Internet as a Source of Misconception: "Radiation and Radioactivity"

Autor/inn/en	Acar Sesen, Burcin; Ince, Elif
Titel	Internet as a Source of Misconception: "Radiation and Radioactivity"
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 9 (2010) 4, S.94-100 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-6521
Schlagwörter	Radiation; Internet; Misconceptions; Computer Uses in Education; Access to Information; Questionnaires; Web Sites; Scientific Concepts; Information Skills; Information Seeking; Physics; Chemistry; Preservice Teachers; Search Strategies; Energy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Strahlung; Missverständnis; Computernutzung; Fragebogen; Web-Design; Informationskompetenz; Orientierungswissen; Informationserschließung; Physik; Chemie; Suchstrategie; Energie
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to examine students' usage styles of the Internet for seeking information and to investigate whether information obtained from the Internet is a source of misconceptions. For this reason, a two-stage study was conducted. At the first stage, a questionnaire was developed to get information about students' Internet usage styles. In the light of the questionnaire results, the first 200 websites were scanned and analysed by 3 experts to determine the probable incorrect information about "Radiation" and "Radioactivity" concepts at the second stage. It was found that a good number of websites contain incorrect and inadequate knowledge about radiation and radioactivity, which can cause various misconceptions. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey. Tel: +90-505-2431868; Fax: +90-264-6141034; e-mail: tojet@sakarya.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.tojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10