Seventh Grade Students' Conceptions of Global Warming and Climate Change

Autor/inn/en	Shepardson, Daniel P.; Niyogi, Dev; Choi, Soyoung; Charusombat, Umarporn
Titel	Seventh Grade Students' Conceptions of Global Warming and Climate Change
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 15 (2009) 5, S.549-570 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
Schlagwörter	Grade 7; Climate; Student Attitudes; Concept Formation; Environmental Education; Conservation (Environment); Environmental Influences; Knowledge Level; Oceanography; Weather; Plants (Botany); Animals; Pollution; Cancer; Citizenship Responsibility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Klima; Schülerverhalten; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Wissensbasis; Ozeanografie; Wetter; Pflanze; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Schadstoffbelastung; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate seventh grade students' conceptions of global warming and climate change. The study was descriptive in nature and involved the collection of qualitative data from 91 seventh grade students from three different schools in the Midwest, USA. An open response and draw and explain assessment instrument was administered to students. These data were analyzed for content in an inductive manner to identify students' concepts. The categories that emerged from the students' responses reflected different degrees of sophistication or conceptualization about global warming and climate change. The students' conceptions of global warming and climate change in this study were similar to previous studies in that they lacked a rich conceptualization of the issue, especially as it pertains to the greenhouse effect and its connection to global warming. At the same time, this study expanded on previous studies by further elucidating students' conceptions of the impact of global warming on the Earth's oceans, weather, and plants and animals. Here too, students lacked a rich conceptualization. Based on these findings we make curricular recommendations that build on the students' conceptions and the NRC (1996) science education standards. (Contains 6 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10