"All Flying Insects with Big, Beautiful Wings are Butterflies!" A Study in Challenging This Misconception

Autor/in	Tsoi, Kwok-Ho
Titel	"All Flying Insects with Big, Beautiful Wings are Butterflies!" A Study in Challenging This Misconception
Quelle	In: School Science Review, 95 (2013) 350, S.99-104 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6811
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Misconceptions; Student Teachers; Gender Differences; Student Teacher Attitudes; Intervention; Animals; Classification; Biology; Pretests Posttests; Teaching Methods; Background; Beliefs; Elementary School Science; Foreign Countries; Entomology; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Missverständnis; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Biologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hintergrundinformation; Belief; Glaube; Ausland; Entomologie; Hongkong
Abstract	This study investigated the level of understanding among student teachers in differentiating lepidopterans. It adopted a constructive approach to promoting conceptual change in students on the issue of animal classification by generating cognitive conflict. Most of the students used inaccurate morphological traits for identification, such as wing colouration and pattern, resulting in a low mean score of 49.7% in the pre-test. After the constructive learning intervention, they achieved a score of 79.7% in the post-test, revealing the effectiveness of the approach. Gender differences in performance were not correlated with negative attitudes towards the insects. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10