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Educational Neuroscience and Physics Teaching and Learning

Educational neuroscience is a new interdisciplinary research field, where traditional methods of educational research are combined with neuroscience techniques. Neuroimaging methods, such as electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), provide tools for the measurement of the brain activity of participants while they are performing a task relevant to education. Neuroscience research offers an important insight into the brain development and function. Many studies are focused on developmental disorders, such as dyslexia and dyscalculia. On the other hand, there is a wide research area on basic learning mechanisms of normally developing children and adults. Few examples of neuroimaging studies, relevant for physics teaching and learning, will be presented. We will show results of our EEG study on proportional reasoning of university students. Student’s ability to solve simple algebraic equation is a prerequisite for problem solving in physics. We employed different methods to explore students’ strategies in equation solving. The present results will be reported and future studies proposed.

Educational neuroscience; Neuroimaging methods; Newtonian mechanics; Proportional reasoning; Learning effects on the brain activity

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