Moodle as a Learning Environment
in Promoting Conceptual Understanding
for Secondary School Students

Sarantos Psycharis; Georgios Chalatzoglidis; Michail Kalogiannakis

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2013.912a

Moodle as a Learning Environment in Promoting Conceptual Understanding for Secondary School Students

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Sarantos Psycharis ¹ ^* , Georgios Chalatzoglidis ², Michail Kalogiannakis ³

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¹ Liverpool Hope University, UK² Secondary Education Teacher, GREECE³ University of Crete, GREECE^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of e-learning, as a pedagogical tool, for changing initial conceptions when learning about physics by using the learning management System of the Moodle platform. Our study provides an empirical exploration of the pedagogical use of Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) in order to investigate a) the change of students’ conception of fundamental issues in electricity and b) their attitudes towards the use of this LMS system. Analysis of questionnaire data shows a slight improvement in students’ performance and this difference is associated with participants’ conceptual understanding. Students had strong attitudes towards blended learning but this was not reflected upon their intention to further use the LMS, as expressed in responses to the TAM’s questionnaire.

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science education
blended learning
e-learning
Moodle
TAM
LMS

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2013, Volume 9, Issue 1, 11-21

https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.912a

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Psycharis, S., Chalatzoglidis, G., & Kalogiannakis, M. (2013). Moodle as a Learning Environment in Promoting Conceptual Understanding for Secondary School Students. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 9(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.912a

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Psycharis S, Chalatzoglidis G, Kalogiannakis M. Moodle as a Learning Environment in Promoting Conceptual Understanding for Secondary School Students. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2013;9(1):11-21. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.912a

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Psycharis S, Chalatzoglidis G, Kalogiannakis M. Moodle as a Learning Environment in Promoting Conceptual Understanding for Secondary School Students. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2013;9(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.912a

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Psycharis, Sarantos, Georgios Chalatzoglidis, and Michail Kalogiannakis. "Moodle as a Learning Environment in Promoting Conceptual Understanding for Secondary School Students". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2013 9 no. 1 (2013): 11-21. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.912a

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Psycharis, S., Chalatzoglidis, G., and Kalogiannakis, M. (2013). Moodle as a Learning Environment in Promoting Conceptual Understanding for Secondary School Students. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 9(1), pp. 11-21. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.912a

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Psycharis, Sarantos et al. "Moodle as a Learning Environment in Promoting Conceptual Understanding for Secondary School Students". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 9, no. 1, 2013, pp. 11-21. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.912a