Loucas Louca

European University Cyprus, Education Sciences, Faculty Member

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Judith L Green

University of California, Santa Barbara

David Seamon

Kansas State University

Armando Marques-Guedes

UNL - New University of Lisbon

Gwynne Ellen Ash

Texas State University

Dragana Breneselovic

University of Belgrade

Melinda Knapp

Oregon State University Cascades

Patrick Blessinger

St. John's University

Margaret Vaughn

University of Idaho

Terhi Mäntylä

University of Jyväskylä

Christiana Nicolaou

University of Cyprus

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‘Creatively’ Using Pre-School Children’s Natural Creativity as a Lever in STEM Learning Through Playfulness

Springer eBooks, 2022

Examining models constructed by kindergarten children

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

European University–Cyprus

The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for analyzing and evaluating student-constru... more The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for analyzing and evaluating student-constructed models of physical phenomena and monitoring the progress of these models. Moreover, we aimed to examine whether this framework could capture differences between models created using different computer-based modeling tools; namely, computer-based programming environments which, in prior research, were found to differ in various aspects of the models constructed through them. We analyzed 220 computer-based models of physical phenomena developed by two groups of elementary-school students. Using open coding we developed a framework that includes five elements of scientific models that code for representations of: (i) the physical objects; (ii) the physical entities; (iii) the object behaviors; (iv) the interactions among physical objects, physical entities, and object behavior(s); and (v) the accuracy of the phenomenon depiction. The implementation of this framework confirmed that it c...

Describing the construction process of models of physical phenomena: A discourse-based analysis of elementary student modeling conversations12

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Modeling with stagecast creator: a video-case Study describing the process of Developing, evaluating and refining models of Accelerated motion in elementary school

Περιέχει το πλήρες κείμενοThis paper describes a video case study from an elementary science/comp... more Περιέχει το πλήρες κείμενοThis paper describes a video case study from an elementary science/computer after-school club during which eleven sixth graders used Stagecast Creator™ to develop computer-based models of accelerated motion. Research in model-based learning in science has highlighted the usefulness and importance of scientific modeling for learning and teaching in science. However, it has thus far failed to provide details about the student discourse that teachers need to encourage during scientific modeling, as well as descriptions of how modeling really looks in the science classroom. Through the investigation of authentic classroom-based discourse and student-constructed models, our purpose in this paper was to describe in detail the process of developing, evaluating and refining models of accelerated motion, seeking to refine our understanding about learning in science through the construction of models as representations of physical phenomena and inform teachers about ...

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