Turkish high school students' conceptions of the nature of science

BEKTAŞ O., GEBAN Ö.

2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010), İstanbul, Türkiye, 4 - 08 Şubat 2010, cilt.2, ss.1982-1986 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 2
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.268
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1982-1986
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Nature of science, science education, misconceptions, interview, questionnaire, TEACHERS CONCEPTIONS, VIEWS, UNDERSTANDINGS, IMPACT
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The focus of this study is investigating the extent to which Turkish high school students understand the conceptions of nature of science (NOS). The paper describes the use of questionnaire of NOS and a semi-structured interview. The questionnaire was applied to 162 high school students. After the questionnaire was analyzed individually, six students were interviewed. Interview transcriptions were examined individually. Based on the results, students had some deficiencies on the conceptions of NOS. Students may still hold naive ideas about what data is. Hence, science teachers should implement instruction to help the development of their students' conceptions regarding NOS. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.