Using Invention Tasks to Promote Sense-making an Proportional Reasoning

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Abstract

Dan Schwartz and colleagues have developed invention instruction as a means to prepare students for future learning. Invention tasks present students with open-ended situations in which they must invent a procedure or quantity in order to make meaningful comparisons. Through creative thinking and struggle, students become primed to make sense of the accepted scientific solution. A collaboration between Rutgers, WWU, and NMSU has developed sequences of invention tasks designed to promote proportional reasoning, a set of skills emphasized in math and science education in primary through undergraduate levels. This workshop will engage participants in invention work and discuss classroom applications.

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Authors

  • Phil DiStefano

    Hamline University, Florida International University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Kentucky, APS, San Diego State University, Green River Community College, California State University, Long Beach, University of Arkansas, Aibilene Christian University, American Chemical Society, Rutgers University, University of Maryland, University of Colorado-Boulder, Western Washington University, University of Arizona, Center for Astronomy Education (CAE), ACS, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado

  • Al Bennett

    Centennial High School, SUNY Stonybrook, Towson University, University of Texas at El Paso, Xavier University, Moorehouse, Pioneer High School, North Carolina State University, California State University, San Marcos, Chicago State University, University of Arkansas, University of Texas at Austin, Middle Tennessee State University, APS, Virginia Tech, California State University, Long Beach, National Science Foundation, Seattle Pacific University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Florida International University, Rutgers University, New Mexico State University, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Al Bennett

    Centennial High School, SUNY Stonybrook, Towson University, University of Texas at El Paso, Xavier University, Moorehouse, Pioneer High School, North Carolina State University, California State University, San Marcos, Chicago State University, University of Arkansas, University of Texas at Austin, Middle Tennessee State University, APS, Virginia Tech, California State University, Long Beach, National Science Foundation, Seattle Pacific University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Florida International University, Rutgers University, New Mexico State University, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Al Bennett

    Centennial High School, SUNY Stonybrook, Towson University, University of Texas at El Paso, Xavier University, Moorehouse, Pioneer High School, North Carolina State University, California State University, San Marcos, Chicago State University, University of Arkansas, University of Texas at Austin, Middle Tennessee State University, APS, Virginia Tech, California State University, Long Beach, National Science Foundation, Seattle Pacific University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Florida International University, Rutgers University, New Mexico State University, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Al Bennett

    Centennial High School, SUNY Stonybrook, Towson University, University of Texas at El Paso, Xavier University, Moorehouse, Pioneer High School, North Carolina State University, California State University, San Marcos, Chicago State University, University of Arkansas, University of Texas at Austin, Middle Tennessee State University, APS, Virginia Tech, California State University, Long Beach, National Science Foundation, Seattle Pacific University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Florida International University, Rutgers University, New Mexico State University, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Santa Barbara