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We have used untraditional learning methods as well as traditional ones in teaching the kinetic particle model of matter and the electron model for electric circuits to pupils from grade 6 to grade 10. Among the methods called untraditional are drama (role play), writing about being particles or electrons (creative writing) and pupils “teaching” their parents about the models they have learned at school. Most research shows that boys perform and enjoy physics more than girls. In this research, using these untraditional teaching methods, girls did as well as the boys. There was no difference between boys and girls in terms of how they liked physics when several of these teaching methods were used.
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Tveita, J. (1999). Can Untraditional Learning Methods Used in Physics Help Girls to be More Interested and Achieve more in this Subject?. In: Bandiera, M., Caravita, S., Torracca, E., Vicentini, M. (eds) Research in Science Education in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9307-6_17
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