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Existing and Emerging Students' Alternative Ideas on Geodynamic Phenomena: Development, Controlling Factors, Characteristics
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Bakopoulou, Athanasia; Antonarakou, Assimina; Zambetakis-Lekkas, Alexandra – Education Sciences, 2021
This paper studies Greek junior high school students' alternative ideas, both initial and synthetic, on geodynamic phenomena. It comments in detail on students' concepts on Earth structure, earthquake occurrence, volcano formation, and relief change. Additionally, it attempts to trace and interpret how and why these ideas form (concept…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Early Adolescents, Public Schools, Scientific Concepts
What Students' Diagrams Reveal about Their Sense-Making of Plate Tectonics in Lower Secondary Science
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McLure, Felicity; Won, Mihye; Treagust, David F. – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Understanding plate tectonics is pivotal to development of an integrated understanding of Geoscience topics. However, geology is frequently introduced to students in lower secondary school by describing separate processes, such as sedimentary rock formation, rather than investigating the overall driving forces for change. This study investigated…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Freehand Drawing, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts
Examining Middle School Students' Knowledge and Beliefs about Earthquake and Tsunami
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Lownsbery, Douglas S.; Flick, Lawrence B. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2020
This study examined middle school students' knowledge and beliefs about earthquake and tsunami through a multidimensional perspective of conceptual change theory. Four related constructs of conceptual change were examined including students' science knowledge, preparedness knowledge, ontological beliefs, and epistemic beliefs. Students responded…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Rural Schools, Geographic Regions, Place of Residence
Exploring Chilean Seventh Grade Students' Conceptions of Earth Dynamics before and after Model- and Inquiry-Based Instruction
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Vergara-Díaz, Claudia; Bustamante, Karla; Pinto, Luisa; Cofré, Hernán – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2020
International research has recognized numerous alternative conceptions and obstacles to learning about Earth dynamics. The objective of this research was to evaluate the impact of a teaching intervention that incorporates models and scientific inquiry to promote understanding about Earth dynamics in a group of seventh grade students at a school in…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Elementary School Students, Early Adolescents, Models
Common Earth Science Misconceptions in Science Teaching
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King, Chris – School Science Review, 2012
A survey of the Earth science content of science textbooks found a wide range of misconceptions. These are discussed in this article with reference to the published literature on Earth science misconceptions. Most misconceptions occurred in the "sedimentary rocks and processes" and "Earth's structure and plate tectonics"…
Descriptors: Science Education, Foreign Countries, Earth Science, Misconceptions
An Analysis of Misconceptions in Science Textbooks: Earth Science in England and Wales
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King, Chris John Henry – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Surveys of the earth science content of all secondary (high school) science textbooks and related publications used in England and Wales have revealed high levels of error/misconception. The 29 science textbooks or textbook series surveyed (51 texts in all) showed poor coverage of National Curriculum earth science and contained a mean level of one…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Materials, Textbooks, National Curriculum