Grade 8 Students Appropriating Sankey Diagrams: The First Cycle in an Educational Design Research
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| Title: | Grade 8 Students Appropriating Sankey Diagrams: The First Cycle in an Educational Design Research |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Vos, Pauline (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal on Mathematics Education. 2022 13(2):289-306. |
| Availability: | Indonesian Mathematical Society. Jl. Padang Selasa 524, Palembang, South Sumatra 30139, Indonesia. Tel: +618-127-106777; Fax: +627-113-20310; Web site: http://jme.ejournal.unsri.ac.id/index.php/jme |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Grade 8 Junior High Schools Middle Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Instructional Design, Mathematics Instruction, Visual Aids, Lesson Plans, Instructional Material Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Learning Processes, Instructional Innovation, Grade 8, Sociocultural Patterns, Learning Theories, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Recycling, Mathematics Skills, Cooperative Learning, Student Research, Energy Conservation, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Conservation (Environment) |
| Geographic Terms: | Norway |
| ISSN: | 2087-8885 2407-0610 |
| Abstract: | Many students do not experience usefulness in mathematics. To address this problem, we offered them a mathematical tool, Sankey diagrams, which is a flow chart appearing in news media to visualize social, industrial or environmental processes. We carried out an Educational Design Research (EDR) to develop and evaluate lesson materials about contextualized Sankey diagrams. We tested these materials with a class of grade 8 students and evaluated these on the feasibility of students' appropriation of the diagrams. In the lesson, we observed how students were able to read the Sankey diagrams, liked the societal processes visualized, yet did not fully grasp their mathematical properties. However, weeks later, the same students skillfully used Sankey diagrams in an unrelated project, which showed they needed time for their learning. Our contributions are that (1) grade 8 students can appropriate Sankey diagrams and use these in situations relevant to them, (2) design researchers should consider long-term learning effects beyond the experimental phase in EDR. We recommend educational designers to innovate curricula and introduce diagrams from news media to make students experience usefulness in school content. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1379624 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Many students do not experience usefulness in mathematics. To address this problem, we offered them a mathematical tool, Sankey diagrams, which is a flow chart appearing in news media to visualize social, industrial or environmental processes. We carried out an Educational Design Research (EDR) to develop and evaluate lesson materials about contextualized Sankey diagrams. We tested these materials with a class of grade 8 students and evaluated these on the feasibility of students' appropriation of the diagrams. In the lesson, we observed how students were able to read the Sankey diagrams, liked the societal processes visualized, yet did not fully grasp their mathematical properties. However, weeks later, the same students skillfully used Sankey diagrams in an unrelated project, which showed they needed time for their learning. Our contributions are that (1) grade 8 students can appropriate Sankey diagrams and use these in situations relevant to them, (2) design researchers should consider long-term learning effects beyond the experimental phase in EDR. We recommend educational designers to innovate curricula and introduce diagrams from news media to make students experience usefulness in school content. |
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| ISSN: | 2087-8885 2407-0610 |
