Guiding Students in Constructing and Revising Models Rationally
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| Title: | Guiding Students in Constructing and Revising Models Rationally |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Wenyuan Yang, Sihang Chen, Cheng Liu |
| Source: | American Biology Teacher. 2024 86(3):130-135. |
| Availability: | University of California Press. 2000 Center Street Suite 303, Berkeley, CA 94704. Tel: 510-643-7154; Fax: 510-642-9917; e-mail: customerservice@ucpressjournals.com; Web site: http://www.ucpressjournals.com/journal.php?j=abt |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 6 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Intended Audience: | Teachers |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Junior High Schools Middle Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Models, Middle School Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Process Skills, Human Body |
| DOI: | 10.1525/abt.2024.86.3.130 |
| ISSN: | 0002-7685 1938-4211 |
| Abstract: | Modeling is a core practice in science and is a meaningful way to learn the subject. This article introduces a modeling-based approach that highlights the idea that modeling is an iterative process and integrates the fundamental parts of scientists' work and key suggestions for teaching through modeling. The lesson "The Structure and Function of Kidneys" from a middle school biology course serves as an example of how to conduct the suggested modeling-based approach. By the end of the lesson, almost all students demonstrated a scientific understanding of the structure of nephrons and their functions. On the basis of the implementation of this lesson, we also provide further suggestions for modeling-based teaching. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1417053 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Modeling is a core practice in science and is a meaningful way to learn the subject. This article introduces a modeling-based approach that highlights the idea that modeling is an iterative process and integrates the fundamental parts of scientists' work and key suggestions for teaching through modeling. The lesson "The Structure and Function of Kidneys" from a middle school biology course serves as an example of how to conduct the suggested modeling-based approach. By the end of the lesson, almost all students demonstrated a scientific understanding of the structure of nephrons and their functions. On the basis of the implementation of this lesson, we also provide further suggestions for modeling-based teaching. |
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| ISSN: | 0002-7685 1938-4211 |
| DOI: | 10.1525/abt.2024.86.3.130 |
