An Introduction to Modeling Instruction Mark Schober Columbia Secondary School, New York City Jeff Saul University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Despite the findings of science education research, science education remains highly transmissionist. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Meet Malcolm Wells: master practitioner of constructivist methods by the late ‘80’s. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

In the mid 80’s Malcolm Wells learned about the Mechanics Baseline Test and used it to gauge the effectiveness of his instruction. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Wells’ students did not do well on the MBT, inspiring him to engage in graduate studies to determine what was missing from constructivist instruction. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Malcolm Wells worked with Dr. David Hestenes which began the modeling instruction program. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

A scientific model is a conception of how the world works, consistent with observation. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

A small set of basic models forms the content core for the sciences. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Models are conveyed though pictorial, graphical, mathematical, and verbal representations. What is Science?... What is Reality? How is Science related to Reality? Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Example representations from the constant velocity particle model. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Models are connected to one another with a storyline. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop What is Light?

A modeling approach to chemistry begins with a simple particle model that increases in complexity as needed to account for observations. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Conservation: Energy, Impulsive Force Modeling Mechanics in Physics Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop Constant Velocity Uniform Acceleration Free Particle Net Force Projectiles Circular Applications

Model development and model deployment is the procedural core for acquiring scientific knowledge. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Model development begins with a paradigm lab that provides direct experience with the phenomena to be modeled. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Analysis involves preparing multiple representations of the observed patterns for presentation to the class.

Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop Student presentations provide a rich environment for extracting meaning from activities.

Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop Model deployment fleshes out the model’s details through deployment labs, worksheets, and lab practica.

Modeling instruction is a curriculum design able to incorporate the best teaching resources available. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Modeling makes students’ classroom experience closer to the scientific practice of research scientists Ideal Gas Law Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Modeling makes the coherence of scientific knowledge more evident to students by explicitly referring to models. Photoelectric Effect Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Modeling works because we come to understand the structure and behavior of real objects only by constructing models. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Modeling Instruction is the only high school science program to receive an EXEMPLARY citation from the United States Department of Education. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

Since 1990, hundreds of teachers have been trained during multi-week summer modeling workshops. Origins -- Models -- Modeling Cycle -- Modeling Instruction -- Workshop

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