Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 10, Issue 2, Article 16 (Dec., 2009)
Yan-yan XIONG and Xian-qiu WU
The application of concept cartoons in the teaching of friction


The application of concept cartoons in the teaching of friction

Yan-yan XIONG and Xian-qiu WU

School of Physics and Telecommunications Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangdong, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. CHINA

Email: xiong_yanyan@yahoo.com.cn

Received 13 Oct., 2009
Revised 23 Nov., 2009


Abstract

Taking the lesson “friction” for example, the approaches of concept cartoons are used. The article attempts to combine the constructivism theory and the practical physics teaching approaches, highlights the characteristics that can develop the students’ thinking, and can motivate the more extensive space of them by the art of vision, so to expect the students can reconstruct the correct science concept and extend their view of knowledge in the confliction of the new and old cognition.

Keywords: Concept cartoon, Constructivism theory, Friction, Confliction of cognition

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