{"id":411847,"date":"2017-05-23T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?guid=6ea8ae1465f4158f51e2f4bcbccfef46"},"modified":"2017-05-23T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T23:00:00","slug":"students-conceptions-on-white-light-and-implications-for-teaching-and-learning-about-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=411847","title":{"rendered":"Students\u2019 conceptions on white light and implications for teaching and learning about colour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The quality of learning processes is mainly determined by the extent to which students\u2019 conceptions<br \/>\nare addressed and thus conceptual change is triggered. Colour phenomena are a topic within initial<br \/>\ninstruction of optics which is challenging. A physically adequate concept of white light is crucial<br \/>\nfor being able to grasp the processes underlying colour formation. Our previous research suggests<br \/>\nthat misconceptions on white light may influence the conceptual understanding of colour phenomena.<br \/>\nFor the design of a learning environment on light and colours, the literature was reviewed. Then an<br \/>\nexplorative interview study with participants ( N \u2009\u2009=\u2009\u200932), with and without instruction in<br \/>\nintroductory optics, was carried out. In addition, the representations used for white light in<br \/>\nAustrian physics schoolbooks were analysed. Based on the results of the literature review, the<br \/>\ninterview study and the schoolbook analysis, a learning environment was designed and tested in<br \/>\nteaching experi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quality of learning processes is mainly determined by the extent to which students\u2019 conceptions<br \/>\nare addressed and thus conceptual change is triggered. Colour phenomena are a topic within initial<br \/>\ninstruction of optics which is challenging. A phy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-411847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=411847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=411847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=411847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=411847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}