STUDYING CONCEPTUAL CHANGE

AS A NEWEST STRATEGY TO
STUDY SCIENCE
IJA NURJANNAH (4131131023)

JURUSAN KIMIA FMIPA

UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MEDAN
2015

Conceptual Change
According to Carey Two
: possible sense of

conceptual change or
knowledge restructuring

Weak
Involves a rearrangement of the relationship
between existing concepts

Strong
Involves changes in the concepts themselves

Categories of Conceptual Change: Toward a

Taxonomy of Conceptual Change
Differentiation

New concept emerge from existing

more general concepts
Class Extension
Existing concepts considered
different are found to be cases of
one broader notion
Reconceptualization
A significant change in the nature of
and relationship between concepts

Initiating Conceptual Change :

Disequilibration
Terms of assimilations, accomodations, and
disequilibrations by

Piaget

Assimilatio Accomodatio
n
n
The regocnition
that an event fits
an existing
conception

A change in a
belief about how
the world works
that is a change
is a conception

Disequilibratio
n
Occur when the
student s
expectations are
not met

Nurturing Conceptual
Change
The instructor participates by

The instructor participates by

giving hints which many time have
nothing to do with reasoning about
the phenomena (barnes, 1986).
When the first students guesses
the right thing to say, the
instructor ponounces that student
correct and moves on the next
game
If students are not given a change
to build new conceptions but then
given the correct explanation or
answer.

Identifiying Conceptual Change

The example of intruction which

lead to conceptual change which
are described above intentionally
lead the student into surprise. If
students can do it correctly on
the first try, then they have to
learn about particular topic.

Studying Conceptual Change

We need to be able to describe conceptual change in
detail
Attempt to reach consensus on the nature of conceptions
Identify categories of conceptual change which are
functionally
Investigate the nature of disequilibration
Investigate the process of nurturing conceptual change
Devise methods which can be used by teachers in the
classroom