"The Coat Traps All Your Body Heat": Heterogeneity as Fundamental to Learning

This article explores heterogeneity as fundamental to learning. Inspired by Bakhtin's notion of heteroglossia, a design team consisting of an experienced classroom teacher and 2 researchers investigated how a class of 3rd and 4th graders came to understand disciplinary points of view on heat, h...

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Published in:The Journal of the learning sciences 2010-07, Vol.19 (3), p.322-357
Main Authors: Rosebery, Ann S., Ogonowski, Mark, DiSchino, Mary, Warren, Beth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemistry
Children
Classroom management
Coats
Elementary Education
Elementary school students
Elementary school teachers
Evaluation
Federal Legislation
Gem stones
Grade 3
Grade 4
Heat
Heat transfer
Heterogeneous Grouping
Ice cream
Ice cubes
Instructional design
Learning
Legal objections
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
Mixed Age Grouping
Molecules
Multigraded Classes
No Child Left Behind Act 2001
Particulate matter
Phase transitions
Science Experiments
Science Instruction
Teaching methods
Thermodynamics
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Summary:This article explores heterogeneity as fundamental to learning. Inspired by Bakhtin's notion of heteroglossia, a design team consisting of an experienced classroom teacher and 2 researchers investigated how a class of 3rd and 4th graders came to understand disciplinary points of view on heat, heat transfer, and the particulate nature of matter. Through a series of planned and unplanned encounters, official versions of the Second Law of Thermodynamics and the particulate view of matter were juxtaposed with varied domains of experience of heat transfer and phase change in water. We analyze the children's discourse to examine how they populated these phenomena with meaning and what they learned in the process. We conclude by describing key principles and a conundrum that emerged from this research.
ISSN:1050-8406
1532-7809
DOI:10.1080/10508406.2010.491752