期刊名称：International Journal of Environmental and Science Education
电子版ISSN：1306-3065
出版年度：2008
卷号：3
期号：3
页码：115-130
出版社：IJESE
摘要：This study examines the effects of using historical microworlds on conceptual change in mechanics. Historical microworlds combine history of science and microworld through a computer based interactive learning environment that respects and represents historic conceptions or theories. Six grade 5 elementary students participated indivi-dually to five semi-directed interviews of forty-five minutes each where they interacted with an Aristotelian microworld, a Buridanian microworld and a Newtonian micro-world. diSessa.s p-prim theory is used to analyze the conceptual dynamics that occurs when students use historical microworlds. Results show positive effects of using histor-ical microworld on conceptual change such as (1) questioning the idea that any object in motion will eventually stop and (2) increasing the importance of contextual elements in the elaboration of explanatory models.
关键词：historical microworlds; conceptual change; history of science; microworlds; ;P-prim
