Facilitating Conceptual Change in Ninth Grade Students' Understanding of Human Circulatory System Concepts

Autor/in	Alkhawaldeh, Salem A.
Titel	Facilitating Conceptual Change in Ninth Grade Students' Understanding of Human Circulatory System Concepts
Quelle	In: Research in Science & Technological Education, 25 (2007) 3, S.371-385 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0263-5143
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Grade 9; Human Body; Experimental Groups; Conventional Instruction; Control Groups; Anatomy; Concept Formation; Metabolism; Biology; Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Instructional Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Menschlicher Körper; Anatomie; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Stoffwechsel; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the conceptual change text oriented instruction over traditionally designed instruction on ninth grade students' understanding of the human circulatory system concepts, and their retention of this understanding. The subjects of this study consist of 73 ninth grade female students from two classes of a basic school in Jordan. One of the classes was randomly assigned as an experimental group in which conceptual change text oriented instruction was implemented, and the other class was randomly assigned as a control group in which students were instructed by traditionally designed biology instruction. Results showed that students exposed to conceptual change oriented instruction had better understanding of the human circulatory system concepts than those exposed to traditional instruction. The results also showed that the conceptual change text oriented instruction was significantly better than the traditional instruction in retention of this understanding. (Contains 2 tables.) [Appended to this document are: "Appendix A. Human Circulatory System Concepts Test" and "Appendix B. Students' Misconceptions Concerning the Human Circulatory System."] (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10