Biology Undergraduate Students’ Graphing Practice in Digital Versus Pen and Paper Graphing Environments
Biology Undergraduate Students’ Graphing Practice in Digital Versus Pen and Paper Graphing Environments
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生物学本科生在数字与笔和纸绘图环境中的绘图实践
DOI:
10.1007/s10956-020-09886-w
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Meir, Eli
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作者:
Gardner, Stephanie M.;Suazo-Flores, Elizabeth;Maruca, Susan;Abraham, Joel K.;Karippadath, Anupriya;Meir, Eli
Graphing is an important practice for scientists and in K-16 science curricula. Graphs can be constructed using an array of software packages as well as by hand, with pen-and-paper. However, we have an incomplete understanding of how students’ graphing practice vary by graphing environment; differences could affect how best to teach and assess graphing. Here we explore the role of two graphing environments in students’ graphing practice. We studied 43 undergraduate biology students’ graphing practice using either pen-and-paper (PP) (n= 21 students) or a digital graphing tool GraphSmarts (GS) (n= 22 students). Participants’ graphs and verbal justifications were analyzed to identify features such as the variables plotted, number of graphs created, raw data versus summarized data plotted, and graph types (e.g., scatter plot, line graph, or bar graph) as well as participants’ reasoning for their graphing choices. Several aspects of participant graphs were similar regardless of graphing environment, including plotting raw vs. summarized data, graph type, and overall graph quality, while GS participants were more likely to plot the most relevant variables. In GS, participants could easily make more graphs than in PP and this may have helped some participants show latent features of their graphing practice. Those students using PP tended to focus more on ease of constructing the graph than GS. This study illuminates how the different characteristics of the graphing environment have implications for instruction and interpretation of assessments of student graphing practices.
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影响因子:
2.4
作者:
Andrew Gelman;Antony Unwin
通讯作者:
Antony Unwin
影响因子:
2.2
作者:
J. Tanaka
通讯作者:
J. Tanaka
影响因子:
4.6
作者:
Bowen, GM;Roth, WM
通讯作者:
Roth, WM
DOI:
10.1187/cbe.16-08-0245
发表时间:
2017
期刊:
CBE life sciences education
影响因子:
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作者:
Angra A;Gardner SM
通讯作者:
Gardner SM
DOI:
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发表时间:
2018
期刊:
影响因子:
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作者:
津國 和泉;黒川 翔瑠;池田 雄介;小坂 直敏
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小坂 直敏