-PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH | İndeks: WOS.SCI, WOS.SSCI | DOI: 10.1103/physrevstper.10.020127 — Özet: This paper is the first part of a multiphase study examining students' men
This paper is the first part of a multiphase study examining students' mental models about the quantization of physical observables-light, energy, and angular momentum. Thirty-one second-year physics and physics education college students who were taking a modern physics course participated in the study. The qualitative analysis of data revealed six variations in students' mental models about the quantization of physical observables: scientific model, primitive scientific model, shredding model, alternating model, integrative model, and evolution model. These models were determined to be context dependent. In addition, some students are in a mixed-model state where they use multiple mental models in explaining a phenomenon and use these models inconsistently.