Open AccessΤα ανατρεπτικά κείμενα και η πληροφορία κατηγοριοποίησης ως παράγοντες προώθησης της εννοιολογικής αλλαγής
Author(s) -
Ειρήνη Σκοπελίτη,
Στέλλα Βοσνιάδου
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychologia: to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias/psychologia. to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2732-6640
pISSN - 1106-5737
DOI - 10.12681/psy_hps.23731
Subject(s) - categorical variable , comprehension , object (grammar) , psychology , type (biology) , epistemology , computer science , mathematics , linguistics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , statistics , ecology , biology
We present the results of two empirical studies which investigated the effect of the type of information included in refutational texts in 3rd grade students’ comprehension of the spherical shape of the earth. In the first study we compared three kinds of refutational texts: the first refuted only the belief that the earth is flat, the second refuted in addition the belief in up/down gravity, and the third refuted all of the above and in addition the belief that the earth is a physical and not an astronomical object. In Experiment 2, four texts were used to compare text type (refutation vs. non-refutation) and information type (categorical vs. non-categorical information). The results from the two experiments confirmed our hypothesis that refutational texts that include categorical information are the most effective in improving students’ understanding of scientific information about the earth.