SCIENCE STUDENT TEACHERS' IDEAS OF THE HEART

BAHAR M., Ozel M., Prokop P., Usak M.

JOURNAL OF BALTIC SCIENCE EDUCATION, cilt.7, sa.2, ss.78-85, 2008 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BALTIC SCIENCE EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.78-85
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: heart structure, drawing method, students' ideas, WORD-ASSOCIATION TESTS, CHILDRENS CONCEPTIONS, DRAWINGS, UNDERSTANDINGS, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, MISCONCEPTIONS
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of this study was to find out the level of science student teachers' understanding about the internal structure of the heart. The drawing method was applied to achieve this purpose with 120 third year science student teachers. The analysis of their drawings revealed that the majority of the science student teachers hove several misconceptions as well as inadequate knowledge in terms of the heart's internal structure. The importance of the findings was critically analysed in the light of the literature, and some suggestions were proposed to remedy the emerged problems.