Revealing Misconceptions

Prof Simon Lancaster

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It’s a pointless fad.It requires too much additional effort. Students resent not being edutained.It doesn’t go far enough in creating a learning partnership.

Arguments against the flipped model

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ition L

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Miscon

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ons

Flawed

Men

tal M

odels

Ontolog

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Embedd

ed B

eliefs

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Rank these in order of the most difficult sort of misconception to address. (3 pts for 1st… 1 pt for 3rd)

A. Proposition Level Misconceptions

B. Flawed Mental ModelsC. Ontological MiscategorisationsD. Embedded Beliefs

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What is your objective for a question posed during teaching?

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What is your objective for a question posed during teaching?

The Goldilocks Zone

Who is best placed to determine the Goldilocks Zone?

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Student scrutiny of questions

The importance of the question

Where do our questions sit on Bloom’s taxonomy?

Tier ExamplesRemember Students repeat something they

were told earlier. ‘Define effective nuclear charge’

Understand Students interpret what they know and information they are given.

‘How is effective nuclear charge dependent on atomic number across a period?’

Apply Students use their general interpretations in specific cases.

‘How does hydrogen bonding influence the boiling point of water?’

Analyse Students can relate multiple pieces of information, to reach conclusion on a topic.

‘Calculate electronegativity difference in the following bonds. What do you deduce about the nature of these bonds?’

Evaluate Students can use their analysis to reach value judgments.

‘Which of these compounds would best catalyse the following reaction?’

Create Students need to make something new.

‘Plan an experiment to test your hypothesis’

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When responding to understanding based questions, students were found to be significantly less confident than when responding to application based questions, despite no significant difference in overall performance between the two question types.

Patterns in confidence

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When you lose fat due to exercise how does it exit the body?

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When you lose fat due to exercise how does it exit the body?

When you lose fat due to exercise how does it exit the body?

1. Defecation2. Urination3. Perspiration4. Exhalation

Defecation

Urination

Perspira

tion

Exhalati

on

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What are the obstacles to wider adoption of active learning pedagogies employing ‘meaningful questions’?

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Open Educational Practice: Share Your Questions

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Peerwise

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Prof Neil WardHelena GillespieDr Adam LongcroftDr Fabio AricoJo BruceAndy MeeAlicia McConnellDennis Cook

Prof Eric MazurDr Anne NortcliffeDr Ross GallowayDr Anna NorthTurning Technologies