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Location:
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SS 104 |
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Date:
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Tuesday, Aug.2 |
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Time:
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2:15 PM -3:15 PM
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Author:
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Ji Shen, University of Georgia
706-542-4646, ji.shen1221@gmail.com
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Co-Author(s):
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Craig C. Wiegert , Shannon Sung , Georgia Hodges
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Abstract:
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Boundaries between traditional academic disciplines often hinder students from integrating "big ideas" across subjects. In response to the growing need for college-level interdisciplinary education, we have assembled a diverse team of educators and education researchers (in physics, biology, physiology, and other STEM subjects) to investigate student understanding of interdisciplinary science topics. Important early steps in this project include identifying the pivotal concepts associated with a given topic, and developing a common understanding of the discipline-specific explanations of these concepts. We illustrate these steps applied to the topic of osmosis, a phenomenon often poorly understood by students and educators alike. We share our results in creating several iterations of an "expert" group concept map for osmosis. This collaborative process highlights different and often imprecise use of terminology; the challenges of developing an accurate common model; and several problems in understanding and communicating the underlying physical mechanism of selective diffusion.
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Footnotes:
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Sponsored by Craig Wiegert.
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