Student Frustration with Resources-Oriented Instruction : A Sociocultural Lens

Author / Creator

AAPT SM20 (2020)

Conferences

AAPT SM20 PAR-D.06 PER Curriculum and Instruction II (2020)

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Online

Summary

Past research suggests that students' epistemological framing affects their learning of physics content. In this talk, we will investigate this idea in the context of resource-oriented instructiona...

Past research suggests that students' epistemological framing affects their learning of physics content. In this talk, we will investigate this idea in the context of resource-oriented instructional materials. Resource-oriented instructional materials aim to elicit and build from student resources for understanding physics -- context-dependent "pieces of knowledge" which can be leveraged to develop sophisticated scientific understandings. We will explore a case in which students' epistemological framing affects their experience of our resources-oriented instructional materials and discuss implications for instructional design.

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