00 sources of knowledge
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This document discusses a study that aimed to identify sources of knowledge for first-year students entering a gateway science course. Researchers interviewed 8 students to understand their epistemic beliefs and sources of knowledge. They found students drew knowledge from perceptual, memorial, deductive, inductive, and testimony-based sources. The researchers provided 10 recommendations for science instructors, including assessing students' epistemologies and ways of knowing, using evidence-based teaching methods to promote conceptual understanding and sophisticated epistemic beliefs, and employing authentic science activities and social learning tools.
00 sources of knowledge
- 1. “Sources of knowledge” for students entering a gateway science course Ahmed Ibrahim, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Calvin Kalman, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Marina Milner-Bolotin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada June 18th, 2013
- 2. Background
- 3. Epistemic beliefs Justification of K Sophistication of K Certainty of K Sources of K Attainability of Truth Epistemic Beliefs
- 4. Sources of knowledge DeductiveIntrospective Perceptual Memorial Inductive Sources Testimony
- 5. Objective ‣ Identify students’ sources of knowledge ‣ Understand the nature of students’ sources of knowledge
- 6. Method Sample Procedure Measures ‣ 8 students ‣ 1st year ‣ Interview ‣ Theory- based coding ‣ Sources of knowledge ‣ Sources of physics knowledge
- 7. Results
- 8. Results
- 9. ‣ Recommendation # 1 ‣ Assess students’ epistemologies
- 10. ‣ Recommendation # 2 ‣ Assess students’ ways of knowing (sources of knowledge)
- 11. ‣ Recommendation # 3 ‣ Use methods that promote conceptual understanding & sophisticated epistemological beliefs
- 12. ‣ Recommendation # 4 ‣ Use TEE tools that have been shown to promote students’ knowledge, and meta-knowledge
- 13. ‣ Recommendation # 5 ‣ Use assessment methods that evaluate epistemological beliefs
- 14. ‣ Recommendation # 6 ‣ Use learning environments that promote deep knowledge understanding
- 15. ‣ Recommendation # 7 ‣ Use authentic science activities to promote acquiring knowledge
- 16. ‣ Recommendation # 8 ‣ Online courses, and MOOCs should go beyond teaching content knowledge
- 17. ‣ Recommendation # 9 ‣ Use social learning tools that promote collaborative learning, and knowledge building
- 18. ‣ Recommendation # 10 ‣ Use evidence-based methods grounded in theory and research
- 19. Q&A
- 20. Thank you