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Capa, Yesim; Yildirim, Ali; Ozden, M. Yasar – 2001
The aims of this study were to diagnose students' misconceptions concerning photosynthesis and respiration in plants, and to investigate reasons behind these misconceptions. The subjects were 45 ninth grade high school students and 11 high school teachers. Data were collected by interview technique. All of the interviews were audiotaped and…
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Download full textStavy, Ruth; Wax, Naomi – 1992
The relationship between language, thought, and concept formation has been a central issue in many studies and theoretical discussions in various domains--philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and linguistics. The relation between language and concept development can be framed as two opposing questions: (1) Does the child learn concepts first and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
Tull, Delena – 1990
An ethnographic study was conducted with the goal of evaluating the botanical concepts of sixth-grade students. One aspect of the study involved examination of the levels of abstraction students use for naming plants. Nine sixth-grade students were interviewed individually. Each was asked to identify the plants seen in a set of 64 slides and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Natarajan, Chitra; Chunawala, Sugra; Apte, Swapna; Ramadas, Jayashree – 2002
Students' alternative conceptions arise out of an interconnected system of beliefs: about the nature of science, of learning, of the natural and social world. Cross-cultural perspectives on these world views are therefore essential. This study probed middle school students' conceptions about plants. Tribal students were found to have a richer and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing
Tull, Delena – 1992
The assertion that there is a social component to children's construction of knowledge about natural phenomena is supported by evidence from an examination of children's classification schemes for plants. An ethnographic study was conducted with nine sixth grade children in central Texas. The children classified plants in the outdoors, in a…
Descriptors: Botany, Class Activities, Classification, Cognitive Structures
Tull, Delena – 1991
An ethnographic study was conducted with the goal of comparing the botanical knowledge of nine sixth grade students with the botanical concepts developed in the elementary textbook series, Science, by Silver Burdett, 1985. The extent to which the child's conceptual framework resembles that of the scientist and the extent to which the textbook…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
