Promoting Transfer of Ecosystems Concepts

Autor/inn/en	Yu, Yawen; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Jordan, Rebecca; Eberbach, Catherine; Sinha, Suparna
Titel	Promoting Transfer of Ecosystems Concepts
Quelle	In: International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11 (2016) 18, S.11127-11148 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1306-3065
Schlagwörter	Transfer of Training; Ecology; Natural Resources; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Coding; Freehand Drawing; Teaching Methods; Inquiry; Pretests Posttests; Comprehension; Scientific Concepts; Environmental Education; Wildlife; Grade 7; Middle School Students; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Ökologie; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Codierung; Programmierung; Drawing; Zeichnen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Verstehen; Verständnis; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This study examines to what extent students transferred their knowledge from a familiar aquatic ecosystem to an unfamiliar rainforest ecosystem after participating in a technology-rich inquiry curriculum. We coded students' drawings for components of important ecosystems concepts at pre- and posttest. Our analysis examined the extent to which each of the drawings showed evidence of understanding of photosynthesis, cellular respiration and decomposition. The results demonstrate that students experienced greater learning gains in aquatic systems (the learning measure) than in the rainforest (the transfer measure). However, they also made significant learning gains on the rainforest task from pre- to posttest, suggesting that students transferred some knowledge from one system to another. Further research is needed to examine a wider range of relevant concepts and more distant contexts. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01