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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2018.38.3.305

Analyzing the Characteristics of Pre-service Elementary School Teachers' Modeling and Epistemic Criteria with the Blackbox Simulation Program  

Park, Jeongwoo (Seoul National University)
Lee, Sun-Kyung (Seoul National University)
Shim, Han Su (Kaywon University of Art & Design)
Lee, Gyeong-Geon (Seoul National University)
Shin, Myeong-Kyeong (Gyeongin National University of Education)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.38, no.3, 2018 , pp. 305-317 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the characteristics of participant students' modeling with the blackbox simulation program and epistemic criteria. For this research, we developed a blackbox simulation program, which is an ill-structured problem situation reflecting the scientific practice. This simulation program is applied in the activities. 23 groups, 89 second year students of an education college participated in this activity. They visualized, modeled, modified, and evaluated their thoughts on internal structure in the blackbox. All of students' activities were recorded and analyzed. As a result, the students' models in blackbox activities were categorized into four types considering their form and function. Model evaluation occurred in group model selection. Epistemic criteria such as empirical coherence, comprehensiveness, analogy, simplicity, and implementation were adapted in model evaluation. The educational implications discussed above are as follows: First, the blackbox simulation activities in which the students participated in this study have educational implications in that they provide a context in which the nature of scientific practice can be experienced explicitly and implicitly by constructing and testing models. Second, from the beginning of the activity, epistemic criteria such as empirical coherence, comprehensiveness, analogy, simplicity, and implementation were not strictly adapted and dynamically flexibly adapted according to the context. Third, the study of epistemic criteria in various contexts as well as in the context of this study will broaden the horizon of understanding the nature of scientific practice. Simulation activity, which is the context of this study, can lead to research related to computational thinking that will be more important in future society. We expect to be able to lead more discussions by furthering this study by elaborating and systematizing its context and method.
Keywords
Blackbox Simulation; Modeling; Epistemic Criteria; Empirical Coherence; Comprehensiveness; Analogy; Simplicity;
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