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An Analysis of the Features of 'Typically-Perceived-Situation(TPS)' for in-depth Understanding of Students' Ideas: The Case of Four Elementary School Students' TPSs related to the Action of Force  

Jung, Yong-Jae (Seoul Top-Dong Elementary School)
Song, Jin-Woong (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.24, no.4, 2004 , pp. 785-801 More about this Journal
Abstract
A Typically-Perceived-Situation(TPS) is a situation which might be useful for conceptual learning of science, rising spontaneously in an individual's mind when someone is thinking about, or in relation to, any object such as physical object, concept, situation, etc. But, for a discussion about the TPS' usefulness in depth, we need to analyze the specific features of the TPS in relation to conceptual learning of science. This study investigated four elementary school students' TPSs related to the topic of the action of force, especially (a) 'the situation where force is being acted on an object', and (b) 'the situation where force is not being acted on an object', with an interview as well as with a drawing-and-explanation type questionnaire. Their TPSs were then compared with their concepts, checked by a misconception questionnaire of choice-and-explanation type. The results showed that the students' TPSs illustrated not only their conceptions about the action of force, but also gave more fruitful details of their ideas, including (a) clues of their conceptions, (b) concrete situations, and (c) their past experiences with emotional components. On the whole, the TPS's appeared to be rather stable, affected by their past experiences, and needed to be analyzed into their sub-units for more subtle details. Finally, some practical ways of how to apply the ideas of the TPS to the conceptual learning of science are suggested.
Keywords
Typically-Perceived-Situation; TPS; ideas about the actions of force; elementary school students; conceptual learning of science;
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