Exploring Mechanistic Reasoning in Science Education : Understanding Phenomena / edited by Nicole Graulich, Michal Haskel Ittah, Rayendra Wahyu Bachtiar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graulich, Nicole.

Series:

Contributions from Science Education Research, 2213-3631 ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching.

Science.

Teaching.

Study skills.

Science Education.

Didactics and Teaching Methodology.

Study and Learning Skills.

Local Subjects:

Science Education.

Didactics and Teaching Methodology.

Study and Learning Skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2026.

Summary:

This edited volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the diverse dimensions of mechanistic reasoning within science education; inviting to understand its significance, development, and practical applications across diverse scientific disciplines. Through its four sections it covers mechanistic reasoning though diverse lenses such as research studies; instructional strategies; the nature of explanations; and its overall impact on scientific literacy. It combines theoretical discussions with empirical evidence and practical applications, offering a multifaceted perspective on mechanistic reasoning. This book is an important contribution to science educators working on mechanistic reasoning and related fields such as explanations, system thinking, modeling and argumentation. Additionally, it's practical recommendations regarding approaches for evaluating and promoting mechanistic reasoning make this a volume of interest for curriculum designers and teachers.

Contents:

I. Preface

II. Introduction to the sections

Part 1. Capturing reasoning about mechanisms - analyzing and evaluating mechanistic reasoning

Chapter 1. Leveraging machine learning to investigate organic chemistry students’ mechanistic reasoning across a corpus of writing-to-learn assignment responses

Chapter 2. Students’ teleological reasoning: An explanatory escape

Chapter 3. Reasoning about Alternatives: Contrasting students’ mechanistic reasoning for chemical reactions of varying plausibility

Chapter 4. Towards a wide understanding of mechanisms across science domains: Implications for Science Education

Part 2. Promoting mechanistic reasoning - implications for supporting mechanistic reasoning

Chapter 1. Facilitating Mechanistic Reasoning with Gesture: A study of Two Students’ sense-making of heat transfer

Chapter 2. Design principles for developing and analyzing formative assessments to support mechanistic reasoning

Chapter 3. Explicating black boxes in the biology classroom for promoting mechanistic reasoning

Chapter 4. Promoting students’ mechanistic reasoning in physics through constructing stop-motion animations: what to consider?

Part 3. Processes of constructing mechanistic explanations

Chapter 1. On the productivity of mechanistic reasoning in elementary science classroom

Chapter 2. The nature of Mechanistic Reasoning in Chemistry

Chapter 3. Modality Matters: Exploring and Identifying Mechanistic Reasoning in Computational Modeling in Science Education

Part 4. Contribution of mechanistic reasoning to scientific literacy

Chapter 1. Mechanistic Reasoning In-School vs. Mechanistic Reasoning In-Life

Chapter 2. Mechanistic literacy across functional health-related daily life decisions.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-032-10246-4

OCLC:

1573148341