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Developing a framework for assessing students’ construction of scientific explanations in physics
Citation
Yeo, J., Tan, A., & Tan, J. (2020). Developing a framework for assessing students’ construction of scientific explanations in physics (Report No. OER 13/13 JY). National Institute of Education (Singapore), Office of Education Research.
Abstract
The ability to produce scientific explanations is an important learning goal in our local physics curriculum. Yeo and Gilbert (2014) showed that its production entails attending to its function, form (structural organisation of meanings) and level (of precision [model used], abstractness and complexity [use of representations]). These multi-dimensions might explain why students find producing an “acceptable” scientific explanation difficult. There are also few studies that examines the kinds of explanations students need to construct, the process of constructing one and the difficulties encountered. There is also an absence of a comprehensive framework for teachers to assess students’ explanations. The goals of this study are thus to (a) develop a framework of scientific explanations that is comprehensive and parsimonious, and (b) produce a characterisation of the process that students undergo in producing scientific explanations.
Date Issued
2020
Publisher
Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Description
Note: Restricted to NIE Staff.
Project
OER 13/13 JY
Grant ID
Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP)
Funding Agency
Ministry of Education, Singapore