Science Teaching and the Development of Reasoning

Autor/in	Karplus, Robert
Titel	Science Teaching and the Development of Reasoning
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40 (2003), (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary School Students; Academic Ability; Piagetian Theory; Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Concept Formation; Abstract Reasoning; Thinking Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	In your interactions with secondary school students learning science, you have probably become aware of large differences in student ability to understand science concepts, conduct investigations, and/or solve specific problems. Some students are extremely capable, while others demonstrate peculiar and inappropriate reasoning strategies. Sometimes, even after your best efforts, they seem unable to grasp ideas that to you are eminently clear. Often students are able to follow problem solutions but are at a loss when required to transfer those strategies to slightly different problems. You wonder why students are able to respond successfully to examination questions and then, after a month or so, forget almost all of what they learned. Teachers' understanding of these situations and of student differences can be significantly aided by the developmental theory of Jean Piaget. In addition to researching students' reasoning, it is essential to communicate the important features of Piaget's theory to secondary school teachers so that they might apply it in their classrooms and provide larger fields tests of its applicability. This paper focuses on an interpretation of Piaget's theory derived from recent findings applicable to adolescents. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10