Visualization for Middle School Students' Engagement in Science Learning

Autor/inn/en	Cifuentes, Lauren; Hsieh, Yi-Chuan Jane
Titel	Visualization for Middle School Students' Engagement in Science Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 23 (2004), S.109-137 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0731-9258
Schlagwörter	Visualization; Middle School Students; Science Education; Scientific Concepts; Learning Strategies; Computer Assisted Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Science Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Visualisation; Visualisierung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	This mixed-methods study explored the effects of student-generated visualization on middle-schoolers' science concept learning. We compared students who visualized during study time with those who did not and found that visualization as a study strategy led to students' improved test performances (p=.02). However, middle schoolers' scores on a test of science concepts did not improve as a result of a computer-based visualization workshop (p=.03). In fact, workshop participants scored lower on the test than did those who did not receive the workshop. Qualitative analysis identified elements in the school setting that interfered with instructional effectiveness in the computer-based workshop. Findings indicated that across groups students were quite unskilled at visualization. We found that visualization is a difficult but powerful study strategy and recommend that science curriculum focus on visualization of concepts. (Contains 2 tables and 6 figures.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, P.O. Box 1545, Chesapeake, VA 23327-1545. Tel: 757-366-5606.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10