refereed articles in journals | in conference proceedings and books | in Finnish || selected abstracts of conference talks

Articles in refereed journals

• I. Koponen and M. Pehkonen,
  Coherent Knowledge Structures of Physics Represented as Concept Networks in Teacher Education,
  Science & Education, 19 (2010) p. 259-282.
• S. Tala,
  Unified View of Science and Technology for Education: Technoscience and Technoscience Education
  Science & Education, 18 (2009) p. 275–298.
• I. T. Koponen,
  Models and Modelling in Physics Education: A Critical Re-analysis of Philosophical Underpinnings and Suggestions for Revisions,
  Science & Education, 16 (2007) p. 751-773.
• T. Mäntylä and I. T. Koponen,
  Understanding the Role of Measurements in Creating Physical Quantities: A Case Study of Learning to Quantify Temperature in Physics Teacher Education,
  Science & Education, 16 (2007) p. 291-311.
• J. Lavonen, C. Angel, R. Byman, E. Henriksen and I. T. Koponen,
  Social Interaction in Upper Secondary School Physics Classrooms in Finland and Norway: a Survey of Students’ Expectations,
  Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 51 (2007), 81-101.
• J. Jauhiainen, I. T. Koponen and J. Lavonen,
  Teachers' Beliefs About the Role of Interaction in Teaching Newtonian Mechanics and Its Influence on Students' Conceptual Understanding of Newton's Third Law.
  Science Education International 17(3) (2006), 149-160.
• I. T. Koponen and T. Mäntylä,
  Generative Role of Experiments in Physics and in Teaching Physics: A Suggestion for Epistemological Reconstruction,
  Science & Education 15 (2006) 31-54.
• I. T. Koponen and M. H. Heikkinen,
  Understanding the photon concept and the quantum nature of light: a case study of learning during an instructional unit designed for student teachers.
  Journal of Baltic Science Education 2 (2005).
• I.T. Koponen, T. Mäntylä and J. Lavonen,
  The role of physics departments in developing student teachers' expertise in teaching physics,
  Eur J Phys 25 (2004) 645-653.
• J. Lavonen, J. Jauhiainen, I.T. Koponen and K. Kurki-Suonio,
  Effect of a long-term in-service training program on teachers' beliefs about the role of experiments in physics education,
  Int J Sci Educ 26 (2004) 309-328.
• J. Jauhiainen , J. Lavonen, I.T. Koponen and K. Kurki-Suonio,
  Experiences from long-term in-service training for physics teachers in Finland,
  Phys Educ 37 (2002) 128-134.
• D. MacIsaac and A. Hämäläinen,
  Physics and Technical Characteristics of Ultrasonic Sonar Systems,
  The Physics Teacher 40 (2002) 39-46.
• K. Mannila, I.T. Koponen and J.A. Niskanen,
  Building a picture of students' conceptions of wave- and particle-like properties of quantum entities,
  Eur J Phys 23 (2002) 45-53.

• M. Pehkonen, I. Koponen and T. Mäntylä,
  Collaborative Concept Mapping by Using CmapTools: Supporting Conceptualisation and Learning in Higher Education,
  In the proceedings of 5th International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Lisbon, Portugal, 22.-24.4.2009
• I. Koponen and M. Pehkonen,
  Physics concepts and laws as network-structures: Comparisons of Structural features in Experts' and Novices' concept maps,
  In the proceedings of 3rd Conference on Concept Mapping In Tallinn and Helsinki, 22.-25.9.2008
• K. Juuti, J. Lavonen, M. Vainikainen, I. T. Koponen,
  Analysis of communication in student teacher videos during teacher practice,
  In Planning science instruction : from insight to learning to pedagogical practices : proceedings of the 9th Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education, 11th-15th June Reykjavik, Iceland / Editor: Allyson Macdonald . - [Reykjavik] : Science Education Research Group, School of Education, University of Iceland, 2008. - ISBN 978-9979-9851-7-4. - s. 254-256
• J. Lavonen, H. Krzywacki-Vainio,M. Aksela, L. Krokfors, J. Oikkonen and H. Saarikko,
  Pre-service teacher education in Chemistry, mathematics and physics.
  In E. Pehkonen, M. Ahtee & J. Lavonen (Eds.)(2007), How Finns Learn Mathematics and Science? Rotterdam: SensePublishers.
• I. T. Koponen and T. Mäntylä,
  Models and Modelling in Physics Education: A Review of Philosophical Underpinnings,
  In T. Asunta and J. Viiri (eds.), Pathways into research-based teaching and learning in mathematics and science education, Proceedings of Annual Symposium of the Finnish Association of Mathematics and Science Education Research. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Opettajankoulutuslaitos 2006, tutkimuksia 84, Jyväskylän yliopistopaino, Jyväskylä 2006, p. 19-27.
• T. Mäntylä and I.T. Koponen ,
  Conceptual hierarchy of physics leading to structured knowledge in physics teacher education,
  In The proceedings of the XXI Annual Symposium of the Finnish Association of Mathematics and Science Education Research, Eds. A. Laine, J. Lavonen and V. Meisalo, Yliopistopaino, Helsinki 2004, 370-390, ISBN 952-10-1986-7
• Lavonen, J., Juuti, K., Byman, R., Meisalo, V., Koponen, I. and Saloranta, S.
  Teaching and Studying Physics and Chemistry in Upper Secondary Schools: A Survey of the Students' Perspective in Finland.
  In L. Haapasalo & K. Sormunen (eds). Towards Meaningful Mathematics and Science Education. Proceedings of the Finnish Mathematics and Science Education Research Association in Joensuu  27. - 28.9.2002. Bulletins of the faculty of education N:o 86. University of Joensuu 2003. 162 - 180.
• I.T. Koponen, T. Mäntylä and J. Lavonen,
  Challenges of web-based education in physics teacher training,
  In the proceedings of ICTE 2002 conference, Badajoz 2002, pp 291-295
• A. Hämäläinen, K. Kurki-Suonio, J. Väisänen and Jari Lavonen,
  Procedures of Empirical Concept Formation in Physics Instruction,
  In Proceedings of the International Conference Physics Teacher Education Beyond 2000, Selected Contributions, Eds. R. Pinto and S. Surinach, Elsevier, Paris 2001, pp. 313-316
  Addendum. Example 2: Electricity
• I. T. Koponen , K. Kurki-Suonio, J. Jauhiainen, A.. Hämäläinen and J. Lavonen,
  The Role of Experimentality in Concept Formation in Physics: Quantifying Experiments and Invariances.
  In: Physics Teacher Education Beyond 2000: Selected Contributions of International Conference, eds. R. Pinto and S. Surinach, (Elsevier Editions, Paris, 2001), p. 337-340.
• J. Lavonen, V. Meisalo, A. Hämäläinen and I. T. Koponen,
  Physics teachers' expectations of MBL and the development of MBL.
  In: Physics Teacher Education Beyond 2000: Selected Contributions of International Conference., eds. R Pinto and S Surinach, (Elsevier Eds, Paris, 2001), p. 313-316.
• R. Kurki-Suonio,
  "I have been pondering upon the light ray ... "
  In "Quality Aspects of Mathematics and Science Education." Ed. Ole Björkqvist. Reports from the Faculty of Education, Åbo Akademi University. No 5 1999, 11-24. (Dedicated to the memory of Riitta Kurki-Suonio.)
• K. and R. Kurki-Suonio
  The Concept of Force in the Perceptional Approach,
  In H. Silfverberg and K. Seinelä (eds.) Ainedidaktiikan teorian ja käytännön kohtaaminen. Matematiikan ja luonnontieteiden opetuksen tutkimuspäivät 24.-25.9.1993. Reports from the Department of Teacher Education in Tampere. University of Tampere 1994. A18/1994, 321-334.
• A. Hämäläinen,
  Computers in Physics Laboratory.
  In M. Ahtee, J. Lavonen and V. Meisalo (Eds.), Proceedings of the Finnish-Russian Symposium on Information Tecnology in Modern Physics Classroom. Reseach Report 123. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki. 1994.
• M. Ahtee, S. Andersson and A. Hämäläinen,
  Using Stroboscopic and Videocamera in Studying Two-dimensional Motion.
  In M. Ahtee, V. Meisalo and H. Saarikko (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Evaluation of Physics Education. Criteria, Methods and Implications. Reseach Report 96. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki. 1991.

Selected abstracts of conference talks

• L. Karhunen, I. T. Koponen and V. Kallunki
  Learning by negotiating on meaning: An example from learning electric circuits in high school level
  Proceedings of ESERA 2003 Research and quality of science education conference, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 19.-23.8.2003.
• T. Mäntylä and I. T. Koponen,
  Understanding the character of physical laws through the intertwined epistemic roles of experiments and models: An example from physics teacher education,
  Proceedings of ESERA 2003 Research and quality of science education conference, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 19.-23.8.2003.
• A. Hämäläinen,
  Building MBL Software with VEE,
  126AAPT National Meeting, Austin, Texas. 12.1.2003. Invited.