Understanding needs embodiment: A theory‐guided reanalysis of the role of metaphors and analogies in understanding science

K Niebert, S Marsch, DF Treagust - Science Education, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Many authors stress the importance of basing teaching on students' prior knowledge. To
build a bridge between students' everyday knowledge and scientific concepts, the role of …

One instructional sequence fits all? A conceptual analysis of the applicability of concreteness fading in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology education

T Kokkonen, L Schalk - Educational Psychology Review, 2021 - Springer
To help students acquire mathematics and science knowledge and competencies,
educators typically use multiple external representations (MERs). There has been …

Schülervorstellungen und Conceptual Change

H Gropengießer, A Marohn - Theorien in der …, 2018 - Springer
Schüler entwickeln vielfältige Vorstellungen über Objekte und Ereignisse, die von der
aktuell akzeptierten naturwissenschaftlichen Sichtweise abweichen können. Diese …

Understanding the greenhouse effect by embodiment–Analysing and using students' and scientists' conceptual resources

K Niebert, H Gropengießer - International Journal of Science …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last 20 years, science education studies have reported that there are very different
understandings among students of science regarding the key aspects of climate change. We …

General instructional methods and strategies

DF Treagust, CY Tsui - … Research on Science Education, Volume II, 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
New Zealand science educators in arguing for improving school science education for all
students with different interests and career aspirations (Gluckman, 2011; Tytler, 2007) …

Using conceptual metaphor theory within the model of educational reconstruction to identify students' alternative conceptions and improve instruction: A plate tectonics …

D Conrad, JC Libarkin - Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Many geoscience phenomena cannot be perceived at human temporal or spatial scales. As
a consequence, we can only understand many processes that drive geological phenomena …

Lernstrategien für das Verstehen biologischer Phänomene: Die Rolle der verkörperten Schemata und Metaphern in der Vermittlung

H Gropengießer, J Groß - Biologiedidaktische Forschung: Erträge für die …, 2019 - Springer
Zusammenfassung „Woher kommt die Masse?“wurden einzelne Harvard-Absolventen auf
ihrer Graduierungsfeier gefragt, während man ihnen eine Eichel in die eine und einen …

Erfahrungsbasiertes Verstehen geowissenschaftlicher Phänomene: Eine didaktische Rekonstruktion des Systems Plattentektonik

D Conrad - 2014 - epub.uni-bayreuth.de
Viele geowissenschaftliche Phänomene sind aufgrund ihrer zeitlichen und räumlichen
Dimensionen nicht unmittelbar erfahrbar (vgl. FELZMANN 2013). Gemäß der Theorie des …

Content-based and cognitive-linguistic analysis of cell membrane biology: Educational reconstruction of scientific conceptions

L Johann, J Groß, D Messig, F Rusk - Education Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
By means of their pivotal role in the outbreak of a variety of diseases, such as, recently,
COVID-19, the molecular aspects of cell membrane function have gained considerable …

Using metaphorical models for describing glaciers

D Felzmann - International Journal of Science Education, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
To date, there has only been little conceptual change research regarding conceptions about
glaciers. This study used the theoretical background of embodied cognition to reconstruct …