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Yen, Chiung-Fen; Yao, Tsung-Wei; Mintzes, Joel J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
This study explored and documented Taiwanese students' alternative conceptions of animal classification. We examined the understanding of the "animal", "vertebrate" and "invertebrate", "fish", "amphibian", "reptile", "bird", and "mammal" concepts among elementary,…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Foreign Countries, Scientific Concepts, Curriculum Development
Mintzes, Joel J.; Arnaudin, Mary W. – 1984
Sixty-eight studies on conceptual development in the biological sciences are reviewed. These studies originated in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Each study was classified by type of concept(s) under investigation and by the research method employed (focusing on the mode of inquiry and the mode of assessment used). When…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mintzes, Joel J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Presented is a criticism of Lawson's (1988) article on the development of misconceptions of biological concepts. Lawson's response to this criticism follows. (CW)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Cognitive Development, Criticism, Elementary School Science