A small scale, qualitative study on exploring alternative conceptions of mechanics in students with autism

• Main Author: KALIAMPOS, GEORGE
• Format: Online
• Language: English
• Published: Urray 2015
• Subjects: Conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, fractions, rational numbers, secondary students; Genetic screening, arguments, Bioethics and Biotechnology students; Physics Education, modern physics teaching, quantum concepts; ICT, video, counselling, professional orientation, business administration; Problem solving, practice, difficulties, help, performance; Special needs, autism spectrum disorder, science education, alternative conceptions on mechanics; Narration, digital storytelling, Blendspace, Web 2.0 tools; Textbooks, evaluation, teacher, student, educational policy; Digital instruction, augmented reality, devolution, teaching-learning, applications, activity, informatics; Professionalism, in-service teachers, pre-primary, primary education, perceptions; Socio-cultural, historical approach, preschoolers’ interactions, explanatory schemes, conversational approach, science thinking and learning in early childhood; Teaching goals, science teachers, ideal teacher, philosophy of education; Teachers’ questions, classroom, analysis grid, TP of geology; Digital signal Processing, Simulation Block, pedagogical sequence, conceptual model; Expert teacher, prediction, time, technical drawing; Learning games, epistemic games, contract, setting, simulation, mechanical waves, inquiry process; Plants, scientist students, learning process, epistemological obstacle, quantitative study; Intercultural sensitivity, interaction engagement, enjoyment, attentiveness, confidence, cultural differences, respect, Greek teachers; Cultural capital, educational expectations, occupational expectations, primary school, natives, immigrants; Earth sciences concepts, nursery school, primary school, sedimentary rock, geological time; Artefact, technical object, categorization, learning, technological education; Education for sustainable development, preschool children’s environmental reasoning, attitudes about environmental issues; Concept formation, philosophical theories, biology education, vertebrate classes; Primary school pupils, sustainability, behavioural theories, sustainability behaviour, pro-social behaviours, sustainability knowledge; Entrepreneurship, education, didactic approach, teaching method; 3D printer, creative design, rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, activity; Administrative leadership style, democratic leadership style, autocratic leadership style, transactional leadership style and teacher effectiveness; DREEM, validation, educational department, educational environment, undergraduate students; Teaching practice, higher education, TACD, determinant of action, organic chemistry; Didactic of physics, mechanical work, diagrams, semiotic actions; Mathematical training, probabilities, perceived self-efficacy beliefs, preschool teachers, inquiry-based approach; Approach skills, program, investigation, enforcement; Curriculum contents, curriculum analyses, curriculum content appropriateness and relevance, indigenous scientific knowledge, basic science curriculum; Educational design, Massive Open Online Course, motivation, interaction; Early childhood education, artmaking, visual languages, communication, documentation; Physics education, investigation, problematization, buoyancy, video analysis, comparison of teaching; Environmental Education, teachers’ conceptions, Togo, anthropocentric attitudes, ecocentric attitudes, multivariate analyses; Biotic system, energy chain, task condition, student’s action, experimental protocol; Ideology, education, Ideological State Apparatus, materialism, consciousness; Electrical risks, domestic electricity, scientific education, prevention, conceptions, teachers; Documentational genesis, mathematics, professional knowledge, resources, software; Teaching practice, teachers, undergraduate students, exploratory study; Critical reflection, teacher’s education, practicum, teacher’s preparation, reflective skills; Autism spectrum disorder, science education, folk physics test; Precursor model, socio cognitive approach, primary education, light, shadow; Online communities of practice, virtual communities of practice, systematic review; Effects, systematic approach, students’ understanding, tonal values, tertiary institutions; Proximal function of language, thematic segmentation, representation scenic, cognitive conflict, TIC; Educational engineering, motivation, commitment, evaluation; Anthropology, teaching, heuristic research; Teaching practices, trigonometric formulas, ICT; Didactics, assessment, curriculum, training, performances; Didactic transposition, science education, manual analysis, atom; Conceptions, students 5 to 7 years, time, speed, methodology, qualitative analysis; Intercultural activities, reflection, narratives, transformative learning; Art education, artistic creation, education, subjective teaching, creation; Teaching practice, JATD, automatic, game descriptors; Comparatism, dietitian school, epistemic games, social practice of reference, didactic transposition; Professional communication skills, situational teaching, teaching professional; Web simulation, experimental design, adaptive scaffolds, biology, high school; Digital educational scenarios, AESOP, mechanical engineering, constructivism; Inquiry, learning tool, social media and university students; Teacher practices, joint action, interactive decision, technical object; Bac-3 and Bac + 3 project, chemistry, semiotic register, modelling process; Teaching practices, JATD, didactic action, didactic game, practical epistemology; Analyse lexicométrique, analyse thématique, triangulation méthodologique, biodiversité, curriculum; Aspects of adulthood, emerging adulthood, higher education students, roles of adults; Science teacher, teacher training, ground realities; Complex technological system, car, energy, environment, secondary education; Expert teacher, task, difficulty, prediction, technical drawing; Erasmus, student mobility, emerging adulthood, higher education, student development; Greek ethnic schools, spatiality, heterotopia, third space, intercultural and language learning, diaspora; Ecological reasoning, nature’s predictability, two-tier questionnaire, nature views; Schooling of disabled pupils, school ancillaries, science education, partnership; Initial training, pedagogical knowledge learning, identification methodology, activity control feedback loop, aware and unaware learning; Force on the tooth, three dimensional perception, graphic representation, digital models; Teaching practices, TACD, practical epistemology, transactions, transistor; Critical Reflection, art in education, teachers’ education, university pedagogy, transformative learning; Immigrants, socio-economic status, habitus, educational aspirations and expectations, young people’s educational choices; Large-scale electricity generation systems, energy chain model, elementary education; Sentiment analysis, opinion mining, education, commercial systems, benchmark

This paper investigates alternative conceptions of force and gravity on students with autism. For this reason, a number of digital tasks were given to 3 secondary students with autism, aged 13-14 years old, who were recruited from an urban, national school in Greece. Results showed that students wit...