Model Based Learning and Instruction in Science

✍ Scribed by John J. Clement (auth.), John J. Clement, Mary Anne Rea-Ramirez (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 284
Series: Models and Modeling in Science Education 2
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book describes new, model based teaching methods for science instruction. It presents research that describes these new methods in a very diverse group of settings: middle school biology, high school physics, and college chemistry classrooms. Mental models in these areas such as understanding the structure of the lungs or cells, molecular structures and reaction mechanisms in chemistry, or causes of current flow in electricity are notoriously difficult for many students to learn. Yet these lie at the core of conceptual understanding in these areas. The studies focus on a variety of teaching strategies such as discrepant questioning, analogies, animations, model competition, and hands on activities. Five different levels of organization for teaching strategies are described, from those operating over months (design of the sequence of units in a curriculum) to those operating over minutes ( teaching tactics for guiding discussion minute by minute).

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Student/Teacher Co-construction of Visualizable Models in Large Group Discussion....Pages 11-22
An Instructional Model Derived from Model Construction and Criticism Theory....Pages 23-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Determining Target Models and Effective Learning Pathways for Developing Understanding of Biological Topics....Pages 45-58
Co-construction and Model Evolution in Chemistry....Pages 59-78
Target Model Sequence and Critical Learning Pathway for an Electricity Curriculum Based on Model Evolution....Pages 79-102
Case Study of Model Evolution in Electricity: Learning from Both Observations and Analogies....Pages 103-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
A Competition Strategy and Other Modes for Developing Mental Models in Large Group Discussion....Pages 117-138
What If Scenarios For Testing Student Models in Chemistry....Pages 139-150
Applying Modeling Theory to Curriculum Development: From Electric Circuits to Electromagnetic Fields....Pages 151-171
Developing Complex Mental Models in Biology Through Model Evolution....Pages 173-193
Role of Discrepant Questioning Leading to Model Element Modification....Pages 195-213
Using Analogies in Science Teaching and Curriculum Design: Some Guidelines....Pages 215-231
Model Based Reasoning Among Inner City Middle School Students....Pages 233-253
Six Levels of Organization for Curriculum Design and Teaching....Pages 255-272
Back Matter....Pages 209-228

✦ Subjects

Science Education; Learning & Instruction; Teacher Education; Cognitive Psychology; Education (general)

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