@article {780, title = {EXAMINING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS{\textquoteright} MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE METHODS OF DRAWING AND OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS}, journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education}, volume = {18}, year = {2019}, month = {August/2019}, pages = {Continuous}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {549-557}, abstract = {Students of various age groups manifest numerous explanations that differ from what is known to be scientifically correct. Misconceptions about the human body are one of the best studied areas of students{\textquoteright} understanding of scientific phenomena. To explore misconceptions, researchers have at their disposal various methods which can lead to different results. In order to find an effective, cheap and representative diagnostic instrument, correlations between scores obtained by open-ended questions and drawings on the example of the human circulatory system were examined. Open-ended questions provide a more complete understanding of student learning but are harder to evaluate objectively in comparison with drawings, particularly in cross-cultural research. Correlations among scores obtained by these two methods in the present research were moderate, which suggests that drawings reflect students{\textquoteright} understanding of the circulatory system, albeit not perfectly. Although drawings probably never provide a complete understanding of children{\textquoteright}s ideas about science, this cheap and time effective method is recommended particularly in cross-cultural research, where standard, comparable conditions are hard to achieve. }, keywords = {circulatory system, human body, human heart, students{\textquoteright} ideas}, issn = {1648-3898}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/19.18.549 }, url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2019/987-1564686168.pdf}, author = {Jana Fan{\v c}ovi{\v c}ov{\'a} and Pavol Prokop} } @article {152, title = {SCIENCE STUDENT TEACHERS{\textquoteright} IDEAS OF THE HEART}, journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education}, volume = {7}, year = {2008}, month = {August/2008}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {78-85}, abstract = {The purpose of this study was to find out the level of science student teachers{\textquoteright} understanding about the internal structure of the heart. The drawing method was applied to achieve this purpose with 120 third year science student teachers. The analysis of their drawings revealed that the majority of the science student teachers have several misconceptions as well as inadequate knowledge in terms of the heart{\textquoteright}s internal structure. The importance of the findings was critically analysed in the light of the literature, and some suggestions were proposed to remedy the emerged problems. }, keywords = {drawing method, heart structure, students{\textquoteright} ideas}, issn = {1648-3898}, url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2014/987-1404719630.pdf}, author = {Mehmet Bahar and Murat Ozel and Pavol Prokop and Muhammet Usak} }