Identifying and addressing students' alternative conceptions of the causes of global warming: The need for cognitive conflict

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-239

  Meadows, George ^a   Wiesenmayer, Randall L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Global warming; Misconceptions; Ozone layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142675268     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009412414470     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Adler, J. H. (1992). Little green lies. Policy Review 61: 18-26.
2. Brown, J. S., Collins, A., and Duguid, P. (1989). Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Educational Researcher 18(1): 32-41.
3. Bruer, J. T. (1994). Schools for Thought, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
4. Cavalli-Sforza, V., Weiner, A. C., and Lesgold, A. M. (1994). Software support for students engaging in scientific activity and scientific controversy. Science Education 78(6): 577-599.
5. Cobb, P. (1994a). Constructivism in mathematics and science education. Educational Researcher 23(7): 4.
6. Cobb, P. (1994b). Where is the mind? Constructivist and sociocultural perspectives on mathematical development. Educational Researcher 23(7): 13-20.
7. Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt, The. (1990). Anchored instruction and its relationship to situated cognition. Educational Researcher 19(6): 2-10.
8. Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt, The. (1992). The Jasper experiment: An exploration of issues in learning and instructional design. Educational Technology Research and Development 40(1): 65-80.
9. Dreyfus, A., Jungwirth, E., and Eliovitch, R. (1990). Applying the "Cognitive Conflict" strategy for conceptual change - some implications, difficulties, and problems. Science Education 74(5): 555-569.
10. Driver, R., Asoko, H., Leach, J., Mortimer, E., and Scott, P. (1994). Constructing scientific knowledge in the classroom. Educational Researcher 23(7): 5-12.
11. Duffy, T. M., and Jonassen, D. H. (1992). Constructivism: New implications for instructional technology. In Duffy, T. M., and Jonassen, D. H. (Eds.), Constructivism and the technology of instruction, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ pp. 1-16.
12. Dugdale, S. (1994). Using students' mathematical inventiveness as a foundation for software design: Toward a tempered constructivism. Educational Technology Research and Development 42(1): 57-73.
13. Feng, Y. (1995). Some thoughts about applying constructivist theories of learning to guide instruction. Technology and Teacher Education Annual 816-819.
14. Fosnot, C. T. (1993). Rethinking science education: A defense of Piagetian constructivism. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 30: 1203-1208.
15. Francis, C., Boyes, E., Qualter, A., and Stanisstreet, M. (1993). Ideas of elementary students about reducing the "Greenhouse Effect." Science Education 77(4): 375-392.
16. Jonassen, D. H. (1991). Objectivism versus constructivism: Do we need a new philosophical paradigm? Educational Technology Research and Development 39(3): 5-14.
17. Monastersky, R. (1996). Nineteen ninety-five captures record as warmest year yet. Science News 149(2): 23.
18. Perkins, D. N., and Simmons, R. (1988). Patterns of misunderstanding: An integrative model for science, math, and programming. Review of Educational Research 58(3): 303-326.
19. Piaget, J. (1970). Genetic Epistemology, Columbia University Press, New York.
20. Rye, J., Rubba, R., and Wiesenmayer, R. (1997). An investigation of middle school students' alternative conceptions of global warming as formative evaluation of teacher0-developed STS units. International Journal of Science Education 19(5): 527-551.
21. Saunders, W. L., (1992). The constructivist perspective: implications and teaching strategies for science. School Science and Mathematics 92(3): 136-141.
22. Tobin, K., and Dawson, G. (1992). Constraints to curriculum reform: Teachers and the myths of schooling. Educational Technology Research and Development 40(1): 81-92.
23. Wolpert, L. (1992). The unnatural nature of science, Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
24. Yeager, R. E., (1991). The constructivist learning model. The Science Teacher September: 52-57.