Students’ understanding of light concepts primary school:

dc.creator	Alipaşa AYAS3
dc.creator	Hava İPEK
dc.creator	Çiğdem ŞAHİN
dc.date	2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:31:00Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:31:00Z
dc.identifier	1609-4913
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ad590c21eb844595a1f990e83012f8ff
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22365
dc.description	In this article we investigated 4th, 6th, and 8th grade students’ misconceptions about light, sight, vision, source of light and examined students’ conceptual development of these concepts at different grade levels.Data collection was done using five two-tiered test questions with one open-ended question, an interview about concepts and a drawing exercise. Questions were selected from previous studies done by different researchers and were adapted to Turkish. An experienced researcher and a lecturer commented on readability and comprehensibility of the examined test questions. Two- tiered test questions are used to find students explanations. The data frequencies are calculated and formed on tables. Collected data showed some distinguished and similar misconceptions among students’ grade levels. These findings showed that light concept is constructed hierarchically in students’ minds related to their ages; students’ concepts were affected by their daily life experiences. It is suggested that teachers should be aware of students’ misconceptions and daily life experiences in order to provide effective teaching.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Chinese
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Institute of Education
dc.relation	http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v9_issue1/sahin/index.htm
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1609-4913
dc.source	Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 7 (2008)
dc.subject	Misconception
dc.subject	conceptual development
dc.subject	light
dc.subject	cross-age study.
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Students’ understanding of light concepts primary school:
dc.type	article