Particulate Nature of Matter Misconceptions Held by Middle and High School Students in Turkey

Autor/inn/en	Özgür Kapici, Hasan; Akcay, Hakan
Titel	Particulate Nature of Matter Misconceptions Held by Middle and High School Students in Turkey
Quelle	2 (2016) 8, S.43-58 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2501-1111
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Middle School Students; High School Students; Misconceptions; Scientific Concepts; Educational Research; Questionnaires; Interviews; Science Education; Qualitative Research; Journal Articles; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Missverständnis; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Qualitative Forschung; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Türkei
Abstract	Misconceptions are one the biggest troubles for both teachers and students. In order to have scientifically valid knowledge, students should have meaningful conceptual understanding. Researchers have been designing studies based on different teaching methods so as to reach beneficial outcomes to handle with misconceptions. In this study, the main purpose is to reveal misconceptions about particulate nature of matter held by middle and high school students in Turkey by examining the related studies done since 2010. In addition, another goals are to see which kind of data gathering instruments have been used frequently and to determine these studies have been implemented in which level, whether middle school or high school. With specific keywords and criteria, 21 related articles were reached and examined. The findings shows that open ended questionnaire or interview forms are the most frequent instruments in order to gather data in the studies which were done for diagnosing misconceptions about particulate nature of matter. The participants of studies are usually from middle school students. Lastly, misconceptions are common among students. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01