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Drawing to learn in STEM

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posted on 2016-01-01, 00:00 authored by Russell TytlerRussell Tytler
Scientists, mathematicians and engineers draw and model to create knowledge. This presentation will describe a guided inquiry approach to teaching and learning science that involves students actively creating visual and other representations to reason and explain as they explore the material world. The approach has been successfully used in a number of major professional learning initiatives in Victoria and NSW. Evidence will be presented of increased student engagement and quality learning flowing from the approach, which aligns classroom processes more authentically with processes of imaginative scientific discovery. Examples of activities and student drawings and model construction will be used to unpack the relationship between representation, reasoning and learning. Video evidence including that generated in the Science of Learning Research Centre (SLRC) classroom at the University of Melbourne, equipped with sophisticated video capture facilities, will be drawn on to explore ways in which drawing, gesture and talk are coordinated to imaginatively respond to material challenges. The presentation will explore the alignment of these sociocultural analyses to recent findings from neuroscience. Evidence will be presented that the creation of representations is central to quality learning across the STEM disciplines and for interdisciplinary STEM challenges.

History

Pagination

45-50

Location

Brisbane, Qld.

Open access

  • Yes

Start date

2016-08-07

End date

2016-08-09

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Title of proceedings

ACER Research Conference 2016 : Improving STEM Learning : What will it take

Event

ACER Research. Conference (2016 : Brisbane, Qld.)

Publisher

Australian Council for Educational Research

Place of publication

[Brisbane, Qld.]