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Achmad Samsudin; Aldi Zulfikar; Duden Saepuzaman; Andi Suhandi; Adam Hadiana Aminudin; Supriyadi Supriyadi; Bayram Costu – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2024
This study aims to reconstruct Grade 11 students' misconceptions about force through the Conceptual Change Model (CCM) making use of Predict, Discuss, Explain, Observe, Discuss, Explore, Explain (PDEODEE) tasks. This study was conducted using a mixedmethod approach. The participants in this study were 65 students (33 students in the experiment…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries
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Enesco, Ileana; Sebastián-Enesco, Carla; Guerrero, Silvia; Varea, Elena; Barrios, Paula – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
The internet has become a key environment for children's learning and leisure at an increasing early age. Yet, little is known about what children understand about the internet. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 111 children aged five to nine to assess their notions about the internet, the authorship of online content and the…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Internet, Knowledge Level, Concept Formation
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Wickstrom, Megan H.; Jurczak, Lindsay M. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
In this article, the authors describe how their first-grade class used the book "Inch by Inch" (Lionni 1960)--the story of an inchworm that escapes from a hungry robin by proving he is useful for measuring--as inspiration for a lesson focused on exploring length measurement through examining the meaning of an inch. The authors designed a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 1, Elementary School Mathematics, Books
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Özsoy, Sibel – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2012
The purpose of this study is to explore primary school children's understandings about the shape of the Earth. The sample is consisted of 124 first-graders from five primary schools located in an urban city of Turkey. The data of the study were collected through children's drawings and semi-structured interviews. Results obtained from the drawings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools, Grade 1
Ozsoy, Sibel – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this study is to explore primary school children's understandings about the shape of the Earth. The sample is consisted of 124 first-graders from five primary schools located in an urban city of Turkey. The data of the study were collected through children's drawings and semi-structured interviews. Results obtained from the drawings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools, Grade 1
Simsek, Canan Lacin – Online Submission, 2007
Earthquake, a natural disaster, is among the fundamental problems of many countries. If people know how to protect themselves from earthquake and arrange their life styles in compliance with this, damage they will suffer will reduce to that extent. In particular, a good training regarding earthquake to be received in primary schools is considered…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Interviews