Student Mental Models Related to Expansion and Contraction

Autor/inn/en	Kurnaz, Mehmet Altan; Emen, Ayse Yagmur
Titel	Student Mental Models Related to Expansion and Contraction
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 7 (2014) 1, S.59-67 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Models; Cognitive Structures; Visualization; Schemata (Cognition); Misconceptions; Science Education; Scientific Concepts; Secondary School Students; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12; Measures (Individuals); Mechanics (Physics); Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Analogiemodell; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Visualisation; Visualisierung; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Missverständnis; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Sekundarschüler; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Messdaten; Mechanik; Türkei
Abstract	Following up on the effects of learning environments is essential to learning. The aim of this study was to examine students' mental models related to the concepts of expansion and contraction of materials. The population of the case study consisted of 155 students in a city center in Turkey. The data was gathered using open-ended questions that required a description or visualization of expansion and contraction. Data analysis was carried out in two stages. After coding results, the categories scientific, synthetic, and initial were established and applied to the answers. In light of the findings, students generally have initial mental models at low grade levels but synthetic mental models at high grade levels. The discrepancy is not a failure of the students but because processes of expansion and contraction of material cannot be grasped easily. Therefore, visual models and animations of the processes are suggested for future learning applications. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01