What energy ideas matter for future learning?
Conference contribution (Article) › Research › Peer reviewed
Publication data
| By | Marcus Kubsch, Jeffrey Nordine, Knut Neumann, David Fortus, Joseph Krajcik |
| Original language | English |
| Published in | Melissa Gresalfi, Ilana Seidel Horn (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences: 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020 (vol. 3) |
| Pages | 1721-1722 |
| Editor (Publisher) | International Society of the Learning Sciences |
| DOI/Link | https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/6409 |
| Publication status | Published – 07.2020 |
In a rapidly changing world, the ability to transfer one’s knowledge is critical. Using the conceptualization of transfer as preparation for future learning, we investigated how students from two approaches to teaching energy that conceptualize energy differently, perform in a transfer task. We present first results that suggest that emphasizing energy ideas that are relevant across disciplines prepares students better for future learning than emphasizing those valued by the disciplinary tradition of physics.
