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The Flow Lab: A Simple Activity for Generating NOS Principles
Author(s) -
Meyer Daniel Z.,
Avery Leanne M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
school science and mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1949-8594
pISSN - 0036-6803
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2009.tb18295.x
Subject(s) - constructive , reflection (computer programming) , mathematics education , simple (philosophy) , key (lock) , science education , nature of science , computer science , pedagogy , sociology , epistemology , psychology , process (computing) , philosophy , computer security , programming language , operating system
While there is near universal agreement within the science education community that a strong understanding of nature of science (NOS) ‐ both as a student goal and a teacher attribute ‐ is critical, we still struggle with how to achieve these aims. Barriers range from pragmatic logistics to fundamental curricular tensions. In this paper, we share a classroom activity designed to aid in the learning of key NOS principles that we have found constructive. We discuss the basic activity, connections to science studies literature, and opportunities for explicit reflection on nature of science.