International handbook of research on conceptual change / edited by Stella Vosniadou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vosniadou, Stella.

Series:

Educational psychology handbook series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concept learning--Research.

Concept learning.

Concepts--Research.

Concepts.

Research.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 740 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

The International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change consists of 27 chapters that clarify the nature of conceptual change research, describe its most important findings and demonstrate their importance for education. It is organized into six sections that include detailed discussions of key theoretical and methodological issues, the roots of conceptual change research in the philosophy and history of science, mechanisms of conceptual change, and learner characteristics. It also contains chapters that describe conceptual change research in content areas such as physics, astronomy, biology, medicine and health, and history. A particular focus is given to students' difficulties in learning more advanced and counter-intuitive concepts.

Chapter authors, solicited from all areas of the world, include leading conceptual change researchers from psychology and education, the philosophy and history of science, and from a variety of content areas. Such interdisciplinary and international expertise is missing from previous treatments of conceptual change research. To ensure continuity across the book, authors were instructed to follow a common chapter structure: an undeviating focus on conceptual change, a literature review with highlights of important findings, a discussion of methodological strengths, weaknesses, and open methodological and theoretical problems, a state-of-the-art description of their field that includes educational implications (when relevant).

Contents:

Conceptual Change Research: An Introduction / Stella Vosniadou xiii

Part I Theoretical Issues in Conceptual Change Research

1 The Framework Theory Approach to the Problem of Conceptual Change / Stella Vosniadou, Xenia Vamvakoussi, Irini Skopeliti 3

2 A Bird's-Eye View of the "Pieces" vs. "Coherence" Controversy (From the "Pieces" Side of the Fence) / Andrea A. diSessa 35

3 Three Types of Conceptual Change: Belief Revision, Mental Model Transformation, and Categorical Shift / Michelene T. H. Chi 61

4 Two Tales of Conceptual Change: What Changes and What Remains the Same / Frank C. Keil, George E. Newman 83

5 Relations Between Short- and Long-Term Changes in Children's Thinking / Robert S. Siegler, Matija Svetina 102

Part II Conceptual Change in the Content Areas

6 Conceptual Change in Physics / David E. Brow, David Hammer 127

7 Naive Theories of Observational Astronomy: Review, Analysis, and Theoretical Implications / William F. Brewer 155

8 Learning and Teaching about Matter in Grades K-8: When Should the Atomic-Molecular Theory be Introduced? / Marianne Wiser, Carol L. Smith 205

9 Conceptual Change in Naive Biology / Kayoko Inagaki, Giyoo Hatano 240

10 Conceptual Change and Evolutionary Biology: A Developmental Analysis / E. Margaret Evans 263

11 Changing Conceptions in Medicine and Health / David R. Kaufman, Alla Keselman, Vimla L. Patel 295

12 Changing Historical Conceptions of History / Gaea Leinhardt, Anita K. Ravi 328

Part III Conceptual Changein the Philosophy and History of Science

13 The Problem of Conceptual Change in the Philosophy and History of Science / Theodore Arabatzis, Vasso Kindi 345

14 Conceptual Change in the History of Science: Life, Mind, and Disease / Paul Thagard 374

Part IV Mechanisms for Conceptual Change

15 Mental Modeling in Conceptual Change / Nancy J. Nersessian 391

16 The Role of Explanatory Models in Teaching for Conceptual Change / John Clement 417

17 Conceptual Change through Collaboration / Naomi Miyake 453

18 Dynamic Transfer and Innovation / Daniel L. Schwartz, Sashank Varma, Lee Martin 479

Part V The Context and the Learner

19 The Contextuality of Knowledge: An Intentional Approach to Meaning Making and Conceptual Change / Ola Hallden, Max Scheja, Liza Haglund 509

20 The Idea of Phenomenography and the Pedagogy of Conceptual Change / Ference Marton, Ming Fai Pang 533

21 Beyond Knowledge: Learner Characteristics Influencing Conceptual Change / Gale M. Sinatra, Lucia Mason 560

22 The Role of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Interest in the Conceptual Change Process: A Synthesis and Meta-Analysis of the Research / P. Karen Murphy, Patricia A. Alexander 583

Part VI Instructional Approaches to Promote Conceptual Change

23 The Conceptual Change Approach and the Teaching of Science / Richard T. White, Richard F. Gunstone 619

24 Teaching Science for Conceptual Change: Theory and Practice / Reinders Duit, David F. Treagust, Ari Widodo 629

25 Teaching for Conceptual Understanding: An Approach Drawing on Individual and Sociocultural Perspectives / John T. Leach, Philip H. Scott 647

26 Model Building for Conceptual Change / David Jonassen 676

27 Teaching for Conceptual Change: Distinguish or Extinguish Ideas / Marcia C. Linn 694.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780805860443

0805860444

9780805860450

0805860452

OCLC:

174134118