TALENTED STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CONVECTION IN PHYSICS LESSONS WITH COMPUTER MEASUREMENTS

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In most cases, talented students are curious and want not just to learn but also to explore at more advanced levels of additional learning content that appears in the school curriculum. Teachers must first discover the qualities of the gifted and talented students, then encourage them on tasks that are challenging or difficult and even guide them appropriately through additional lessons that can provide them with more than the challenges of the usual curriculum. Students who are gifted or talented can become bored by school therefore teachers also need to invest a lot of time in imparting knowledge that is introduced to them as interesting “extra” material at the new grade level. Without exception, advanced children who are attending primary school are found in every generation. In spite of their obvious strengths as learners, the differences among talented students are sometimes very big, so differentiation is necessary even within the gifted children group. The article presents three examples of studying convection, which students perform in additional classes and thus broaden their knowledge and understanding of convection or mixing in physics lessons. They made one experiment themselves and successfully presented it in front of the class. Computer measurements of various physical quantities certainly raise motivation in the classroom and thus make it easier for students to remember content which needs to be explained, in our case - convection. In this way experiments distinguish convection more easily from other heat transfers such as conduction and radiation. At the same time, students deepen their knowledge on simplified graphs and often generalized and idealized explanations from textbooks, which do not reflect the real situation. Preparation for physical competitions is thus easier and more interesting. We often invest too little time in inquisitive students because we focus too much on those who have behaviour problems or are very weak academically. Let's devote more effort to talented and curious children, who need and deserve our attention.