ERIC Number: EJ1101815
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Apr
Pages: 21
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A Multivariate Model of Conceptual Change
Taasoobshirazi, Gita; Heddy, Benjamin; Bailey, MarLynn; Farley, John
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, v44 n2 p125-145 Apr 2016
The present study used the Cognitive Reconstruction of Knowledge Model (CRKM) model of conceptual change as a framework for developing and testing how key cognitive, motivational, and emotional variables are linked to conceptual change in physics. This study extends an earlier study developed by Taasoobshirazi and Sinatra ("J Res Sci Teach" 48:901-918, 2011) by providing a more comprehensive test of the CRKM. The variables included in the model tested in this study included emotions: boredom, enjoyment and anxiety; approach goals, need for cognition, motivation, deep cognitive engagement, course grade, and conceptual change. Results of a path analysis conducted on 117 introductory-level college physics students indicated that enjoyment was linked to students' motivation, deep cognitive engagement, course grade, and conceptual change. Motivational variables were linked to cognitive engagement, course grade, and conceptual change. Finally, students' course grade was linked to their conceptual change. Need for cognition, boredom, and anxiety played no role in the model. An alternative, revised model was presented excluding these three variables. Theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed.
Descriptors: Models, Change, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Emotional Response, Concept Formation, Anxiety, Learning Motivation, Introductory Courses, Grades (Scholastic), Schemata (Cognition), College Students, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Science Instruction, Multivariate Analysis
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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