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DIAG: a program to diagnose students' conceptual models in science
Author(s) -
Boohan R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2729.1992.tb00406.x
Subject(s) - domain (mathematical analysis) , computer science , work (physics) , phenomenon , mathematics education , science education , scientific modelling , conceptual model , energy (signal processing) , management science , psychology , epistemology , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , philosophy , statistics , database
In recent years, much research has been undertaken to investigate the difference between pupils' beliefs and accepted ideas about various scientific concepts, such as force, light, energy and electricity, and the implications of these findings for classroom practice have been considered. In solving scientific problems, many students share common misconceptions or ‘models’ of the behaviour of a system or the nature of a phenomenon. This article describes a computer program which uses questionnaires to try to diagnose these conceptual models and to provide feedback to students. The program is not domain‐specific and questionnaires could be constructed for many topics, though work on the program so far has concentrated on diagnosing students' models of simple electrical circuits.