Students' Meaning Making in Science: Solving Energy Resource Problems in Virtual Worlds Combined with Spreadsheets to Develop Graphs

Autor/inn/en	Krange, Ingeborg; Arnseth, Hans Christian
Titel	Students' Meaning Making in Science: Solving Energy Resource Problems in Virtual Worlds Combined with Spreadsheets to Develop Graphs
Quelle	In: Cultural Studies of Science Education, 7 (2012) 3, S.585-605 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1871-1502
DOI	10.1007/s11422-011-9361-3
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Scientific Concepts; Virtual Classrooms; Secondary School Science; Graphs; Foreign Countries; Interaction; Computer Software; Problem Solving; Information Technology; Learner Engagement; Spreadsheets; Energy; Natural Resources; Computer Simulation; Science Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Grafische Darstellung; Ausland; Interaktion; Problemlösen; Informationstechnologie; Spread sheet; Spredsheets; Spreadsheet; Tabellenkalkulation; Energie; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	The aim of this study is to scrutinize the characteristics of conceptual meaning making when students engage with virtual worlds in combination with a spreadsheet with the aim to develop graphs. We study how these tools and the representations they contain or enable students to construct serve to influence their understanding of energy resource consumption. The data were gathered in 1st grade upper-secondary science classes and they constitute the basis for the interaction analysis of students' meaning making with representations. Our analyses demonstrate the difficulties involved in developing students' orientation toward more conceptual orientations to representations of the knowledge domain. Virtual worlds do not in themselves represent a solution to this problem. (As Provided).
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