How Can We Use Counter Evidence Effectively in Order to Rectify Learners' Misconceptions?

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  • 誤概念の修正に有効な反証事例の使用方略
  • Effectiveness of the “Unified Method”
  • 「融合法」の効果

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Two types of teaching methods for rectifying learners' misconceptions have been proposed. They vary in whether counter evidence is or is not utilized. However, because both methods have weak points, we propose, in the present study, a “unified method,” that is, a new method that unifies the 2 previous methods. With the unified method, learners are first presented a problem that they could not solve correctly because of some misconception they then are presented another similar problem that they can solve correctly. On the basis of that correct response, they are led to find the correct rule for solving the problem, and are also encouraged to apply the rule to a series of similar problems. The present study compares the effectiveness of the unified method and the 2 previous methods for rectifying learners' misconceptions. Undergraduates (N=76), most of whom had the misconception that vacuums draw substances into them, were allocated to 1 of 3 groups. The unified method had better results than the 2 other methods in the following respects: (1) it rectified the learners' misconceptions most effectively,(2) it made the learners aware that their previous knowledge (i.e., their misconception) had been replaced by a correct idea, and (3) it aroused their interest.

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  • CRID
    1390001205459522688
  • NII Article ID
    130004624259
  • DOI
    10.5926/jjep1953.54.2_162
  • ISSN
    00215015
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • Crossref
    • CiNii Articles
    • OpenAIRE
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    Disallowed

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