Taiwanese students' alternative conceptions of animal biodiversity

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-553

  Yen, Chiung Fen ^a   Yao, Tsung Wei ^b   Mintzes, Joel ^c  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Jin Chun High School   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047167009     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690601073418     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. American Association for the Advancement of Science. (1993) Benchmarks for science literacy, AAAS, Washington, DC
2. Ausubel, D. P., Novak, J. D. and Hanesian, H. (1978) Educational psychology: A cognitive view, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York
3. Banet, E. and Ayuso, G. (2003) Teaching of biological inheritance and evolution of living things in secondary school. International Journal of Science Education, 25:3, pp. 373-407.
4. Bell, B. (1981) When is an animal not an animal?. Journal of Biological Education, 15:3, pp. 213-218.
5. Bell, B. and Barker, M. (1982) Towards a scientific concept of "animal". Journal of Biological Education, 16:3, pp. 197-200.
6. Braund, M. (1991) Childrens' ideas in classifying animals. Journal of Biological Education, 25:2, pp. 103-110.
7. Braund, M. (1998) The development of children's ideas on animal classification, form and function: Is school experience becoming increasingly impoverished?, Educational Resources Information Center, Columbus, OH
8. Chuang, C. -Y. and Su, Y. J. (1999) A study of the perception selection and conception of animal classification in primary school children. Chinese Journal of Science Education, 7:2, pp. 135-156.
9. Huang, D. -S. (2004) Student's conceptions of animal classification and vertebrates: A cross-age study. Chinese Journal of Science Education, 12:3, pp. 289-310.
10. Kattmann, U. (2001) Aquatics, flyers, creepers, and terrestrials - Students' conceptions of animal classification. Journal of Biological Education, 35:3, pp. 141-147.
11. Lee, C. -S., Chao, L. -L., Yao, T. -W. and Yen, C. -F. (2002) Elementary students' alternative conceptions of animal classification. Paper presented at the Chinese Science Education Society 18th Annual Meeting Taipei, Taiwan
12. Lin, C. -Y. and Hu, R. (2003) Students' understanding of energy flow and matter recycling in the context of the food chain, photosynthesis and respiration. International Journal of Science Education, 25:12, pp. 1529-1544.
13. Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae, Laur. Salvius, Stockholm, Sweden
14. Mayr, E. (1997) This is biology, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
15. Ministry of Education (2001) Guidelines of the nine-year curriculum reform: The natural science and technology domain, Author, Taipei, ROC
16. (1998) Teaching science for understanding: A human constructivist perspective, Academic Press, San Diego, CA
17. Novak, J. D. (1998) Learning, creating and using knowledge, Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ
18. Ramadas, J. (1996) Alternative conceptions in Galilean relativity (iii): Inertial and non-inertial frames. International Journal of Science Education, 18:5, pp. 611-626.
19. Ryman, D. (1974) Childrens' understanding of the classification of living organisms. Journal of Biological Education, 8:3, pp. 140-144.
20. Tema, B. (1989) Rural and urban African pupils' alternative conceptions of "animal". Journal of Biological Education, 23:3, pp. 199-207.
21. Treagust, D. F. (1988) The development and use of diagnostic instruments to evaluate students' misconceptions in science. International Journal of Science Education, 10, pp. 159-169.
22. Treagust, D. F. (1995) Diagnostic assessment of students' science knowledge. Learning science in the schools: Research reforming practice, pp. 327-346. Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ
23. Trowbridge, J. and Mintzes, J. (1985) Students' alternative conceptions of animals and animal classification. School Science and Mathematics, 85:4, pp. 304-316.
24. Trowbridge, J. and Mintzes, J. (1988) Alternative conceptions in animal classification: A cross-age study. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 25:7, pp. 547-571.
25. Yao, T. -W. (2004) An inquiry into concepts of "Diversity of Life" in the junior high school biology curriculum through classroom observation and textbook analysis, Department of Ecology, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan
26. Yao, T. -W., Chiou, Y. -C., How, L. -H. and Yen, C. -F. (2003) The analysis of a "biosphere" teaching unit in junior high school textbooks. Paper presented at the Chinese Science Education Society 19th Annual Meeting Taipei, Taiwan
27. Yao, T. -W. and Yen, C. -F. (2001) The effect of language on students learning of animal classification. Paper presented at the Chinese Science Education Society 17th Annual Meeting Taipei, Taiwan
28. Yao, T. -W., Yen, C. -F. and Chiou, Y. -C. (2002) Development, use, and limitation of two tier diagnostic tests to evaluate students' alternative conceptions in animal classification. Paper presented at the Chinese Science Education Society 18th Annual Meeting Taipei, Taiwan
29. Yao, T. -W., Yen, C. -F. and Chiou, Y. -C. (2002) Using a mental model to investigate students' alternative conceptions in animal diversity. Paper presented at the Chinese Science Education Society 18th Annual Meeting Taipei, Taiwan
30. Yen, C. -F. (2001) Alternative conceptions in biodiversity: A cross-age study focus in animal classification. Paper presented at the Ecology Society of America 86th Annual Meeting Snowbird, UT
31. Yen, C. -F., Yao, T. -W. and Chiou, Y. -C. (2002) Alternative conceptions in biodiversity: A cross-age study focusing on amphibians and reptiles. Paper presented at the Ecology Society of America 87th Annual Meeting Tucson, AZ
32. Yen, C. -F., Yao, T. -W. and Chiou, Y. -C. (2003) Alternative conceptions in biodiversity: A cross-age study focusing on amphibians and reptiles. Paper presented at the International Conference on Science & Mathematics Learning Taipei, Taiwan
33. Yen, C. -F., Yao, T-W. and Chiou, Y-C. (2004) Alternative conceptions in animal classification focusing on amphibians and reptiles: A cross-age study. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 36:2, pp. 41-56.