The Use of a Computer Microworld as a Learning Environment to Develop Conceptual Change in the Field of Mechanics

1990 ◽  
pp. 121-132
Author(s):  
F. E. van ’t Hul ◽  
P. L. Lijnse ◽  
A. Moes
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Conceptual Change ◽  
Computer Microworld

scholarly journals FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS ENGAGED IN A COOPERATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: EVALUATING THEIR ABILITY TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF THEIR OWN CONCEPTIONS ABOUT MATTER

COSMOS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 167-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONNA M. LEWIS ◽  
DAVID F. TREAGUST ◽  
A. L. CHANDRASEGARAN
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Conceptual Change ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Change Model ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
The Status ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Conceptual Change Model

This study integrated cooperative learning methods in classroom instruction to investigate the effects on achievement and conceptual change in matter concepts involving 70 fifth grade students after 10 weeks of instruction. Data obtained from the administration of two achievement tests indicated that there were significant differences between the pre-test and post-test mean scores on the Matter Unit Test as well as on the Matter Diagnostic Test. Since the notion of status is fundamental to the Conceptual Change Model (Posner, Hewson, Strike & Gertzog, 1982) this study also investigated the students' ability to determine the status of their own conceptions. Analysis of the students' use of written descriptors provided varied evidence of their ability to use technical language (intelligible, plausible, or fruitful) and effectively determine the status of their own conceptions.

Cultivating critical thinking in the clinical learning environment

2000 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 610-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
LS Behar-Horenstein ◽  
TA Dolan ◽  
FJ Courts ◽  
GS Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Clinical Learning ◽  
Clinical Learning Environment

Educating Engineering Undergraduates: Effects of Scaffolding in a Problem-Based Learning Environment

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Mayer ◽  
Brandon Moeller ◽  
Vince Kaliwata ◽  
Ben Zweber ◽  
Richard Stone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Engineering Undergraduates
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