The "What Is a System" Reflection Interview as a Knowledge Integration Activity for High School Students' Understanding of Complex Systems in Human Biology

Autor/inn/en	Tripto, Jaklin; Ben-Zvi Assaraf, Orit; Snapir, Zohar; Amit, Miriam
Titel	The "What Is a System" Reflection Interview as a Knowledge Integration Activity for High School Students' Understanding of Complex Systems in Human Biology
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 38 (2016) 4, S.564-595 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2016.1150620
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Reflection; Interviews; Grade 11; Biology; Secondary School Science; Grade 10; Concept Mapping; Comparative Analysis; Human Body; Scientific Concepts; Concept Formation; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Biologie; Concept Map; Menschlicher Körper; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	This study examined the reflection interview as a tool for assessing and facilitating the use of "systems language" amongst 11th grade students who have recently completed their first year of high school biology. Eighty-three students composed two concept maps in the 10th grade--one at the beginning of the school year and one at its end. The first part of the interview is dedicated to guiding the students through comparing their two concept maps and by means of both explicit and non-explicit teaching. Our study showed that the explicit guidance in comparing the two concept maps was more effective than the non-explicit, eliciting a variety of different, more specific, types of interactions and patterns (e.g. "hierarchy", "dynamism", "homeostasis") in the students' descriptions of the human body system. The reflection interview as a knowledge integration activity was found to be an effective tool for assessing the subjects' conceptual models of 'system complexity', and for identifying those aspects of a system that are most commonly misunderstood. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01