Validating A Pedagogy For Conceptual Learning: Application in Internet Delivered Physiology Experiments

验证概念学习的教学法：在互联网提供的生理学实验中的应用

• 批准号: 1043422
• 负责人: Harold Modell
• 金额: $ 10.83万
• 依托单位: Physiology Educational Research Consortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1043422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Validating; Pedagogy; Conceptual; Learning; Application

In this pilot project the Principal Investigators, in collaboration with PhysioSim, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, are developing a software infrastructure on which to build a series of computer-based simulation/tutorials in physiology based on the "build-test-refine" mental model paradigm. This process is designed to help students recognize their current knowledge (current mental model), test that model, and refine it based on the results of the testing process. As a first step in "proof of concept" that on-line simulations will support this teaching approach, this project is creating and beta testing a simulation-based tutorial dealing with the events of the cardiac cycle. Seven Physiology Educational Research Consortium colleagues and their undergraduate physiology students are testing the tutorial, and then providing periodic feedback with respect to ease of use, appropriateness of the content, and any potential areas of confusion that may be generated by use of the tool. The institutions involved include: San Joaquin Delta College, Canisius College, Niagara University, Edmonds Community College, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Seattle University and the University of Washington. The intellectual merit of this pilot project is that it provides a concrete example of how the "build-test-refine" mental model pedagogy can be implemented in classroom practice. The broader impact of this effort lies in its potential to demonstrate that this approach is an effective strategy to help students engage in meaningful learning and, hence, promote conceptual change.

在这个试点项目中，主要研究者与PhysioSim（一个501（c）（3）非营利组织）合作，正在开发一个软件基础设施，在此基础上建立一系列基于计算机的生理学模拟/教程，这些模拟/教程基于“构建-测试-完善”心理模型范式。这个过程旨在帮助学生认识他们当前的知识（当前的心理模型），测试该模型，并根据测试过程的结果对其进行改进。 作为“概念验证”的第一步，在线模拟将支持这种教学方法，该项目正在创建和测试一个基于模拟的教程处理心动周期的事件。七个生理学教育研究联盟的同事和他们的本科生理学学生正在测试教程，然后提供定期反馈方面的易用性，内容的适当性，以及任何潜在的混淆，可能会产生使用的工具。 参与的机构包括：圣华金三角洲学院、卡尼修斯学院、尼亚加拉大学、埃德蒙兹社区学院、威斯康星州密尔沃基大学、西雅图大学和华盛顿大学。这个试点项目的智力价值在于它提供了一个具体的例子，说明如何在课堂实践中实施“建立-测试-完善”的心理模型教学法。 这一努力的更广泛影响在于它有可能证明这种方法是一种有效的战略，可以帮助学生进行有意义的学习，从而促进概念的转变。