The most Common Misconceptions of Primary School Students Associated with Oxygen

Authors

ŠINDELKOVÁ Monika

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Research in Didactics of the Sciences
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Web http://uatacz.up.krakow.pl/~wwwchemia/pliki/ISBN%20978-83-8084-037-9%20DidSci%202016%20Proceedings.pdf
Field Pedagogy and education
Keywords misconceptions; preconceptions; three-tier didactic test; drawing
Description The contribution deals with the problem of misconceptions at 8th grade primary school students in selected aspects inorganic chemistry. The most common research methods used for diagnosing misconceptions and preconceptions are the main content of the contribution (for example three-tier didactic test, questionnaires, interviews or analysis of student´s drawing). Research part of the contribution contains the results of a pilot study. The aim of the pilot study is mapping the most common misconceptions associated with oxygen. We applied three-tier didactic test. Answers of respondents are evaluated by Cronbach´s alpha. Respondents have a deficiency of knowledge about oxygen. They cannot distinguish between the density of oxygen and density of air. Respondents also cannot identify O3 molecule of oxygen (ozone). Correction of the misconceptions is very important part of the educational process. It is the aim of this process.

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