Prior knowledge for the construction of a scientific model of equilibration

Hillary Swanson

Prior knowledge for the construction of a scientific model of equilibration

Hillary Swanson^*

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School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

The Next Generation Science Standards charge U.S. teachers with the task of including patterns, as a crosscutting concept, in their science curriculum. This study explores prior knowledge that is relevant to students' construction of a scientific model of an equilibration pattern. A Knowledge in Pieces lens is applied to video transcript of a class discussion on thermal equilibration in order to identify elements of students' prior knowledge that might be productive for their construction of a scientific model of equilibration. The discussion occurred near the beginning of a unit on equilibration, in the middle of a yearlong pattern-based curriculum. Twenty-one 8th grade students participated in the class. Six previously undocumented knowledge elements are identified, characterized, and considered in terms of their potential productivity for helping students construct a difference drives rate model of equilibration. These findings contribute to literature concerned with the productivity of prior knowledge in conceptual change.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2016
Subtitle of host publication	Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, Proceedings
Editors	Chee-Kit Looi, Joseph L. Polman, Ulrike Cress, Peter Reimann
Publisher	International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages	162-169
Number of pages	8
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780990355090
State	Published - 2016
Event	12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, ICLS 2016 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: Jun 20 2016 → Jun 24 2016

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Other	12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, ICLS 2016
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	6/20/16 → 6/24/16

Keywords

Conceptual change
Knowledge Analysis
Knowledge in Pieces
Prior knowledge

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Education

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Swanson, Hillary. / Prior knowledge for the construction of a scientific model of equilibration. 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2016: Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, Proceedings. editor / Chee-Kit Looi ; Joseph L. Polman ; Ulrike Cress ; Peter Reimann. Vol. 1 International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2016. pp. 162-169

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Swanson, H 2016, Prior knowledge for the construction of a scientific model of equilibration. in C-K Looi, JL Polman, U Cress & P Reimann (eds), 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2016: Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, Proceedings. vol. 1, International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), pp. 162-169, 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, ICLS 2016, Singapore, Singapore, 6/20/16.

Prior knowledge for the construction of a scientific model of equilibration. / Swanson, Hillary.
12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2016: Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, Proceedings. ed. / Chee-Kit Looi; Joseph L. Polman; Ulrike Cress; Peter Reimann. Vol. 1 International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2016. p. 162-169.

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