Characteristics of the physics texts and their incidence on comprehension

Authors

  • Susana Pandiella
  • Palmira Calbó Torné
  • Ascensión Macías Instituto de Investigaciones en Educación en las Ciencias Experimentales. Facultad de Filosofía, Humanidades y Artes. Universidad Nacional de San Juan

Keywords:

comprehension, texts of Physics, text structure, diagrams

Abstract

In this work we made an exploratory analysis about the incidence of the structure and the diagrams of two physics texts in the comprehension of secondary school students. To carry out this study, we evaluated the students’ performance by means of three reading strategies: a summary, the main idea and the title.

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Published

2016-11-13

How to Cite

Pandiella, S., Torné, P. C., & Macías, A. (2016). Characteristics of the physics texts and their incidence on comprehension. Investigations in Science Education, 9(1), 27–35. Retrieved from https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/537

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2004): March of 2004

Section

Artigos

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