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Journal of Research in Science Teaching
written by Wolff-Michael Roth and Kenneth Tobin
This study was designed to understand lectures in a redesigned physics course for prospective elementary teachers. Our understanding was based on videotaped lectures and interviews with students and the professor. We show that the lectures can be understood as a rhetorical move. The professor staged Aristotle, natural philosophy, and students' observations and intuitive knowledge in opposition to Galileo, controlled (stacked) experiment, and mathematical inscriptions in the form of numbers, plotted data pairs, and curves. We conclude that this form of instructional delivery does not help students to become proficient in physics discourse, and offer alternatives that would facilitate students' construction and appropriation of physics discourse.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching: Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 135-157
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© 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
DOI:
10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199602)33:2<135::AID-TEA2>3.3.CO;2-K
Keywords:
Educational Strategies, Interviews, Lecture Method, Observation, Physics, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education
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Metadata instance created July 14, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
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December 7, 1998
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W. Roth and K. Tobin, , J. Res. Sci. Teaching 33 (2), 135 (1996), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199602)33:2%3C135::AID-TEA2%3E3.3.CO;2-K).
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W. Roth and K. Tobin, Staging Aristotle and natural observation against Galileo and (stacked) scientific experiment or physics lectures as rhetorical events, J. Res. Sci. Teaching 33 (2), 135 (1996), <https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199602)33:2%3C135::AID-TEA2%3E3.3.CO;2-K>.
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Roth, W., & Tobin, K. (1998, December 7). Staging Aristotle and natural observation against Galileo and (stacked) scientific experiment or physics lectures as rhetorical events. J. Res. Sci. Teaching, 33(2), 135-157. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199602)33:2%3C135::AID-TEA2%3E3.3.CO;2-K
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Roth, Wolff-Michael, and Kenneth Tobin. "Staging Aristotle and natural observation against Galileo and (stacked) scientific experiment or physics lectures as rhetorical events." J. Res. Sci. Teaching. 33, no. 2, (December 7, 1998): 135-157, https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199602)33:2%3C135::AID-TEA2%3E3.3.CO;2-K (accessed 23 April 2024).
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Roth, Wolff-Michael, and Kenneth Tobin. "Staging Aristotle and natural observation against Galileo and (stacked) scientific experiment or physics lectures as rhetorical events." J. Res. Sci. Teaching 33.2 (1996): 135-157. 23 Apr. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199602)33:2%3C135::AID-TEA2%3E3.3.CO;2-K>.
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