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Pengesahan Ketua Jabatan:

Tarikh:

UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS

FACULTY : SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICDEPARTMENT : BIOLOGY

SEMESTER : 1

SESSION : 2012/2013

COURSE : PROBING UNDERSTANDING IN SCIENCE

  (MENYIASAT KEFAHAMAN DALAM SAINS)

CODE : SSP 602

CREDIT :

PERRE!UISITE : NONE

LECTURE

NAME : PROF MADYA DR SADIAH BAHAROM

E"MAIL : #$%&$'*+#,-.#&.%.,

PHONE : 01"11442

ROOM : BK 01"02" PM

SYNOPSIS

This course aims to provide students with a greater range of research-based, practicalclassroom methods of probing and scoring understanding in science. Appropriate

 pedagogical intervention in restructuring these initial views to that of science view issubseuentl! identified. "n the process of acuiring the knowledge and skills in probing

understanding, students are e#pected to put the theor! into actual classroom practice and

to share their learning e#periences.

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$Kursus ini bertu%uan men!ediakan pela%ar dengan pelbagai kaedah mencungkil

kefahaman dalam sains berasaskan pen!elidikan bilik dar%ah. &eterusn!a, pedagogi !ang

sesuai untuk menstruktur semula pandangan awal kepada pandangan sains sekolahdikenalpasti. 'alam proses memperoleh pengetahuan dan kemahiran dalam mendalami

kefahaman, pela%ar diharapkan dapat menerapkan teori ke dalam amalan bilik dar%ah !ang

sebenar dan berkongsi pengalaman mereka(

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. 'iscuss intelligibl! the various research-based methods in probing students)

understanding. $*+(

2. enerate a valid classroom-based research in probing students) understanding. $*,*T(

3. espond verball! and in writing in the form of intellectual critiue to an! published

research article on probing students) understanding. $*/(

. &how continual desire to improve educational practice through probing students)

understanding. $P, 01(

. 'emonstrate the ethical skills and values e#pected of a constructivist science teacher.$A2(

 REFERENCES:

3. 4ell, 4. $3552(.  I know about LISP but how do I put it into practice? 6amilton,

 78: *entre for &cience and 1athematics 0ducation esearch, 9niversit! of 

aikato.

+. 4ell, 4.;. $355(. Children's Science, Constructivism and Learning in Science.

Australia: 'eakin 9niversit!.

2. ;ensham, P.J., unstone, .;. < hite, .T. $355=(. The Content of Science !

constructivist approach to its teaching and learning" ashington, '.*: The

;almer Press.

=. hite, ., < unstone, . $355+(. Probing #nderstanding . >ondon: The ;almer

Press.

. 7ovak, J. '. $355?(. >earning, creating and using knowledge. 1ahwah, 7ew

Jerse!. >awrence 0rlbaum Associates, Publishers.

/. 1int@es, J. J,. andersee, J. 6., < 7ovak, J. '. $355?(. Teaching science for

understanding: A human constructivist approach. &an 'iego. Academic Press.

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MODE OF DELIVERY

>ectures, group discussion, classroom activities and presentation

ASSESSMENT

*oursework ?B

;inal e#amination +B

SOFT SKILLS EMBEDED

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CONTENT

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TOPIC Hours

1. Constructivism in Science 3

2. The Nature of Understanding 3

3. Concept Mapping 3

4. Interview!"outInstances and Interview!"out#vents

3

$. Interviews!"outConcepts 3

%. &rawings 3

'. (redict)"serve#*p+ain 3

,. Concept Cartoon 3

-. eview of esearch on Chi+dren/s Ideas in Science -

10. Chi+dren/s Ideas and Imp+ications for Science Teaching -

Tota+ 42