LIGHT QUIZ

The starting point for this particular 'flipped' activity is an on-line science QUIZ:

This study focused on misconceptions related to light and vision. Researchers administered diagnostic tests about light, vision, and color before and after instruction to 227 fifth-grade students over a 2-year period.

They also conducted 11 clinical interviews. The tests and interviews revealed that almost all students shared certain misconceptions about light and its role in vision. In particular, most students believed that their eyes perceived objects directly rather than detecting light reflected by those objects.

Most students also viewed colour as a property of objects, not of light reflected by those objects. ;Chen teachers used conventional textbook-based methods of instruction, only a few students were successful in changing these misconceptions. Most students, however, successfully mastered the scientific conceptions when teachers used materials specifically designed to help students overcome their misconceptions. (Author /ML)

• http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED270318
• http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED270318.pdf

We distinguished two different types of propositions. Naive propositions are beliefs that are inconsistent with commonly held scientific beliefs. Scientific propositions are consistent with scientific theory and are derivedfrom the content of the textbook. For example, the naive proposition,

• “People's eyes see objects in the light,” can be contrasted with the scientific proposition,
• “People's eyes detect light that bounces off of objects.”