Model development in scientific discovery learning with a computer-based physics task

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Highlights:

• Students have misconceptions about the more complex aspects of torques.

• Using computer simulations students could develop appropriate models of torques.

• Experimenting and hypothesis testing goes in line with model development.

• A three-space theory is a useful framework for explaining these results.

摘要

•Students have misconceptions about the more complex aspects of torques.•Using computer simulations students could develop appropriate models of torques.•Experimenting and hypothesis testing goes in line with model development.•A three-space theory is a useful framework for explaining these results.

论文关键词:Scientific discovery learning,Multiple problem spaces,Computer simulations,Physics concepts,Misconceptions,Conceptual change

论文评审过程:Received 19 May 2015, Revised 12 January 2016, Accepted 9 February 2016, Available online 20 February 2016, Version of Record 20 February 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.041