PROSPECTIVE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLANATION OF ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS: DRAW-WRITE

TitlePROSPECTIVE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLANATION OF ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS: DRAW-WRITE
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsÇeliker, HD
JournalJournal of Baltic Science Education
Volume14
Issue4
Start Page501–512
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedAugust/2015
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1648-3898
Other NumbersICID: 1169905
Keywordsconcepts of science, descriptive survey design, drawing concepts, Prospective Science Teachers
Abstract

Understanding science concepts and being able to explain them is important for science teachers. The perception of students about the concepts of science is related to teachers who use these concepts. In this study, it was aimed to determine prospective science teachers’ (n=152) levels of conceptual understanding and ability to explain animal and plant cells by drawing and written explanations. In the study, descriptive survey design has been used. As for the outcome of the research, the conceptual understanding of prospective science teachers regarding plant and animal cells was not adequate. In addition, prospective science teachers’ level understanding and explanation the animal cells and plant cells was found out to be associated with each other. Prospective teachers’ writing and drawing scores are remarkably in favor of writing and significantly differ. The majority of prospective teachers had difficulty over drawing concepts. Recommendations are presented on the basis of these results.

URLhttps://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/15.14.501
DOI10.33225/jbse/15.14.501
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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