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A domestic post-graduate research scholarship is available in the School of Engineering and Information Technology at The University of New South Wales Canberra, for a Masters by Research Candidate to undertake the project.
Project Title: Investigating the origins of
students’ alternative models of forces.
Supervisors: Dr Kate Wilson and Dr Tim Turner
Project Details:
Students entering university have a wide variety of conceptual
frameworks and mental models of forces. Students can be very resistant to
changing these conceptual frameworks.
The aim of this project is to investigate the range of alternative
mental models of forces held by students at UNSW Canberra, and how these models
were developed by the students. The project will also investigate how these
models change through instruction or other influences. The UNSW Canberra
context is interesting because of the spread of students from all Australian
states.
The project will require collection and analysis of quantitative
and qualitative data.
The successful applicant, subject to admission, will be awarded a
SEIT Masters by Research Scholarship with an annual tax-free stipend of
$27,049. The successful applicant would be expected to be available to commence
their studies in Session 1, 2015.
UNSW Australia (the University of New South Wales) is one of
Australia’s leading research and teaching universities. The Canberra campus of
the University of New South Wales is located at the Australian Defence Force
Academy (ADFA). UNSW Canberra is less than five kilometres from the city centre
and has a comprehensive library and state-of-the-art computing facilities. It
is a pleasant and collegial place to work and study, and staff and students
have access to ADFA facilities including free parking, gym and swimming pool.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Kate Wilson
Phone: +61 2 6268
8172
School of
Engineering and Information Technology
The University of
New South Wales (Canberra)
