Physics learning has been the focus of much research over the last few decades. One line of such research has had knowledge about physics conceptual understanding as its object. Conceptual physics learning is found to be enhanced by the use of a variety of interactive engagement teaching and learning strategies. Another line of research in physics education has been through the development of computer-based learning environments as alternatives to traditional lecturing approaches. One such development has been that of a 'physics Studio' in which computer software delivers content and facilitates activities and communication, and instructors adopt a tutoring or learning facilitator role rather than lecturing role. Curtin University of Technology has drawn on both lines of research, resulting in the creation of a Physics Studio. In addition, a constructivist philosophy has provided guiding principles underpinning the conduct of first year physics classes. The aim of this study has been to evaluate students' physics learning in first year Studio classes. In particular, the aim has been to examine the role of students' epistemological beliefs (beliefs about knowledge and knowing) and their perceptions of the learning environment, in that learning. The study is situated across the fields of psychology and physics education research. It uses an ex-post facto comparative research design together with a qualitative methodology to compare students in Studio classes with those in physics classes in a traditional lecture stream. The use of multidimensional scaling as a technique for reducing complex data to a visual form for the purpose of describing and investigating the Studio learning environment is also explored. / Findings from this study suggest that a Studio approach that incorporates student-centred, social constructivist teaching and learning behaviours can result in improved learning for students in a discipline such as physics, which is normally associated with authoritative and didactic teaching. The results indicate that most students responded positively to the characteristics of the Studio approach. Their learning outcomes and improvement in conceptual understanding exceeded those of students in the traditional lecture classes. Students' beliefs about the structure of knowledge affected their cognitive outcomes through their preference for particular learning strategies. Students with 'naive', positivist epistemological beliefs were more likely to choose a narrow range of learning strategies and to have poorer cognitive outcomes. Students with more 'sophisticated', constructivist epistemological beliefs were more likely to choose a wider range of learning strategies and to have better cognitive outcomes. There is evidence from this work that the constructivist learning environment influences students' epistemological beliefs, and that their beliefs influence the way they respond to the learning environment. Using multidimensional scaling, spatial configurations of learning environment parameters for Studio and traditional groups, although structurally similar, were visibly different. In particular, the preferred learning environment of Studio students formed a complex web of interrelationships, whereas the preferred learning environment of students in the traditional course formed a simpler pattern with minimal interrelationships among parameters. / Other factors affecting the responses of students to the constructivist learning environment were their perceptions of the nature of the subject matter as represented by assessment tasks, and their expectations about the role of instructors. Some students were unable to change their epistemological beliefs and learning patterns to fit teachers' expectations. These findings have implications for teachers of physics who adopt or wish to adopt constructivist rather than didactic teaching methods, and for those implementing Studio approaches. An instructor's best efforts to implement alternative teaching approaches and methods can be circumvented by the beliefs and attitudes of students if they are inconsistent with the epistemology implicit in the teaching methods. For example, students with naive beliefs in the structure and certainty of knowledge need guidance and experiences that provide validity for different ways of learning physics. Students also need help to understand the concept of, and to value, self-reflective learning practices. Finally, learning in a Studio class is enhanced for students whose beliefs are consistent with, or change to suit, the philosophy underpinning instruction.

The spatial variation of wave climate plays a crucial role in erosion, sediment transport, and the design of management actions in coastal areas. Low energy wave systems occur frequently and over a wide range of geographical areas. There is a lack of studies assessing wave model performance in low-energy environments at a regional scale. Therefore, this research aims to model a low energy wave system using a high-resolution dataset. The specific objectives of this study involves 1) using cluster analysis and extensive field measurements to understand the spatial behavior of ocean waves, 2) develop a physics based model of wind-driven waves using high-resolution measurements, and 3) compare machine learning and physics-based models in simulating wave climates. The findings of this study indicate that clustering can effectively assess the spatial variation of the wave climate in a low energy system, with depth identified as the most important influencing factor. Additionally, the physics-based model showed varying performance across different locations within the study area, accurately simulating wave climates in some locations but not in others. Finally, the machine learning model demonstrated overall acceptable performance and accuracy in simulating wave climates and revealed better agreement with observed data in estimating central tendency compared to the physics-based model. The physics-based model performed more favorably for dispersion metrics. These findings contribute to our understanding of coastal dynamics. By providing insights into the spatial behavior of wave climates in low energy systems and comparing the performance of physics-based model and machine learning model, this research contributes to the development of effective coastal management strategies and enhances our understanding of coastal processes.

Nesta tese, a abstração é investigada e desenvolvida com o objetivo de contribuir para a compreensão e solução dos problemas físicos trabalhados com alunos de Ensino Médio. O conceito de abstração é averiguado historicamente com vistas ao seu entendimento epistemológico para a física e, em especial, para o desenvolvimento cognitivo dos estudantes, colaborando para o entendimento e solução de problemas tratados em sala de aula. O aporte teórico utilizado é fornecido pela teoria de Raymond Duval, a respeito dos registros de representação semiótica, compreensão e aprendizagens intelectuais, segundo sua fórmula: não há noésis sem semiósis. Atividades focando a promoção da abstração, por meio de ferramentas didáticas deduzidas da teoria dos registros de representação semiótica, são realizadas com estudantes do Ensino Médio e, para efeitos de comparação, com uma turma de 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental. As atividades tiveram duas versões. A primeira, diagnóstica, observando as principais dificuldades dos estudantes nos problemas físicos trabalhados; a segunda, tratou de problemas canônicos da física de sala de aula, por meio da ferramenta didática desenvolvida. A análise das respostas destas atividades indica o desenvolvimento da abstração dos estudantes e aumento da taxa de sucesso na solução de problemas físicos, desde que seja garantido o fenômeno da congruência, por meio da função de objetivação, discriminação das unidades significantes e conversão dos registros semióticos da física trabalhados nos problemas canônicos da disciplina. Os resultados apontam para um ensino de física que promove a abstração nos estudantes e uma melhoria na compreensão e solução de problemas de sala de aula. / In this thesis, the abstraction is investigated and developed with the objective of contributing to the understanding and solution of the physical problems worked with students of High School. The concept of abstraction is historically ascertained with a view to its epistemological understanding for physical, particularly for cognitive development of students, especially for the students\' cognitive development, collaborating to the understanding and solution of problems treated in the classroom. The theoretical approach is provided by Raymond Duval\'s theory, about the semiotic representation registers, intellectual understanding, and learning, according to its formula: there is no noesis without semiosis. Activities focusing on the promotion of abstraction, through didactic tools deduced from the theory of records of semiotic representation, are carried out with high school students and, for comparison purposes, with a 9th grade elementary school class. The activities had two versions. The first diagnosis, observing the main difficulties of the students in the physical problems worked; the second, dealt with canonical problems of classroom physics, through the didactic tool developed. The analysis of the responses of these activities indicates the development of students\' abstraction and increase of the success rate in the solution of physical problems, provided that the congruence phenomenon is guaranteed through the objectivation function, discrimination of the signifying units and conversion of the semiotic registers of physics worked on the canonical problems of discipline. The results point to a physics teaching that promotes abstraction in students and an improvement in understanding and solving classroom problems.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:16:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3994.pdf: 2516053 bytes, checksum: 41455b3bfb027ca30c432f445b93598b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-29 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / This work presents a strategy of meaningful learning based on projects. In the education proposal, steps are suggested to the development of the general design, regardless of the subject to be studied. These steps envolve the application of a diagnostic evaluation (student/teacher), motivation circumstances, research (students), concepts formalization (teacher), development and execution of the Project, exposure results, discussion on social networks, classroom discussions and final evaluation (students). These steps are developed in activities held inside the classrooms and extra classrooms. To exemplify this proposal, an specific Project called Campanha de Economia de Energia Elétrica (Power Energy Economics Campaign) was developed to be used as motivating and facilitating instrument to aim a successfully teaching. In order to fulfill the requirements of the Project, it was explored the wide exposure of the subject in the print and broadcast media, besides the Technologies, posters, debates and lectures. In this context, the Project of the author and its application are described in first and second classrooms of high school as well as other Project elaborated by two teachers of public school, through Observatório da Educação UFSCar-Capes, an state university located in the city of São Carlos, São Paulo State, Brazil. This work also presents the topics discussed during the development of the Project, the diagnostic evaluation and the final evaluation, besides the Schedule activities, with handouts, suggested to be taken as a pattern to be followed by the Professional of the same area. This work emphasizes the effects of sharing knowledge and experiences. In a general way, the application and pedagogic learning Project makes this process much more efficient and engaged. So, the concerned people, mainly students, can take advantage in understanding the meaning of scientific terms. / Este trabalho apresenta uma estratégia de ensino significativo por projetos. A proposta sugere etapas para o desenvolvimento de projetos gerais para o ensino, independentemente do tema a ser enfocado. Essas etapas são: aplicação de uma avaliação diagnóstica (aluno/professor), momento de motivação (professor), pesquisa (alunos), formalização de conceitos (professor), desenvolvimento e execução do projeto (alunos), exposição dos resultados (alunos), discussão em redes sociais (alunos/professor), debate presencial (alunos) e avaliação final (aluno). Elas são desenvolvidas por meio de atividades realizadas em sala de aula e extraclasse. A fim de exemplificar esta proposta, foi desenvolvido e aplicado aos alunos do ensino médio um projeto específico, intitulado Campanha de Economia de Energia Elétrica, que serve como motivador e facilitador da aprendizagem significativa. Para realizar essa proposta, utilizou-se a grande exposição desse tema pela mídia, aliada a tecnologias de informática, apresentação de pôsteres, debates e aulas teóricas. Nele, estão descritos o projeto aplicado pelo autor, com seus alunos de primeiro e segundo anos do ensino médio, o trabalho feito com dois professores da rede estadual, por meio do projeto Observatório da Educação UFSCar-CAPES e o projeto desenvolvido por eles com seus alunos. O trabalho apresenta também o conteúdo desenvolvido durante o projeto, a avaliação diagnóstica e sua avaliação final, além de um cronograma de atividades, com texto de apoio, sugerindo a metodologia para aplicação por outros colegas. Além disso, discutem-se os resultados do projeto e do compartilhamento. De uma forma geral, o uso da pedagogia de projetos deixou a aprendizagem mais contextualizada, dando mais significado aos conceitos científicos trabalhados em sala de aula, facilitando a aprendizagem. Palavras-chave: Ensino por projetos, ensino significativo de física.

This thesis signals the importance of collaborative interaction in the school environment in times of teaching and learning of physics network, mediated by educational technology. Priority was collaborative interaction on the critical problem situations, technologically mediated by educational hypermedia. The activities were developed by physical educators for students to understand concepts, laws and physical phenomena in two distinct contexts: Physics course (full licensure UFSM) and high school (public schools). Through investigative work was encouraged collaborative interaction, problem-solving situations proposed in study activities, mediated by heuristics in educational hypermedia. From the interactive hypermedia, researched the influence of this educational technology computerized network as potentiator of collaborative interaction. These activities helped to study conducted that actually occurred, collaborative interaction between students, teaching and learning of physics in the network. The data were analyzed and listed in four pre-set categories: Interaction, Interaction and Collaborative Innovation and / or innovative practices in teaching and learning of physics. The results obtained in this research, from the perspective of the categories of analysis, it can be said that students felt "the will" to interact collaboratively with colleagues in study activities with mediation of educational hypermedia in teaching and learning Physics. Emphasis was placed on the idea that dialogue-problematical, as potentiator of collaborative interaction in the concepts, laws and physical phenomena, was constructed from problem situations, providing students knowingness in other contexts real and concrete. / Essa dissertação sinaliza a importância da interação colaborativa no ambiente escolar em tempos de ensino-aprendizagem de Física em rede, mediado por tecnologia educacional. A prioridade foi a interação colaborativa na problematização de situações-problema, mediadas tecnologicamente por hipermídias educacionais. As atividade foram elaboradas pelo físico-educador para que os estudantes compreendessem conceitos, leis e fenômenos físicos, em dois contextos distintos: curso de Física (licenciatura plena da UFSM) e Ensino Médio (escolas públicas). Por meio de um trabalho investigativo incentivou-se a interação colaborativa, resolvendo situações-problema propostas, em atividades de estudo, mediadas por heurística, em hipermídia educacional. A partir da interatividade hipermidiática, pesquisou-se a influência desta tecnologia educacional computadorizada em rede, como potencializadora da interação colaborativa. Estas atividades de estudo realizadas auxiliaram para que de fato ocorresse, a interação colaborativa, entre os estudantes, no ensino-aprendizagem da Física em rede. Os dados foram analisados e elencados em quatro categorias pré-estabelecidas: Interatividade, Interação Colaborativa e Inovação e/ou práticas inovadoras no Ensino-aprendizagem de Física. Conforme os resultados obtidos, nessa pesquisa, sob a ótica das categorias de análise, pode-se afirmar que os estudantes sentiram-se a vontade para interagir colaborativamente com seus colegas nas atividades de estudo com mediação das hipermídias educacionais, no ensino-aprendizagem de Física. Ressaltou-se a ideia de que o diálogo-problematizador, como potencializador da interação colaborativa, em torno dos conceitos, leis e fenômenos físicos, foi construído a partir de situações-problema, proporcionando aos estudantes cognoscência em outros contextos reais e concretos.

The main objective of this research was to plan, implement and analyze the teaching and learning of physical activities, aiming to blend three kinds of teaching resource (Textbook, Real Experiment and Virtual Experiment - Simulator), for the same activity. In this context, the research problem sought to examine whether the merged utilization of these resources enhances the understanding of physical concepts developed during the activities. The development of the research took place in a class of high school at an institute in central Santa Maria, RS. The chosen methodology was action research, so are the inclusion of the researcher community to be analyzed and features moments of action, observation, reflection and redesign. The results from the analysis of data collected through survey questionnaires, diaries lips and students' responses in the proposed work, indicate that there are points of similarity between the merged teaching resources and it was concluded that these worsened the understanding of physics concepts by students. / O principal objetivo desta pesquisa foi planejar, implementar e analisar atividades de ensino-aprendizagem de física, visando a mescla entre três tipos de recurso didático (Livro Didático, Experimento Real e Experimento Virtual Simulador), durante a mesma atividade. Neste contexto, o problema de pesquisa buscou analisar se a utilização mesclada destes recursos potencializa a compreensão dos conceitos físicos trabalhados durante as atividades. O desenvolvimento da pesquisa deu-se em uma turma do Ensino Médio de uma escola na região central de Santa Maria, RS. A metodologia escolhida foi a pesquisa-ação, tendo como característica a inserção do pesquisador na comunidade a ser analisada e também apresenta momentos de ação, observação, reflexão e replanejamento. Os resultados, a partir da análise dos dados coletados através dos questionários de pesquisa, diários de bordos e respostas dos estudantes nos trabalhos propostos, indicam que existem pontos semelhantes entre os recursos didáticos mesclados e foi possível concluir que estes potencializaram a compreensão dos conceitos de física pelos estudantes.

The main objective of this research was to investigate the contribution of the educational hypermedia as technological mediation to the development of study activities and, consequently, for the understanding of knowledges treated in the high school of Physics. To do this, we work with the elaboration and analysis of hypermedia study activities, structured in according to the approach contained in the national curriculum guidelines. This process occurred with physicists-educators in initial formation, thus contributing to the future school practices thereof, in scope of the high school. We use as research conception the action-research, which involved the development of cycles characterized by moments of planning, action, observation and reflection. Data collection involved the following instruments: document analysis, questionnaire, and the tools forum, task and wiki from Moodle. The analysis of this data, that occured in the moment of reflection of the action-research, allowed us to conclude that the features potentialized by the educational hypermedia cognitive flexibility, interactivity, interaction and visualization contribute significantly to the development of study activities of Physics, and, with this, for the understanding of the physical knowledges treated in the high school. / O objetivo principal desta pesquisa foi investigar a contribuição da hipermídia educacional como mediação tecnológica para o desenvolvimento de atividades de estudo e, consequentemente, para a compreensão dos conhecimentos abordados no ensino médio de Física. Para isso, trabalhamos com a elaboração e análise de atividades de estudo hipermidiáticas, estruturadas em consonância com a abordagem contida nos parâmetros curriculares nacionais. Este processo ocorreu juntamente com físicos-educadores em formação inicial, contribuindo assim para as futuras práticas escolares dos mesmos, no âmbito do ensino médio. Utilizamos como concepção de pesquisa a investigação-ação, que envolveu o desenvolvimento de ciclos caracterizados pelos momentos de planejamento, ação, observação e reflexão. A obtenção dos dados envolveu os seguintes instrumentos: análise de documentos, questionário, e as ferramentas fórum, tarefa e wiki do Moodle. A análise destes dados, que ocorreu no momento de reflexão da investigação-ação, possibilitou-nos concluir que as características potencializadas pela hipermídia educacional flexibilidade cognitiva, interatividade, interação e visualização contribuem significativamente para o desenvolvimento de atividades de estudo de Física, e, com isso, para a compreensão dos conhecimentos físicos abordados no ensino médio.

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This fusion can mean new learning opportunities both in school and in the workplace, better progress in school and it can also show us possible ways of overcoming the dichotomy between theory and practice. Considering these potentialities in the face of the necessity of development of contents which are more linked to the reality of the Physics teaching, this research tried to relate fragments of knowledge in Physics which are present in the professional activities of the students to the knowledge in Physics which are typically addressed in secondary education. In order to do the research, a questionnaire was devised and it offered us a distribution of the students who work and study at secondary schools at night in Araraquara SP. Later these worker students were interviewed and their workplaces visited with the purpose of identifying fragments of knowledge of Physics present in their work activities and the personal sense students attribute to the school knowledge. A classroom research was also done in order to evaluate the students receptivity to an approach of Physics that take into consideration common elements from their work activities. The contribution of cultural-historical psychology, in particular the Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (LEONTIEV, 1978a) made possible an analysis that take into account the psychological elements that are involved in the human activities which gives grounds for the importance of creating conditions for the students to relate the personal purpose they attribute to the scientific knowledge learned at school and its social meaning. The results suggest that connexions between the Physics knowledge present in the students professional activities and that taught in school have the potential for the creation of new learning needs and this way worker students may attribute new personal sense to the learning of Physics. / Conciliar trabalho e estudos é uma necessidade para a maior parte dos estudantes brasileiros do Ensino Médio, segundo relatório do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) de 2000 e dados do relatório do Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM) de 2003. Esta realidade pode significar um desafio aos estudantes quanto à freqüência e aproveitamento escolares satisfatórios, mas por outro lado, pode viabilizar novos horizontes conceituais e perspectivas favoráveis à fusão de conhecimentos oriundos da prática do trabalho e conhecimentos sistematizados aprendidos na escola. Esta fusão pode significar novas oportunidades de aprendizagem tanto na escola quanto nos espaços de trabalho, um melhor aproveitamento escolar, além de suscitar possíveis caminhos para a superação da dicotomia entre teoria e prática. Considerando estas potencialidades em face da necessidade de desenvolvimento de conteúdos mais vinculados à realidade no Ensino de Física, esta pesquisa buscou relacionar fragmentos de conhecimentos de Física presentes nas atividades profissionais dos estudantes com os conhecimentos de Física tipicamente abordados no Ensino Médio. Para isso foi aplicado um questionário que forneceu uma distribuição dos estudantes do Ensino Médio noturno em Araraquara-SP em função de suas atividades de trabalho. Posteriormente foram entrevistados estudantes trabalhadores e realizadas visitas aos locais de trabalho com o objetivo de identificar fragmentos de conhecimentos de Física presentes nas suas atividades de trabalho e os sentidos pessoais que os estudantes atribuem ao saber escolar. Realizou-se ainda uma intervenção em sala de aula com o objetivo de avaliar a receptividade dos estudantes, bem como a potencialidade da proposta de abordar a Física a partir de elementos comuns às suas atividades de trabalho. A abordagem da psicologia histórico-cultural, em particular a teoria histórico-cultural da atividade (LEONTIEV, 1978a), possibilitou uma análise que leva em conta os elementos psicológicos envolvidos nas atividades humanas, o que permitiu fundamentar a importância de se criar condições para que os estudantes relacionem o sentido pessoal que atribuem ao conhecimento científico aprendido na escola e sua significação objetiva. Os resultados sugerem que conexões entre conhecimentos de Física presentes nas atividades de trabalho dos estudantes e aqueles ensinados no Ensino Médio possuem potencial para a criação de novas necessidades de aprendizagem, podendo contribuir para que os estudantes trabalhadores venham a atribuir novos sentidos pessoais à aprendizagem de Física.

Práca sa zaoberá spojeniami medzi štatistickou fyzikou a strojovým učením s dôrazom na základné princípy a ich dôsledky. Ďalej sa venuje obecným vlastnostiam spektroskopických dát a ich zohľadnení pri pokročilom spracovaní dát. Začiatok práce je venovaný odvodeniu partičnej sumy štatistického systému a štúdiu Isingovho modelu pomocou "mean field" prístupu. Následne, popri základnom úvode do strojového učenia, je ukázaná ekvivalencia medzi Isingovým modelom a Hopfieldovou sieťou - modelom strojového učenia. Na konci teoretickej časti je z Hopfieldovej siete odvodený model Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM). Vhodnosť použitia RBM na spracovanie spektroskopických dát je diskutovaná a preukázaná na znížení dimenzie týchto dát. Výsledky sú porovnané s bežne používanou Metódou Hlavných Komponent (PCA), spolu so zhodnotením prístupu a možnosťami ďalšieho zlepšovania.