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How to structure an unstructured activity: Generating physics rules from simulation or contrasting cases
Studies show that having students attempt to invent a scientific rule ("invention activity") before receiving direct instruction benefits their learning. However, the design affordances of these invention activities have not been fully addressed. In this paper, we compare the effect of two different brief invention activities on student learning about buoyancy. In one treatment condition, students are provided with contrasting cases of a phenomenon to invent the rule. In the other treatment condition, students explore the phenomenon using an interactive simulation. Students in the contrasting cases condition invented more complete rules and performed significantly better in solving buoyancy problems. We hypothesize that this difference between conditions results from different levels of attention to important features of the phenomenon, which we illustrate with differences in what students explore in the simulation. This study suggests that proper scaffolding to ensure sufficient exposure to the underlying structure is essential in designing an invention activity.
Physics Education Research Conference 2015
Part of the PER Conference series College Park, MD: July 29-30, 2015 Pages 291-294
2015 PERC Notable Paper
Author: Lyle This paper was one of four 2015 PERC Proceedings papers selected as notable by PERLOC and the Notable Papers subcommittee.
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=13918">Salehi, S, M. Keil, E. Kuo, and C. Wieman. "How to structure an unstructured activity: Generating physics rules from simulation or contrasting cases." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015.</a>
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S. Salehi, M. Keil, E. Kuo, and C. Wieman, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, 2015, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13918&DocID=4336).
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S. Salehi, M. Keil, E. Kuo, and C. Wieman, How to structure an unstructured activity: Generating physics rules from simulation or contrasting cases, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, 2015, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13918&DocID=4336>.
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Salehi, S., Keil, M., Kuo, E., & Wieman, C. (2015, July 29-30). How to structure an unstructured activity: Generating physics rules from simulation or contrasting cases. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD. Retrieved October 4, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13918&DocID=4336
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Salehi, S, M. Keil, E. Kuo, and C. Wieman. "How to structure an unstructured activity: Generating physics rules from simulation or contrasting cases." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13918&DocID=4336 (accessed 4 October 2024).
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Salehi, Shima, Martin Keil, Eric Kuo, and Carl Wieman. "How to structure an unstructured activity: Generating physics rules from simulation or contrasting cases." Physics Education Research Conference 2015. College Park, MD: 2015. 291-294 of PER Conference. 4 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13918&DocID=4336>.
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Author = "Shima Salehi and Martin Keil and Eric Kuo and Carl Wieman",
Title = {How to structure an unstructured activity: Generating physics rules from simulation or contrasting cases},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2015},
Pages = {291-294},
Address = {College Park, MD},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 29-30},
Year = {2015}
}
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