4–8 Jul 2022
Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana
Europe/Ljubljana timezone
Proceedings submission deadline extended to 31 January 2023

Promoting mechanistic reasoning in physics through the construction of stop-motion animations: A cognitive framework

5 Jul 2022, 14:00
20m
Room 212

Room 212

Oral presentation Strategies and Methods to Improve Physics Learning and Teaching Strategies and Methods

Speaker

Rayendra Bachtiar (Utrecht University)

Description

Although existing studies reported the promising results from students-constructed stop-motion animation (SMA) in supporting mechanistic reasoning (MR), these studies lacked theoretical perspectives underlying the results. To fill the need, our study developed a cognitive framework linking the nature of SMA construction (chunking and sequencing) and elements of MR. This framework was utilized to analyze the data from an exploratory case study involving five secondary school students constructing and using a SMA model to explain electrostatics phenomena. The results show that all students addressed the central elements of MR, i.e., entities and activities of entities, when engaging in chunking and sequencing.

How would you like to present your contribution? Live in Ljubljana (time slot to be allotted based on the programme)
Target education level (primary) Upper-secondary education
Target education level (secondary, optional) Lower-secondary education

Author

Rayendra Bachtiar (Utrecht University)

Co-authors

Ralph Meulenbroek (Utrecht University) Wouter van Joolingen (Utrecht University)

Presentation materials