EXAMINING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE METHODS OF DRAWING AND OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS

Jana Fančovičová; Pavol Prokop

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EXAMINING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE METHODS OF DRAWING AND OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS

Title	EXAMINING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE METHODS OF DRAWING AND OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2019
Authors	Fančovičová, J, Prokop, P
Journal	Journal of Baltic Science Education
Volume	18
Issue	4
Start Page	549-557
Pagination	Continuous
Date Published	August/2019
Type of Article	Original article
ISSN	1648-3898
Other Numbers	E-ISSN 2538-7138
Keywords	circulatory system, human body, human heart, students’ ideas
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’ 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’ understanding of the circulatory system, albeit not perfectly. Although drawings probably never provide a complete understanding of children’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.
URL	http://oaji.net/articles/2019/987-1564686168.pdf
DOI	10.33225/jbse/19.18.549
Refereed Designation	Refereed