Fostering Conceptual Change in Science Learning

NSF之前对这个小组的资助导致了一本处理力学中先入为主的概念的课本的开发，这本书在课堂试验中显示了非常有希望的结果。以这些课程为起点，这个项目将开发一套教学策略，以促进科学中有意义的学习和概念变化。该项目将：(1)对学习科学的学生进行概念研究；(2)在专家中进行概念变化研究；(3)形成这些研究，发展更详细的概念变化过程理论；(4)制定一套有效的教学策略。教师和课程开发人员可以使用这些策略来促进学生的科学素养，并扩大有机会接触基本科学概念的人口。因此，该项目旨在让学生更广泛地接触到强大的科学思想。

Previous funding from NSF to this group has led to the development of a book of lessons for dealing with preconceptions in mechanics that has shown very promising results in classroom trials. Using these lessons as a starting point, this project will develop a set of instructional strategies for fostering meaningful learning and conceptual change in science. The project will: (1) conduct studies of conceptual in pairs of students learning science; (2) conduct studies of conceptual change in experts; (3) form these studies develop more detailed theories of conceptual change processes; (4) develop an accompanying set of effective instructional strategies. These strategies can be used by teachers and curriculum developers to promote student literacy in science and widen the population that has access to fundamental science concepts. Thus, the project in aimed at giving students broader access to powerful scientific ideas.