Speaker
Dr
Asmita Redij
(Independent Researcher, Former Visiting Fellow, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai)
Description
Research on Modeling-based Reasoning (MBR) in physics education indicates that students need to move towards understanding the procedural knowledge of building a conceptual model to explain real world phenomena, and validating this conceptual model against measurement models. We have developed a pedagogical model to teach MBR at the undergraduate level, using a simulation that walks students through the process of building the pendulum derivation, and another simulation that helps in understanding the recursive process of validating the model against results from the experimental model. We present results from a pilot study of this design in a classroom, and an extended design based on these results.
| Education level | Age over 18 (excluding teacher education) |
|---|---|
| Physics topic | Full curriculum |
| Research focus | Innovative instructional strategies and pathways |
| Research method | Educational design research (Qualitative research) |
| Organizing preference criteria | Research focus |
Authors
Dr
Asmita Redij
(Independent Researcher, Former Visiting Fellow, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai)
Prof.
Sanjay Chandrashekharan
(Learning Science Laboratory, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education)
