A striking number of biology conceptual change studies measured only superficial learning outcomes such as knowledge enrichment rather than knowledge restructuring¶

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Subclaims¶

q4 i? Many reviewed studies reported only superficial outcomes, measuring knowledge enrichment rather than knowledge restructuring. → Aleknavičiūtė 2023

Evidence¶

Aleknavičiūtė 2023¶

Aleknavičiūtė, V., Lehtinen, E., & Södervik, I. (2023). Thirty years of conceptual change research in biology – A review and meta-analysis of intervention studies. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100556

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Outcome-quality synthesis across the 96 reviewed studies: the authors state that "a striking number of the studies reported only superficial learning outcomes", i.e. enrichment rather than restructuring. In the meta-analysis subset, 11 studies measured enrichment and 21 measured restructuring.

"A striking number of the studies reported only superficial learning outcomes, such as knowledge enrichment rather than knowledge restructuring."

Discussion¶

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