Teaching Physics in the first years of Elementary School to children with ADHD
Physics Education
2016-06-28 v1
Abstract
In this paper we report on a Science Fair activity developed at Colegio Pedro II, a traditional Brazilian school, with a group of eight 8-12 years old Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) students. ADHD is usually a condition associated with underachievement at school. As part of working toward scientific literacy for students, we explored the idea of conservation of energy based on STS paradigm. At the same time, the learning experience was designed to stimulate children's poor executive function, or, more specifically, their ability to manage time and planning future tasks.
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@article{arxiv.1606.07853,
title = {Teaching Physics in the first years of Elementary School to children with ADHD},
author = {Eduardo Folco Capossoli and Andréa Teixeira de Siqueira Oliveira and Sandro Soares Fernandes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.07853},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
8 pages, no figures, no tables, to appear in Proceedings of International Conference on Physics Education ICPE - Beijing, 2015