La "distancia" entre aprender palabras y aprehender conceptos. El entramado de palabras-concepto (EPC) como un nuevo instrumento para la investigación

Abstract

Scientific discourse is translated by professors into in-class speech that is documented by students in their notebooks. There is not much research done concerning how taught contents can be analysed through these notes.

In this work we define a new instrument called Word-Concept Weft (WCW) that allows to change a student’s or teacher’s notes from a text format to a graphic one.

The graphic format of the WCW makes it easier to detect distortions of the conceptual frame displayed in classes. It also allows to do comparative studies on the same subject taught in different levels, schools, regions, etc.

A construction and application of WCW is shown in this work for a single case involving the subject «Energy». The study is based on the notes taken by a 3^rd year Physics course student of secondary school.