NDLI: ‘Grasp of Practice’ as a Reasoning Resource for Inquiry and Nature of Science Understanding

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Ford, Michael
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	This article articulates how a ‘grasp of practice’ serves as a reasoning resource for inquiry and citizenship abilities associated with nature of science (NOS) understanding. Theoretically, this resource is elaborated through an overlapping concern with ‘practice’ in two literatures, science studies and psychology of learning, bringing attention to two key roles in scientific practice, Critiquers and Constructors of claims. Empirically, this resource is made plausible by the results of an expert-novice study and a classroom study. In the expert-novice study, reactions of scientists and laypeople to science-related claims in the popular media were contrasted, underlining the appropriate ways scientists tend to Critique such claims. In the classroom study, sixth-grade students engaged in a 2-week ramp experiment, experiencing first hand the roles of Critiquers and Constructors of claims, and were subsequently assessed with a novel experimental task. Performances suggest that students had attained a grasp of practice, going well beyond mere execution of methods or procedures. These results challenge a common assumption that declarative knowledge best characterizes learning targets for supporting inquiry and NOS understanding.
Starting Page	147
Ending Page	177
Page Count	31
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09267220
Journal	Science & Education
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	2-3
e-ISSN	15731901
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2006-07-12
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	classroom activity epistemology inquiry nature of science Science Education Philosophy of Science History Interdisciplinary Studies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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