Shifting the Balance: Engaging Students in Using a Modeling Tool to Learn about Ocean Acidification
Shifting the Balance: Engaging Students in Using a Modeling Tool to Learn about Ocean Acidification
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改变平衡：让学生使用建模工具了解海洋酸化
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2018
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通讯作者：
J. Krajcik
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作者：
Tom Bielik;Daniel Damelin;J. Krajcik
建模是《K-12科学教育框架》中描述的核心科学和工程实践之一。学生需要构建、使用、评估和修改他们的模型来理解现象或找到问题的解决方案。在学习环境问题时，技术工具可以支持学生建模实践的发展。本研究调查了在线计算建模工具在中学课程单元中的结合，重点是海洋酸化。我们介绍了学生和教师在参与单元和使用建模工具时所经历的优势和挑战。我们的研究结果表明，在海洋酸化课程单元中整合建模工具促进了学生对环境责任的兴趣和参与，并将学生的注意力集中在人类参与和对环境的影响上。学生认为工具和课程单元与他们的生活相关，对促进他们的内容学习和建模实践很重要。然而，学生和老师报告了一些挑战，主要与使用建模工具和处理生成的图形和图表的复杂性有关。我们讨论了这些优势和挑战，并提出建议，以支持学生在学习环境问题时的建模实践。
Modeling is one of the core scientific and engineering practices described in A Framework for K-12 Science Education. Students are expected to construct, use, evaluate, and revise their models to make sense of phenomena or to find solutions to problems. Technology tools can support the development of students’ modeling practice when learning about environmental issues. This study investigates the incorporation of an online computational modeling tool in a middle school curricular unit focusing on ocean acidification. We present the advantages and challenges experienced by students and teachers while engaging in the unit and using the modeling tool. Our results indicate that integrating the modeling tool in the ocean acidification curricular unit facilitates students’ interest and engagement in environmental responsibility and focused students’ attention toward human involvement and impact on the environment. Students perceived the tool and the curricular unit to be relevant to their lives and important in promoting their content learning and modeling practice. However, students and teachers reported several challenges, mostly related to the complexity of using the modeling tool and working with the resulting graphs and charts. We discuss these advantages and challenges and suggest recommendations for supporting students’ modeling practice when learning about environmental issues.