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“Vocabulary Shift”
Presenter Avery AustinNorthern Virginia Community College
2016 STEMTech ConferenceTuesday November 8th, 2016
“Once students understand HOW things are
said, they can better understand WHAT is being
said, and ONLY THEN do they have a change to
know WHY it is said.”
-Robert E. Jamison, Clemson University
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Agenda
• Objectives
• “Shift” Story
• Description
• Group Activity
• Discussion/Feedback
• Close Out
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Objectives
1. Introduce the “Shift”
2. Increase awareness of the “Shift”
3. Share tips about the “Shift”
4. Discuss STEM relevance and impacts
5. Get feedback
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“Shift” Story
• Trouble making the vocabulary shift • Challenges tutoring & teaching• Few talk switching vocabulary modes (common to literal)• Trouble, challenges, and discussing the switch led to better
vocabulary management.
Lesson Learned: Physics (STEM) discipline forced me into accuracy, definitiveness, specificity, “literalism,” ….
Example “Shift” Terms: Gravity, real, precise, negative, normal, power, intensity, etc.
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Example Vocab - GRAVITY
Source: http://easyscienceforkids.com/kids-gravity/
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Example Vocab - GRAVITY
GRAVITY commonly references any or all these physical quantities
Weight
Acceleration
Gravitational force
Note: Gravity is NOT physical quantity. Therefore, has no units of measurement.
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Gravity
Gravity
Weight
Accel.FG
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GRAVITY Example
In Physics context
GRAVITY is definitively a phenomenon with no units of measurement where
Weight is a force due to gravity (W = mg)
g is acceleration due to gravity (9.8 𝑚
𝑠2)
Gravitation Force (𝐹𝐺 =𝐺𝑚1𝑚2
𝑟2)
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Resistance to the “Shift”
• 2 months into a Physics course while helping students make the “shift,” a student asked me, “Why am I making it so complicated?”
• What did the student mean? Why did they have to use a different way to express their specific thoughts in Physics (i.e. like gravity)
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Books for Dummies
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Vocabulary Shift Types
COMMON
Figurative
Colloquial
Vague
Precision
DEFINITIVE
Literal
Formal
Specific
Accurate
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“Shift” In STEM
Most Prevalent in STEM Disciplines
Vocabulary usage shifts from common → definitive communication in STEM disciplines.
Vocabulary usage includes definitions, instructions, concepts, descriptions, etc. Usage means everything to an appropriate interpretation.
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Math “Shift” Usage
Use of Language in Mathematics differs in 3 ways
1. Nontemporal - there is not past, present, or future in Mathematics
2. Devoid of Emotional Content
3. Precision
Source: http://wac.colostate.edu/llad/v4n1/jamison.pdf
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Driving Force(s) CHANGE!!!!
• Technology Advances
• Access to Information
• Social media communication
• EMOrationale
• CHANGE!!!!
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Moore’s Law – Exponential Increase of the Number of Transistors on
Integrated Circuits
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Access of Information
Idk
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Relevant Impact Areas
I. Questions
II. Taking Lecture Notes
III. Instructions/Directives
IV. Procedures/Processes
V. Feeds asking questions fears
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Impact Area I - QUESTIONS
• “Thinking Is Driven by Questions”
• In/Out of Class participation
• Word Problems
• Google Research
• Figuring out what information is important
• Fear of Being Wrong
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Power “Shift”
• Increases communication elasticity
• Improve comprehension
• Empowers instructors
• Manages tweet truncation
• Reveals Importance
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Group Activity
ACTIVITY: Distinguish Accuracy from Precision
• Come up with a way to help your students make the distinction between the accuracyand precision in a common and definitive(technical) way.
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“Shift” Activity Discussion
1. How did you feel during this exercise?
2. What did you learn from this brief exercise?
3. How might your institution benefit from the “shift?”
General feedback, suggestions, & comments
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Closing Thoughts
• Does this make sense to you?
• Would you like to continue dialogue on this topic?
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Contact Information
Avery Austin
703-244-8429
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