Some subscribers to TIPS and AERA-TEP-SIG128 might be interested in a post "Do Undergraduates Comprehend "Concept"? [Hake (2010b)]. The abstract reads:
********************************* ABSTRACT: In response to my post "Re: Algebra based/calculus based laboratory" [Hake (2010a) regarding the suitability of the same conceptual labs for both algebra and calculus-based introductory physics courses, a POD subscriber wrote to me: "Do you know of any study that has been done to evaluate the average undergraduate's comprehension of 'concept'?" Students' comprehension of "concept" has recently been considered by Gupta, Hammer, & Redish (2010) in "The Case for Dynamic Models of Learners' Ontologies in Physics." They wrote (paraphrasing): "Chi et al. have contended that a reason for students' difficulties in learning physics is that they think about concepts as *things* rather than as *processes*, and that there is a significant barrier between these two ontological categories. We contest this view, arguing that expert and novice reasoning often and productively traverses ontological categories." ********************************* To access the complete 9 kB post please click on <http://tinyurl.com/ydge6w5>. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University 24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References (PEDAR) <rrh...@earthlink.net> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi> <http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com> <http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake> REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>.] Hake, R.R. 2010a. "Re: Algebra based/calculus based laboratory," online at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/32442>. Post of 9 April 2010 15:14:00-0700 to AERA-L, Net-Gold, and Phys-L. The abstract and link to the complete post are also being transmitted to various discussion lists and are also online at <http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2010/04/re-algebra-basedcalculus-based.html> with a provision for comments. Hake, R.R. 2010b. "Do Undergraduates Comprehend "Concept"?" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://tinyurl.com/ydge6w5>. Post of 11 Apr 2010 17:20:09-0700 to AERA-L, Net-Gold, and POD. The abstract and link to the complete post are also: being transmitted to various discussion lists. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1900 or send a blank email to leave-1900-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
