Fifth-Grade Elementary School Students’ Conceptions and Misconceptions about the Fungus Kingdom

dc.creator	Nermin BULUNUZ
dc.creator	Olga S. JARRETT
dc.creator	Mızrap BULUNUZ
dc.date	2008-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:47:54Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:47:54Z
dc.identifier	1304-6020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a565886c1e2b43f8b59ba84325e0bc9a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23662
dc.description	This study was conducted with four fifth-grade children from a public elementary school. The purpose was to investigate children’s conceptions and misconceptions about the fungus kingdom both before and after a teaching intervention, using the interview and observation techniques of qualitative research. At both sets of interviews, the students were asked questions about molds, yeast, and mushrooms and about their feeding styles, reproduction, and living conditions. Interviews were tape recorded. The students received six hours of instruction after the pre-interviews. Student misconceptions before and after instruction were identified by qualitative analysis of verbatim responses. Results indicated that before instruction students had many misconceptions like “mold and yeast are not living organisms”, “fungi are plants”, “fungi mean mushroom” etc. Although they changed most of their misconceptions after the instruction, they still had conceptions that were inconsistent with the scientific perspective. Children’s persistent misconceptions, incomplete explanations, and over-generalizations are also discussed in this paper.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Ekip Ltd. Sti
dc.relation	www.tused.org
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1304-6020
dc.source	Journal of Turkish Science Education, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 32-46 (2008)
dc.subject	Elementary Science Education
dc.subject	Conceptions
dc.subject	Misconceptions
dc.subject	Fungus Kingdom
dc.subject	Elementary School Students
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Fifth-Grade Elementary School Students’ Conceptions and Misconceptions about the Fungus Kingdom
dc.type	article