Misconceptions: How what we know gets in the way of learning
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Misconceptions: How what we know gets in the way of learning
Dr. Margaret WatermanBiology DepartmentSoutheast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri, USA 63701
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What do people bring to school?
Alternative Conceptions: sometimes called “misconceptions” Ideas and mental models that learners already have when they come to science.
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Alternative Conception Examples
plants need to be fed chemical food rain drops are tear drop shaped the universe has a bottom-most level, which
accounts for things falling down organisms evolve because they see a need
and they adapt.
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Explorations
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Alternative conceptions are difficult to change.
Why? What methods can we use?
– Why simply telling what is correct won’t work
Beware the “calculus box”
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Approaches to Try
The Learning Cycle Engage Explore Explain Extend Evaluate
The candle activity was a Learning Cycle
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Approaches to Try
POE demonstrations Predict Observe Explain
The drops on a penny was a POE lesson