评论"检索实践产生更多的学习,而不是详细的学习与概念映射"
Joel J Mintzes1, Alberto Canas, John Coffey
1Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, California State University, Chico, CA 95929, USA. jmintzes@csuchico.edu
概括
复杂的科学学习中,检索实践可能并不优于详细的学习. 这项研究质疑先前的发现,并提出了学习策略的替代解释.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 科学教育科学教育教育.
背景情况:
- 与详细学习相比,检索实践经常被认为是优越的学习策略.
- 卡皮克和布朗特 (2011) 报告说,复杂的科学概念的检索实践增强了学习,而不是概念映射.
- 这一发现对科学教育中的教学设计有重大影响.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地评估卡皮克和布朗特 (2011) 发现的方法论和认识论基础.
- 调查检索实践所谓的优越性的概括性和稳定性.
- 在复杂的科学教育中提供学习成果的替代解释.
主要方法:
- 对原始研究的设计和执行进行方法学批判.
- 对结果解释背后的假设进行认识论分析.
- 在不同学习条件下对学习成果的比较分析.
主要成果:
- 检索实践报告的优越性可能取决于特定的实验条件.
- 为观察到的学习收益提出了替代解释.
- 概念绘图作为一个详细的策略的有效性需要进一步研究.
结论:
- 检索实践对于复杂的科学学习是普遍优越的,这一结论需要重新审视.
- 方法论的严谨性和认识论的清晰性对于提高我们对学习策略的理解至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究,以充分阐明不同学习技术在科学教育中的比较有效性.
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