Connections Between Drawings and Written Text in Student-Generated Particle Model Realizations

• In Event: Roundtable Session 2

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This roundtable session will examine the evaluation of students’ pictorial and written realization of the particle model of matter. It will be based on empirical data from four different studies that examined student drawings and written explanations of the particle model across a variety of age groups and contexts. It will focus on the significance of student-made drawings, and ideas of alignment and complementarity in examining the pictorial expressions vis-a-vis the written one. We hope that this session will lead us to a more objective and just assessment of student understanding of the particle model that combines student-made pictures and text.

Sub Unit

• Division C - Learning and Instruction / Division C - Section 1d: Science

Chairs

• Elon Langbeheim, Arizona State University - Tempe

• Sharona T. Levy, University of Haifa

Papers

• Assessing the Evolution in Model Construction in Sixth Grade: Drawing Versus Written Explanation - Joi Merritt, Arizona State Univeristy

• Using Written and Pictorial Tasks to Analyze Middle School Students' Models of Phase Change - Elon Langbeheim, Arizona State University - Tempe

• Exploring How Mixed-Reality Technologies Can Help Students Understand Gas Phenomena Through Drawing and Explanation Tasks - Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia

• A Comparison of Students' Pictorial and Verbal Explanations of Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium - Sevil Akaygun, Bogazici University