標題: | Lasting effects of instruction guided by the conflict map: Experimental study of learning about the causes of the seasons |
作者: | Tsai, CC Chang, CY 教育研究所 師資培育中心 Institute of Education Center of Teacher Education |
公開日期: | 1-十二月-2005 |
摘要: | This study was based on the framework of the "conflict map" to facilitate student conceptual learning about causes of the seasons. Instruction guided by the conflict map emphasizes not only the use of discrepant events, but also the resolution of conflict between students' alternative conceptions and scientific conceptions, using critical events or explanations and relevant perceptions and conceptions that explicate the scientific conceptions. Two ninth grade science classes in Taiwan participated in this quasi-experi mental study in which one class was assigned to a traditional teaching group and the other class was assigned to a conflict map instruction treatment. Students' ideas were gathered through three interviews: the first was conducted I week after the instruction; the second 2 months afterward; and the third at 8 months after the treatment. Through an analysis of students' interview responses, it was revealed that many students, even after instruction, had a common alternative conception that seasons were determined by the earth's distance to the sun. However, the instruction guided by the framework of the conflict map was shown to be a potential way of changing the alternative conception and acquiring scientific understandings, especially in light of long-term observations. A detailed analysis of students' ideas across the interviews also strongly suggests that researchers as well as practicing teachers need to pay particular attention to those students who can simply recall the scientific fact without deep thinking, as these students may learn science through rote memorization and soon regress to alternative conceptions after science instruction. (c) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.20089 http://hdl.handle.net/11536/14382 |
ISSN: | 0022-4308 |
DOI: | 10.1002/tea.20089 |
期刊: | JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 10 |
起始頁: | 1089 |
結束頁: | 1111 |
顯示於類別: | 期刊論文 |