STIMULATING CREATIVE THINKING IN STUDENTS WITH SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS ON EINSTEIN'S EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

Ivana Krulj, Ljubiša Nešić, Josip Sliško, Biljana Živković

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.2298/FUPCT2301057K
First page
057
Last page
075

Abstract


The same instructional units on Gravity and Weightlessness were approached in two different ways: through a traditional method that doesn't rely solely on teacher-led lectures but combines various established teaching techniques, and through the novel Predict-Observe-Explain approach, incorporating the implementation of two new experiments designed to enhance physics education. This pilot study aimed to assess the stimulation of students' creative thinking, specifically in the 7th grade of primary school and the 1st grade of high school. The results indicated that students who engaged with the innovative teaching approach demonstrated a higher level of creativity.


Keywords

weightlessness; classrooms experiments; predict-observe-explain approach; creative thinking

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