Student understanding of the concept of soil structure guides instructional interventions

 
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2009 (EN)
Student understanding of the concept of soil structure guides instructional interventions (EN)
Pantazidou, M (EN)
This paper presents a methodology instructors can use in class to elucidate concept understanding in order to design appropriate interventions. The methodology consists of (i) phrasing qualitative questions on fundamental course concepts and (ii) identifying in the answers the main categories that describe the variation of the students' thinking. The application of the methodology is demonstrated for the concept of ""soil structure"" in an environmental geotechnics course. The results reveal the students' misconceptions related to soil porosity and permeability. To address these misconceptions, alternative in-class activities are discussed. © 2009 IOS Press. (EN)
conferenceItem (EN)
Concept (EN)
Clay (EN)
Conceptual change dams (EN)
Geotechnical instruments (EN)
Soil structure (EN)
Geotechnical engineering (EN)
Soil mechanics (EN)
Misconception (EN)
Geotechnical instruction (EN)
Clays (EN)
Conceptual change (EN)
Soils (EN)
Conceptual knowledge (EN)
Students (EN)
Geotechnical (EN)
Monitoring (EN)
National Technical University of Athens
Digital Library of National Technical University of Athens | Dspace@NTUA
Κεντρική Βιβλιοθήκη Ε.Μ.Π.
Ιδρυματικό Αποθετήριο
Δημοσιεύσεις μελών Δ.Ε.Π. σε συνέδρια
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering (EN)
2009 (EN)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/35857
3 (EN)
2761 (EN)
10.3233/978-1-60750-031-5-2758 (EN)
2758 (EN)



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