The role of questioning: teacher and student interventions in knowledge building

Authors

  • Zenar Pedro Schein FACCAT - Rio Grande do Sul
  • Suzana Maria Coelho PUC - Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The paper presents results of a research carried out with high school students, aged 15 and 16, from a private school, in which it was investigated how interventions by teacher and student contribute to the learning process. The chosen guidelines for this research were a constructivist epistemology and the enquiry-based teaching, and for social practice reference, the scientific activity. The role of questioning in student knowledge building is discussed in a context of experimental activities on body equilibrium that culminated with the construction and use of an analytical scale. Questioning appears as a student learning facilitator for it enables the expression of students previous knowledge and the development of observation, investigation and explanation skills, as well as for stimulating the organization of a greater number of connections between the real and the abstract domains, and contributing for student progress into higher conceptual complexity levels.

Author Biographies

Zenar Pedro Schein, FACCAT - Rio Grande do Sul

Graduação em Licenciatura Curta Em Ciências e Matemática pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (1992) , graduação em Licenciatura Plena Em Física pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (1996) e mestrado em Educação em Ciências e Matemática pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (2004).

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Suzana Maria Coelho, PUC - Rio Grande do Sul

Graduação em Licenciatura Em Física pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1974) , especialização em Diplôme D' Etudes Approfondies En Didactique Des D pela Universite de Paris VII - Universite Denis Diderot (1987) , mestrado em Engenharia de Minas, Metalúrgica e de Materiais pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1978) e doutorado em Didactique Des Disciplines pela Universite de Paris VII - Universite Denis Diderot (1993).

Mais informações: Currículo Lattes - CNPq.

Published

2008-09-02

How to Cite

Schein, Z. P., & Coelho, S. M. (2008). The role of questioning: teacher and student interventions in knowledge building. Caderno Brasileiro De Ensino De Física, 23(1), 72–98. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/6291

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