Seventh Grade Students’ Misconceptions about Animals’ Reproduction, Growth and Development and Their Likely Resources

dc.creator	Mehmet MURAT
dc.creator	Sedat KANADLI
dc.creator	Ali ÜNİŞEN
dc.date	2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:20:25Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:20:25Z
dc.identifier	1304-6020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/93cbceb0670c470eaf74eb6173500dd1
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28264
dc.description	The aim of this study is to scrutinize seventh grade students’ misconceptions about animals’ reproduction, growth and development, the cause of these misconceptions and their likely sources. A total of 89 students participated in the study. The data gathering process involved two steps. In the first step, a test developed by the researchers was used in order to diagnose students’ misconceptions. In the second step, a semi-structured interview protocol is utilized so as to find out the reasons for the students’ selections in those test items. The interviews were conducted with 20 students. The results indicated that the students possessed numerous misconceptions on animals’ laying eggs, giving birth, feeding on milk, parental care and metamorphosis. The students believed that small animals lay eggs, only land mammals give birth, and only animals having few young take care of their young. The data also indicated that the sources of these misconceptions were students’ daily observations and media.
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 8, Iss 1, Pp 179-197 (2011)
dc.subject	Misconception
dc.subject	Structural Communication Grid
dc.subject	Animals’ Reproduction
dc.subject	Growth
dc.subject	Development
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	Seventh Grade Students’ Misconceptions about Animals’ Reproduction, Growth and Development and Their Likely Resources
dc.type	article