Prior knowledge is an important part of ones’ studying carrier, but sometimes the knowledge you have isn’t 100 % correct. Because you’ve had this misconception in your head for so long, it is difficult to just discard or replace it. Conceptual change is when misconceptions are revealed and fixed by changing them to the correct concept.
When you have to fix a misconception that you carried with you for so long, your brain in many cases rejects the new concept. If this new concept is not rejected, it is either learnt off by heart and memorized (rote learning or short term learning), or you could incorporate parts of the new concept into the areas that was wrong of the old concept, or your brain completely replaces the old one and keeps the new. The last is the preferred option as this is what is remembered as prior knowledge later on in life.
You as teacher can test whether there was a conceptual change by giving the students an activity where they need to apply their newly found knowledge.
No comments:
Post a Comment