Kärkkäinen, Sirpa
Biologiaa oppimassa.
Vee-heuristiikka ja käsitekartat kahdeksasluokkalaisten talviprojektissa.
Biology Learning. The Use of Vee Heuristic And Mind Maps With The Eight-Grade Students’ Winter Project
Abstract
In this study, modified Vee heuristic and concept maps were investigated with the 8th grade pupils as methods to improve quality in learning and teaching biology. The purpose of this study was to describe the process of problem solving and mental processing concerning the conceptual and methodical knowledge in winter project. The main focus of this study was to investigate the focus questions, values and experiences about the Vee heuristic made by the pupils. Also, the teacher collected knowledge about learning and teaching evaluation for continuous improvement of the quality of the teaching process. In this study, Vee heuristic and concept maps were considered to be tools for improvement of the learning process for both pupils and teacher, and teaching process for the teacher herself. ... Read the whole abstract
