Conceptual understanding: Beyond diagnostic testing
University of Warwick
Department of Physics
21 October 2011
Programme
| 11:00-11:25 | Arrival and Coffee |
| 11:25-11:30 | Welcome |
| 11:30-12:15 | Metaphors and misunderstandings: addressing student misconceptions Professor Derek Raine, University of Leicester (PDF , 4 MB) |
| 12:15-12:35 | Common trends in FCI results: a cross-institutional analysis Dr Marion Birch, University of Manchester (PDF , 2 MB) |
| 12:35-13:10 | Conceptual change using the perspective of threshold concepts: evidence from economics Professor Peter Davies, University of Birmingham (PDF , 237 KB) |
| 13:10-14:10 | Lunch |
| 14:10-14:30 | What they don't know they don't know Ally Caldecote, University of Warwick (PDF , 44 KB) |
| 14:30-15:30 | Designing and assessing modelling activities for enhancing conceptual understanding Dr David Sands University of Hull (PDF , 728 KB) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:00 | Using students’ spontaneous reasoning to guide the design of effective instructional strategies Professor Paula Heron, University of Washington, Seattle, USA (PDF , 717KB) |