Considering factors beyond transfer of conceptual knowledge

Kuo, Eric; Champney, Danielle; Little, Angela

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Considering factors beyond transfer of conceptual knowledge

written by Eric Kuo, Danielle Champney, and Angela Little

One thread in education research has been to investigate whether and in what ways students "transfer" conceptual knowledge from one context to another. We argue that in understanding students' reasoning across contexts, it can additionally be productive to attend to their epistemological framing. We present a case study of one student (Will), whose reasoning on two similarly structured approximation problems does not draw on pieces of conceptual knowledge across contexts in a manner that experts might view as productive. We further show that attending to Will's epistemological framing aids our understanding of why he draws on different types of knowledge on the two problems.

Physics Education Research Conference 2012
Part of the PER Conference series
Philadelphia, PA: August 1-2, 2012
Volume 1513, Pages 230-233

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Education Foundations - Cognition - Learning Theory = Transfer General Physics - Scientific Reasoning	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4789694
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Restriction:: © 2012 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.4789694
NSF Number:: 0941191
PACSs:: 01.40.-d; 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Ha
Keywords:: PERC 2012, calculus, epistemology
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created June 27, 2013 by Zachary Davis
Record Updated:: December 17, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 24, 2013
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Kuo, Eric, Danielle Champney, and Angela Little. "Considering factors beyond transfer of conceptual knowledge." Physics Education Research Conference 2012. Philadelphia, PA: 2012. 230-233 Vol. 1513 of PER Conference. 13 Feb. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12820&DocID=3353>.

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