Model Based Learning and Instruction in Science
Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6494-4
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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.
Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law, Action, Creativity, Evaluation, Evolution, Problem Solving, co-construction, conceptual change, curriculum design, mental models, model evolution, model-based learning, learning and instruction
