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The chapters in this volume derive from a symposium held in Madrid, Spain, from 6-8 November, 1998. Organized and supported by the Autónoma University of Madrid, the meeting was part of the activities of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Conceptual Change of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), coordinated by the editors of this book. The volume brings together contributions from leading researchers investigating the role of conceptual change to enhance meaningful learning in the classroom. The aim of the volume is to present the state of the art on a topic that has become very relevant to explaining how students, and people in general, build their knowledge and incorporate new concepts and ideas. The volume keeps the four main sessions in which the symposium was articulated. They were structured around both theoretical and practical issues of conceptual change. Particular attention was paid to discussing the characteristics of individuals' prior knowledge and to the more recent topic of how to integrate social, motivational and contextual aspects of learning within conceptual change research (Parts 1 and 2).
List of contents
Theoretical Perspectives.- The Processes and Challenges of Conceptual Change.- Why "Conceptual Ecology" is a Good Idea.- On the Nature of Naïve Physics.- Map Reading Versus Mind Reading.- Understanding Conceptual Change: A Commentary.- Motivational, Social and Contextual Aspects.- The Role of Motivational Beliefs in Conceptual Change.- Situating the Question of Conceptual Change.- Participative Learning and Conceptual Change.- Cognitive Variability in the Development of the Concept of Family: A Contextualist or a Gradualist View?.- Motivational, Social, and Contextual Aspects of Conceptual Change: A Commentary.- Domain Specificity and Learning.- The Role of Students' Epistemological Knowledge in the Process of Conceptual Change in Science.- Intuitive Rules: the Case of "More A - More B".- Conceptual Change in Mathematics: Understanding the Real Numbers.- Conceptual Change in History.- Content and Conceptual Change: A Commentary.- Instructional Practices to Promote Conceptual Change in the Classroom.- Developing Epistemological Thinking to Foster Conceptual Change in Different Domains.- Science Learning Through Text: The Effect of Text Design and text Comprehension Skills on Conceptual Change.- Computer-based Interactions for Conceptual Change in Science.- Knowledge Assessment and Conceptual Understanding.- Change as a Process and a Disposition: A Commentary.
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The chapters in this volume derive from a symposium held in Madrid, Spain, from 6-8 November, 1998. Organized and supported by the Autónoma University of Madrid, the meeting was part of the activities of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Conceptual Change of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), coordinated by the editors of this book. The volume brings together contributions from leading researchers investigating the role of conceptual change to enhance meaningful learning in the classroom. The aim of the volume is to present the state of the art on a topic that has become very relevant to explaining how students, and people in general, build their knowledge and incorporate new concepts and ideas. The volume keeps the four main sessions in which the symposium was articulated. They were structured around both theoretical and practical issues of conceptual change. Particular attention was paid to discussing the characteristics of individuals’ prior knowledge and to the more recent topic of how to integrate social, motivational and contextual aspects of learning within conceptual change research (Parts 1 and 2).
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"In summary, there is much in this book to inform the reader about how the field of conceptual change has moved beyond the issues identified in the simple illustration with which I began this review. In doing so, it provides more than enough to stimulate a considerable amount of productive discussion."
(Peter Hewson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (Science Education, 87:4)
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"In summary, there is much in this book to inform the reader about how the field of conceptual change has moved beyond the issues identified in the simple illustration with which I began this review. In doing so, it provides more than enough to stimulate a considerable amount of productive discussion."
(Peter Hewson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (Science Education, 87:4)
