Proceedings of the World Conference on Physics Education 2012 (WPCE)

1394 Pages·2014·178.41 MB·English

by  Mehmet Fatih Tasar (Ed.)

Proceed!ngs of
The World Conference on
Phys!cs Educat!on 2012
W C P E
2012
Ed!tor
Mehmet Fat!h Taşar
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON
PHYSICS EDUCATION
2012
Editor
Mehmet Fatih TAŞAR
Gazi Üniversitesi
Editor
Mehmet Fatih TAŞAR
Proceedings of The World Conference on Physics Education 2012
ISBN 978-605-364-658-7
© 2014, Pegem Akademi
Authors maintain the copyright for
their own articles published in this book.
Disclaimer Notice:
Authors are responsible for the content of each article.
Neither the editor, nor the sponsoring/endorsing
institutions assume any responsibility for
the use of the methods, content or results presented
in the articles contained in this book.
1st Edition: February, 2014 Ankara, Turkey
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Dedicated to
Elena Sassi

WCPE 2012 IS SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS
IUPAP, ICPE, EPS, GIREP, MPTL
AND ENDORSED BY THE FOLLOWING
AAPT, AsPEN, LAPEN
COMMITTEES
The Local Organizing Committee
Chair, M. Fatih Taşar, Gazi Üniversitesi
Metin Orbay, Amasya Üniversitesi
Esra Akgül, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi
Şebnem Kandil İngec, Gazi Üniversitesi
WCPE 2012 Scientific Advisory Committee
Leoš Dvořák, Charles University, Czech Republic
Ton Ellermeijer, CMA, The Netherlands
Francisco Esquembre, Universidad De Murcia, Spain
Zulma Gangoso, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Claudia Haagen-Schuetzenhoefer, Universität Wien, Austria
Aziz Fatima Hasnain, Centre for Physics Education, Pakistan
Jafaar Jantan, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Pratibha Jolly, University of Delhi, India
Bob Lambourne, Open University, UK
Ian Lawrence, Institute of Physics, UK
Leopold Mathelitsch, Universität Graz, Austria
Alex Mazzolini, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Marisa Michelini, Università di Udine, Italy
César Mora, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Feral Ogan Bekiroğlu, Marmara Üniversitesi, Turkey
Wim Peeters, GIREP, Belgium
Gordon P. Ramsey, Loyola University Chicago, US
Manjula Devi Sharma, The University of Sydney, Australia
David Sokoloff, University of Oregon, US
M. Fatih Taşar, Gazi Üniversitesi, Turkey
Dean Zollman, Kansas State University, US
FOREWORD

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FOREWORD
Physics Education Research (PER) represents the most voluminous, the oldest, and the most rigorous
tradition in whole science education research. On the other hand, with its 1365 research article pages, this
is the most voluminous book reporting research studies of PER. Thanks to hundreds of its contributors,
this book represents the state-of-the-art of PER as of 2012. This book was produced as a result of first
World Conference on Physics Education (WCPE) that was held in Istanbul, Turkey during July 1-6, 2012.
Teachers, educators, and researchers, from all continents and 55 countries have attended the WCPE 2012.
During the 6 days of the conference there were 249 oral presentations, 27 workshops, 12 symposia, and
around 100 poster presentations together with 5 keynote addresses.
On behalf of all participants I wish to thank the sponsors: IUPAP, ICPE, EPS, TÜBİTAK, GIREP, MPTL, Rentech,
Vernier, APS, IOP for their support. We are also grateful to AAPT, AsPEN, and LaPEN for their endorsements
of the conference.
Like all other PER enthusiasts, I am also looking forward to the second WCPE which is decided to take place
in São Paulo, Brazil in 2016 and wish that such a proceedings book tradition continues.
Mehmet Fatih Taşar
The Main Organizer of WCPE 2012
WCPE 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
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PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland Canada
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
United States
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Malaysia Mexico
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Colombia
Mozambique
Netherlands
New Zealand Ecuador
Norway
Philippines Brazil
Poland
Portugal
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia Uruguay
Slovenia
South Africa Argentina
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UK
US
Uruguay
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PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Latvia
Denmark
United Kingdom
Ireland Belgium
Poland
Germany
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Austria
Switzerland Hungary
France Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Italy
Spain
Portugal Turkey
Greece
Malta
WCPE 2012, Istanbul, Turkey