Teaching and Learning the Interplay between Chance and Determinism in Nonlinear Systems

Autor/inn/en	Stavrou, Dimitrios; Duit, Reinders
Titel	Teaching and Learning the Interplay between Chance and Determinism in Nonlinear Systems
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 36 (2014) 3, S.506-530 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2013.802056
Schlagwörter	Scientific Principles; Science Instruction; High School Students; Grade 11; Learning Processes; Teaching Methods; Experiments; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Discovery Processes; Research Methodology; Scientific Literacy; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Erprobung; Ausland; Fragebogen; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Deutschland
Abstract	That the interplay of random and deterministic processes may result in both the limited predictability of nonlinear systems and the formation of structures seems to be a most valuable general insight into the nature of science. This study investigates the possibility of teaching and learning the interplay of chance and determinism in nonlinear systems in school science instruction. An analysis of the relevant scientific literature and an explorative learning process study with 30 11th-grade students are included. Three experiments displaying the behaviour of nonlinear systems (deterministic chaos, self-organization and fractals) and one experiment demonstrating the behaviour of linear systems were discussed using a teaching experiment design. The findings show that although the majority of students initially considered chance and determinism as contradictory conceptions, they finally developed sound explanations concerning the interplay of chance and determinism in the investigated nonlinear systems. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10