Learning of content knowledge and development of scientific reasoning ability: A cross culture comparison.

Autor/inn/en	Fang, K.; Cai, T.; Wang, J.; Yang, L.; Cui, L.; Han, J.; Ding, L.; Luo, Y.
Titel	Learning of content knowledge and development of scientific reasoning ability: A cross culture comparison.
Quelle	In: American journal of physics, 77 (2009) 12, S. 1118-1123 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-9505; 1943-2909
DOI	10.1119/1.2976334
Schlagwörter	Problemlösen; Fachwissen; Physik; Hochschuldidaktik; Vorwissen
Abstract	We report the results of our study of the connections between students' learning of physics content knowledge and the development of general scientific reasoning abilities. In particular, we seek to determine whether and to what extent content learning affects the development of general reasoning abilities. Pre-college-instruction data of first-year college students in the United States and China were collected using the FCI, BEMA, and Lawson's classroom test of scientific reasoning. We find that the rigorous learning of physics knowledge in middle and high schools has made a significant impact on the ability of students in China to solve physics problems, but this knowledge does not seem to have a direct effect on their general scientific reasoning ability, which is determined to be at the same level as that of the students in the United States. © 2009 American Association of Physics Teachers.
Erfasst von	Arbeitsgruppe Didaktik der Physik, Universität Osnabrück
Update	2010/2