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Derginin Adı:
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International Journal of Environmental and Science Education
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Cilt:
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2013/8
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Sayı:
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4
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Makale Başlık:
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Turkish high school students’ ideas about invertebrates: General characteristics and classification
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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30.01.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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1
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Makale Özeti:
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Identifying alternative conceptions is a vital part of teaching and learning in science because
it provides information about students’ ideas to both themselves and their teachers.
In this context, the purpose of the current study is twofold. The first aim is to examine
high school students’ alternative conceptions about general characteristics and classification
of invertebrates. The second aim is to elicit high school students’ ability to classify
invertebrates. A total of 127 grade 10 and 129 grade 11 students (aged 15-17 years) from
four Turkish Anatolian high schools participated in the study. Data were collected using
the Animal Classification Test (ACT) and through interviews. A wide range of alternative
conceptions emerged and the origin of these alternative conceptions are discussed.
Furthermore, the results indicated that although the students could correctly recognize
the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates (Phyla), they had failed to recognize
the corresponding sub-categories (Classes). As a consequence, it was asserted that
when the students classified the animals, they took into consideration only the animals’
external views, habitats, nutrition and movement types and similarities in the functions
of their organs. Thus the students used analogical approaches based on empirical classification
criteria.
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