Using the history of science to promote students' problem-solving ability

The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of promoting students' problem-solving ability through the history of science teaching. Two classes of 8th graders (n=74) paricipated in which include discriptions of previous scientists' experiments, dabates, and discussions of the...

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Published in:International journal of science education 2002-05, Vol.24 (5), p.453-464
Main Authors: Lin, Huann-Shyang, Hung, Jui-Ying, Hung, Su-Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemistry
Concept Formation
Foreign Countries
Geschichte (Histor)
Grade 8
Lösungsstrategie
Methodik
Middle Schools
Problem Solving
Problemlösen
Science History
Taiwan
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of promoting students' problem-solving ability through the history of science teaching. Two classes of 8th graders (n=74) paricipated in which include discriptions of previous scientists' experiments, dabates, and discussions of their ideas. The control group was thaught as usual, using a regular physical science textbook. Abter one year of teaching, with the statistical procedure of the analyses of covariace, it was found that the experimental group students outperformed their counterparts in the chemistry conceptual problem-solving ability, the initial results revealing that the students benefited from the introduction of the development of scientific concepts.
ISSN:0950-0693
1464-5289
DOI:10.1080/09500690110073991