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Download full textCrujeiras Pérez, Beatriz; Díaz-Moreno, Naira – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
This study examined pre-service primary teachers' (PPTs) initial NOSI conceptions and their evolution after the immersion in a specific teaching module focused on inquiry and NOSI. The participants were 40 PPTs attending a science education course during a semester. The study consisted of a pre-test/post-test design approach framed qualitative…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scientific Principles, Inquiry, Science Education
Gómez-Gonçalves, Alejandro; Corrochano, Diego; Fuertes-Prieto, Miguel Ángel; Ballegeer, Anne-Marie – Education Sciences, 2020
This paper analyses the conceptions of a group of students about geological time and its relation to physical landscape formation, focusing on the frequency and rate of a number of geological processes that have shaped our planet over time and that are involved in the formation of the current relief. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Geology, Public Colleges
Direct linkReinoso Tapia, Roberto; Delgado-Iglesias, Jaime; Fernández, Itziar – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
In this paper, we analyse the conceptual and procedural difficulties that university students of the Primary Education Degree have about respiratory physiology. To carry out this study a questionnaire was designed in order to assess the knowledge of these future teachers before and after studying the first subject of natural sciences of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Knowledge Level, Undergraduate Students, Misconceptions
Ruiz-Gallardo, José-Reyes; Reavey, Duncan – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2019
Misconceptions of science principles are frequent among university students. This is particularly problematic in teacher education, as these misconceptions can be passed on by teachers to pupils at school. In this study, 40 preservice teachers studied 8 common misconceptions by 3 different approaches: learning by teaching (LbT) and learning from…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Team Teaching, Longitudinal Studies
Ruiz-Gallardo, José-Reyes; Paños, Esther – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2018
Background: Microorganisms are very important in day-to-day life, but they are inadequately addressed in the Spanish educational system. It is essential that students are well informed about their characteristics and functions. Purpose: The study aims to find out primary school students' perceptions of microorganisms and to analyze whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedBatanero, Carmen; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1996
Written questionnaires were given to (n=213) preuniversity students to assess their judgments of association and their solution strategies with contingency tables in statistics. Compares results with previous psychological research. Qualitative analysis found three misconceptions concerning statistical association. Includes questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Mathematical Concepts
