Advanced Learning: understanding of the invariance concept from texts

Authors

  • Elena Hoyos
  • M. Cecilia Pocoví

Keywords:

Cognitive flexibility theory, Advanced learning, University students, Invariance, Electromagnetism.

Abstract

This study targets the description of the type of misconceptions that students have about the "invariance" concept is presented here. These students have previously learned the concept of invariance in a mechanics course and must use it in the new context of electromagnetism. This type of misconceptions associated to oversimplifications acquired during previous formal education has been predicted by the Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro et al., 2006) as one of the most salient problems that emerge during "advanced learning" situations, particularly in learning from texts (Spiro, 2006). It is concluded that among those deficiencies signaled by Spiro et al. (2006), those that appear most frequently are: the passive transmission of knowledge, the oversimplified conception that makes it independent of context, and the separate treatment of interrelated knowledge components.

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Published

2017-11-02

How to Cite

Advanced Learning: understanding of the invariance concept from texts. (2017). Journal of Physics Teaching, 29, 75-86. https://revistas.psi.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaEF/article/view/18448