Antti Savinainen

Fostering Students Conceptual Coherence

Focusing on the Force Concept

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Conceptual understanding is widely regarded as an
important aim in an introductory physics course at
high school, college, or university level. However,
this goal invites two important questions: firstly,
what does conceptual understanding entail, and
secondly, what kind of instructional approach might
be efficient in imparting conceptual understanding
to students? In this book the notion of students
conceptual coherence is introduced to clarify what
is meant by conceptual understanding. Students
conceptual coherence is divided into three aspects:
contextual, representational, and conceptual
framework coherence. The abilities required by the
conceptual coherence are discussed as well as ways
of evaluating it in the case of the force concept. A
new research-based instructional approach to foster
students conceptual coherence of the force concept
and related kinematics is introduced and validated:
it brings together interactive-engagement teaching
methods and the research on students'' difficulties
with the target domain. This book is aimed at
researchers in physics and science education and
physics instructors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639109986
• ISBN-10: 3639109988
• Artikelnr.: 25665416

Autorenporträt

Antti J. Savinainen, Ph.D., B.Ed.: Studied physics, mathematics,
and science education at the University of Kuopio and University
of Joensuu. He teaches physics and mathematics at Kuopion Lyseo
High School, Kuopio, Finland. He is also an Adjunct Professor in
Physics Education Research at the University of Jyväskylä,
Finland.