Data-Texts in the Sciences: The Evidence-Explanation Continuum

Autor/inn/en	Duschl, Richard; Avraamidou, Lucy; Azevedo, Nathália Helena
Titel	Data-Texts in the Sciences: The Evidence-Explanation Continuum
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 30 (2021) 5, S.1159-1181 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Duschl, Richard) ORCID (Avraamidou, Lucy) ORCID (Azevedo, Nathália Helena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-021-00225-y
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Epistemology; Data; Observation; Measurement; Data Interpretation; Evidence; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Erkenntnistheorie; Daten; Beobachtung; Messverfahren; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Evidenz; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Grounded within current reform recommendations and built upon Giere's views (1986, 1999) on model-based science, we propose an alternative approach to science education which we refer to as the "Evidence-Explanation (EE) Continuum." The approach addresses conceptual, epistemological, and social domains of knowledge, and places emphasis on the "epistemological conversations" about data acquisitions and transformations in the sciences. The steps of data transformation, which we refer to as "data-texts," we argue, unfold the processes of using evidence during knowledge building and reveal the dynamics of scientific practices. Data-texts involve (a) obtaining observations/measurements to become data; (b) selecting and interpreting data to become evidence; (c) using evidence to ascertain patterns and develop models; and (d) utilizing the patterns and models to propose and refine explanations. Throughout the transformations of the EE continuum, there are stages of transition that foster the engagement of learners in negotiations of meaning and collective construction of knowledge. A focus on the EE continuum facilitates the emergence of further insights, both by questioning the nature of the data and its multiple possibilities for change and representations and by reflecting on the nature of the explanations. The shift of emphasis to the epistemics of science holds implications for the design of learning environments that support learners in developing contemporary understandings of the nature and processes of scientific practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01