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Pols, C.F.J. (author)This article presents an experimental setup capable of conducting various experiments. The setup is used to accurately determine the acceleration due to gravity using either the pendulum or free fall experiment, as well as to allow students to conceive and conduct their own experiment. We discuss the design of the setup and the experiments...journal article 2024
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Pols, C.F.J. (author)Enabling students to engage in independent scientific inquiry is a highly valued but seemingly elusive goal of (secondary school) science education. Therefore, this study aims to determine and understand how to effectively develop inquiry knowledge in students. The chosen approach to enable students to plan, carry out and evaluate a physics...doctoral thesis 2023
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Pols, C.F.J. (author)In filmscenes gebeuren regelmatig dingen waarvan niet meteen duidelijk is of het in het echt ook kan. Op de WND-conferentie van 2014 liet ik een samengestelde korte<br/>film zien waarbij steeds de vraag was: komt wat we zien in de filmscene overeen met de gebeurtenis zoals deze in het echt zou plaatsvinden? De vraag ‘is dit echt of worden we...journal article 2023
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Mooldijk, A.H. (author)In 1999 stond in de NRC een column van Karel Knip over de vraag uit de wetenschapsquiz of je direct een wolkje melk in je koffie moet doen als de bel gaat of dat je dat beter kunt doen als je terugkomt van de buitendeur. De column geeft een mooi beeld van wat er allemaal kan komen kijken als je wat dieper op de vraag ingaat. Er blijken veel...journal article 2023
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Zwinkels, N.E. (author), Bulcke, Seth (author)Als afsluiter van het eerstejaars natuurkunde practicum aan de TU Delft voeren studenten<br/>een eigen onderzoek uit. Een opvallend onderzoek dit jaar richtte zich op de radioactiviteit<br/>van fruit. Gezamenlijk doen we verslagjournal article 2023
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Dekkers, P.J.J.M. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)This small-scale, qualitative study uses educational design research to explore how focusing on argumentation may contribute to students’ learning to engage in inquiry independently. Understanding inquiry as the construction of a scientifically cogent argument in support of a claim may encourage students to develop personal reasons for adhering...journal article 2023
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Diepenbroek, Patrick (author)In practical work focussing on conceptual development, students spend valuable in-class time on collecting data rather than making sense out of it. This provides a barrier to learning about the targeted concept. To address this problem, we developed an approach that we coin collaborative data collection. Using a practical on the topic density...journal article 2023
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Dekkers, P.J.J.M. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)Physics inquiry can be interpreted as the construction of a cogent argument in which students apply inquiry knowledge and knowledge of physics to the systematic collection of relevant, valid, and reliable data, creating optimal scientific support for a conclusion that answers the research question. In learning how to devise, conduct and evaluate...journal article 2022
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Pols, C.F.J. (author)In het magazijn van het natuurkundig practicum van de TU Delft staat een rijke historie aan instrumenten en experimenten opgeslagen. Toen ik drie dezelfde opstellingen tegenkwam maakte ik een ‘reis naar het verleden’ in een poging het experiment in ere te herstellen.contribution to periodical 2022
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Dekkers, P.J.J.M. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)Secondary school students often only use the rules for doing scientific inquiry when prompted, as if they fail to see the point of doing so. This qualitative design study explores conditions to address this problem in school science inquiry. Dutch students (N = 22, aged 14–15) repeatedly consider the quality of their work: in a conventional,...journal article 2022
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Pols, C.F.J. (author)Om de geringe leeropbrengst van practica te vergroten, ontwikkel en test ik in mijn promotieonderzoek een leerlijn onderzoeken. De activiteiten van deze leerlijn richten zich op<br/>het ontwikkelen van de benodigde kennis en kritische houding om een onderzoek succesvol uit te voeren. In dit artikel bespreek ik de eerste stap: leerlingen...journal article 2021
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Lewandowski, Heather (author), Logman, Paul (author), Bradbury, Forrest (author)Many universities attempt through their lab courses to teach students how to successfully engage in physics inquiry. It is known that doing so effectively requires students to participate in genuine inquiry: Learning to do science by doing science. Still, many different approaches can be envisioned. Should students always pose their own research...other 2021
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Dekkers, P.J.J.M. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)Learning to engage in scientific inquiry is an important goal in secondary physics education. However, attaining this learning goal continues to be a challenge. We addressed this problem by devising and testing a teaching sequence that aims at developing students’ (aged 14-15) understanding of and adherence to scientific criteria. We observed,...conference paper 2021
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Pols, C.F.J. (author)Een experiment waarin de zwaartekrachtsversnelling centraal staat komt in bijna ieder jaar wel terug. Ik beschrijf hoe onderzoek naar de bijbehorende beweging zich kan ontwikkelen, startend met een kwalitatief demoexperiment en eindigend met het vaststellen van het vierde significante cijfer van g. Met het verschuiven van de jaren, schuift het...journal article 2021
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Pols, C.F.J. (author)When a new topic is introduced in the curriculum, teachers seek various ways to teach students the related concepts. For the novel topic 'materials' in the revised Dutch curriculum, I developed an experiment in which students determine Young's modulus using a guitar string. The experiment not only covers several concepts related to 'materials...journal article 2021
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Duynkerke, Lennard (author), Van Arragon, Jels (author), Van Prooijen, Kevin (author), Van Der Goot, Luuk (author), Bera, B. (author)As part of the final projects of our introductory lab course, students conceived experiments related to the umbrella topic of 'Physics of toys and sports' and carried out the experiments at their homes. This paper revisits two of these experiments described by student teams and illustrates how self-conceived experiments provide opportunities...journal article 2021
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Pols, C.F.J. (author)Although learning about Nature of Science (NOS) promotes a variety of important outcomes, teachers often lack suitable activities for younger students to effectively address NOS. In this article I elaborate on a NOS activity developed for a teacher professionalisation workshop. The activity is suited for younger students as well, where clear...journal article 2021
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Dekkers, P.J.J.M. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)This paper explores students’ ability to analyse and interpret empirical data as inadequate data analysis skills and understandings may contribute to the renowned disappointing outcomes of practical work in secondary school physics. Selected competences, derived from a collection of leading curricula, are explored through interviews and...journal article 2021
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Pols, C.F.J. (author)Due to the coronavirus lockdown, home experiments were devised for our first-year physics lab course. In this practitioner contribution we elaborate on the guided inquiries that were set up. Students could carry out the experiments with standard tools available at home, including sensors mobile phones are equipped with. Various design principles...journal article 2020
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