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Cepic, Mojca – European Journal of Physics Education, 2012
The introduction of teaching about liquid crystals is discussed from several points of view: the rationale why to teach them, the basics about liquid crystals or what the teacher should teach about them, the fundamental pre-knowledge of students required, the set of experiments accompanying the teaching and the brief report on the already…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Physics, Scientific Concepts
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Pavlin, Jerneja; Vaupotic, Natasa; Glazar, Sasa A.; Cepic, Mojca; Devetak, Iztok – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2011
A total of 448 first-year university students participated in the study at the beginning of the academic year 2009/10. A paper-pencil liquid crystal questionnaire (LCQ) comprising 20 items was used to evaluate students' general conceptions related to liquid crystals, their properties and to the state of matter in general. The results show that 2/3…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Student Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes