The contribution of constructivist instruction accompanied by concept mapping in enhancing pre-service chemistry teachers' conceptual understanding of chemistry in the laboratory course

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 518-534

  Aydin, Sevgi ^a   Aydemir, Nurdane ^b   Boz, Yezdan ^c   Cetin Dindar, Ayla ^d   Bektas, Oktay ^e  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemistry education; Concept map; Conceptual understanding; Pre service teacher education; Pre service teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949772804     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9167-1     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Abimbola IO (1988) The problem of terminology in the study of student conceptions in science. Sci Educ 72(2): 175-184. doi: 10. 1002/sce. 3730720206.
2. Bilgin İ, Uzuntiryaki E, Geban Ö (2003) Students' misconceptions on the concept of chemical equilibrium. Educ Sci 28: 10-17.
3. Calik M, Ayas A (2005) A comparison of level of understanding of eighth-grade students and science student teachers related to selected chemistry concepts. J Res Sci Teach 42(6): 638-667. doi: 10. 1002/tea. 20076.
4. Cañas AJ, Novak JD (2006) Re-examining the foundations for effective use of concept maps. Paper presented at the Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Concept Mapping, San Jose, Costa Rica. Available at: http://cmc. ihmc. us/cmc2006Papers/cmc2006-p247. pdf.
5. Canpolat N (2006) Turkish undergraduates' misconceptions of evaporation, evaporation rate, and vapour pressure. Int J Sci Educ 28: 1757-1770. doi: 10. 1080/09500690600779957.
6. Canpolat N, Pinarbasi T, Sozbilir M (2006) Prospective teachers' misconceptions of vaporization and vapor pressure. J Chem Educ 83(8): 1237-1242.
7. Caramazza A, McCloskey M, Green B (1981) Naive beliefs in "sophisticated" subjects: misconceptions about trajectories of objects. Cognition 9: 117-123. doi: 10. 1016/0010-0277(81)90007-X.
8. Chittleborough GD, Treagust DF, Mocerino M (2002) Constraints to development of first year university chemistry students' mental models of chemical phenomena. Paper presented at the meeting of The National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA.
9. Czerniak CH, Haney JJ (1998) The effect of collaborative concept mapping on elementary preservice teachers' anxiety, efficacy, and achievement in physical science. J Sci Teach Educ 9(4): 303-320. doi: 10. 1023/A: 1009431400397.
10. De Vos W, Verdonk AH (1987) A new road to reactions part 4. The substance and its molecules. J Chem Educ 64: 692-694.
11. Del Pozo RM (2001) Prospective teachers' ideas about the relationships between concepts describing the composition of matter. Int J Sci Educ 24(4): 353-371. doi: 10. 1080/095006901300069084.
12. Demircioglu G, Ayas A, Demircioglu H (2005) Conceptual change achieved through a new teaching program on acids and bases. Chem Educ Res Pract 6(1): 36-51.
13. Driscoll MP (2005) Psychology for learning and instruction. Pearson Education, Boston.
14. Driver R, Bell B (1986) Students' thinking and the learning of science: a constructivist view. Sch Sci Rev 67(240): 443-456.
15. Driver R, Easley J (1978) Pupils and paradigms: a review of literature related to concept development in adolescent science students. Stud Sci Educ 5: 61-84. doi: 10. 1080/03057267808559857.
16. Driver R, Oldham V (1986) A constructivist approach to curriculum development in science. Stud Sci Educ 13: 105-122. doi: 10. 1080/03057268608559933.
17. Driver R, Guesne E, Tiberghien A (1985) Some features of children's i{dotless}deas and their i{dotless}mplications for teaching. In: Driver R, Guesne E, Tiberghien A (eds) Children's i{dotless}deas in science. Open University Press, Milton Keynes, pp 193-201.
18. Driver R, Squires A, Rushworth P, Wood-Robinson V (1994) Making sense of secondary science: research into children's i{dotless}deas. Routledge, London and New York.
19. Duit R, Treagust D (1998) Learning in science: from behaviorism towards social constructivism and beyond. In: Fraser BJ, Tobin KG (eds) International handbook of science education. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 3-25.
20. Francisco JS, Nakhleh MB, Nurrenbern SC, Miller ML (2002) Assessing student understanding of general chemistry with concept mapping. J Chem Educ 79(2): 248-257.
21. Gabel DL, Samuel KV, Hunn D (1987) Understanding the particulate nature of matter. J Chem Educ 64(8): 695-697.
22. Garnett PJ, Treagust DF (1992a) Conceptual difficulties experienced by senior high school students of electrochemistry: electrochemical (galvanic) and electrolytic cells. J Res Sci Teach 29: 1079-1099. doi: 10. 1002/tea. 3660291006.
23. Garnett PJ, Treagust DF (1992b) Conceptual difficulties experienced by senior high school students of electrochemistry: electrochemical (galvanic) and electrolytic cells. J Res Sci Teach 29(10): 1079-1099. doi: 10. 1002/tea. 3660291006.
24. Garnett PJ, Garnett PJ, Treagust DF (1990) Implications of research on students' understanding of electrochemistry for improving science curricula and classroom practice. Int J Sci Educ 12: 147-156. doi: 10. 1080/0950069900120203.
25. Gilbert OMO, Randall E (2006) Some aspects of students' understanding of a representational model of the particulate nature of matter in chemistry in three different countries. Chem Educ Res Pract 7: 226-239.
26. Gilbert JK, Osborne RJ, Fensham PJ (1982) Children's science and its consequences for teaching. Sci Educ 66(4): 623-633. doi: 10. 1002/sce. 3730660412.
27. Gorodetsky M, Gussarsky E (1986) Misconceptualization of the chemical equilibrium concept as revealed by different evaluation methods. Eur J Sci Educ 8(4): 427-441.
28. Haidar AH, Abraham MR (1991) A comparison of applied and theoretical knowledge of concepts based on the particulate nature of matter. J Res Sci Teach 28(10): 919-938.
29. Harrison AG, Treagust DF (2000) Learning about atoms, molecules, and chemical bonds: a case study of multiple-model use in grade 11 chemistry. Sci Educ 84: 352-381. doi: 10. 1002/(SICI)1098-237X(200005)84: 3< 352:: AID-SCE3> 3. 0. CO; 2-J.
30. Hewson PW, Hewson MG (1989) Analysis and use of a task for identifying conceptions of teaching science. J Educ Teach 15: 191-209. doi: 10. 1080/0260747890150302.
31. Kaya ON (2008) A student-centered approach: assessing the changes in prospective science teachers' conceptual understanding by concept mapping in a general chemistry laboratory. Res Sci Educ 38: 91-110. doi: 10. 1007/s11165-007-9048-7.
32. Kokkotas P, Vlachos I, Koulaidis V (1998) Teaching the topic of the particulate nature of matter in prospective teachers training courses. Int J Sci Educ 20(3): 291-303. doi: 10. 1080/0950069980200303.
33. Lincoln Y, Guba E (1985) Naturalistic i{dotless}nquiry. Sage, Beverly Hills, CA.
34. Lonning RA (1993) Effect of cooperative learning strategies on student verbal interactions and achievement during conceptual change instruction in 10th grade general science. J Res Sci Teach 30(9): 1087-1101. doi: 10. 1002/tea. 3660300907.
35. Markow PG, Lonning RA (1998) Usefulness of concept maps in college chemistry laboratories: students' perceptions and effects on achievement. J Res Sci Teach 35: 1015-1029. doi: 10. 1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199811)35: 9< 1015:: AID-TEA4> 3. 0. CO; 2-G.
36. Maskill R, Cachapuz AFC (1989) Learning about the chemistry topic of equilibrium: the use of word association tests to detect developing conceptualizations. Int J Sci Educ 11: 57-69. doi: 10. 1080/0950069890110106.
37. McClure JR, Sonak B, Suen HK (1999) Concept map assessment of classroom learning: reliability, validity, and logistical practicality. J Res Sci Teach 36: 475-492. doi: 10. 1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199904)36: 4< 475:: AID-TEA5> 3. 0. CO; 2-O.
38. Nakhleh MB (1992) Why some students don't learn chemistry. J Chem Educ 69: 191-196.
39. Nakhleh MB, Krajcik JS (1994) Influence of levels of i{dotless}nformation as presented by different technologies on students' understanding of acid, base, and pH concepts. J Res Sci Teach 31: 1077-1096. doi: 10. 1002/tea. 3660311004.
40. Nakiboglu C, Benlikaya R, Kalin S (2002, September) Kimya öǧretmen adaylari{dotless}nda "Kimyasal Kinetik" konusu ile ilgili yanli{dotless}ş kavramalari{dotless}n belirlenmesinde V-diyagramlari{dotless}ni{dotless}n kullani{dotless}lmasi{dotless}, [The use of V-diagrams in detecting preservice chemistry teachers' misconceptions related to the chemical kinetic] V. National Science and Mathematics Education Conference, Ankara, Turkey.
41. Niaz M, Aguilera D, Maza A, Liendo G (2002) Arguments, contradictions, resistances and conceptual change in students' understanding of atomic structure. Sci Educ 86(4): 505-525. doi: 10. 1002/sce. 10035.
42. Nicoll G (2001) A report of undergraduates' bonding misconceptions. Int J Sci Educ 23(7): 707-730. doi: 10. 1080/09500690010025012.
43. Nicoll G, Francisco J, Nakhleh M (2001) An investigation of the value of using concept maps in general chemistry. J Chem Educ 78(8): 1111-1117.
44. Novak JD (1995) Concept mapping: a strategy for organizing knowledge. In: Glynn SM, Duit R (eds) Learning science in the schools: research reforming practice. Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ, pp 229-245.
45. Novak J, Gowin DB (1984) Learning how to learn. Cambridge University Press, UK.
46. Novick S, Nussbaum J (1981) Pupils' understanding of the particulate nature of matter: a cross-age study. Sci Educ 65: 187-196. doi: 10. 1002/sce. 3730650209.
47. Nurrenbern SC, Pickering M (1987) Concept learning versus problem solving: I{dotless}s there a difference? J Chem Educ 64: 508-510.
48. Nussbaum J, Novak JD (1976) An assessment of children's concepts of the earth utilizing structured interviews. Sci Educ 60(4): 535-550. doi: 10. 1002/sce. 3730600414.
49. Osborne R, Freyberg P (1985) Learning in science: the implications of children's science. Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH.
50. Pinarbasi T, Canpolat N (2003) Students' understanding of solution chemistry concepts. J Chem Educ 80: 1328-1332.
51. Pinarbasi T, Canpolat N, Bayrakceken S, Geban O (2006) An Investigation of effectiveness of conceptual change text-oriented i{dotless}nstruction on students' understanding of solution concepts. Res Sci Educ 36: 313-338. doi: 10. 1007/s11165-005-9003-4.
52. Plotnik E (2001) A graphical system for understanding the relationship between concepts. Teach Librarian 28(4): 42-44.
53. Powers A (2000) Relationships of students' conceptual representations and problem solving abilities in acid base chemistry. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, University of Northern Colorado, Colorado.
54. Rice DC, Ryan JM, Samson SM (1998) Using concept maps to assess student learning in the science classroom: must different methods compete? J Res Sci Teach 35(10): 1103-1127. doi: 10. 1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199812)35: 10< 1103:: AID-TEA4> 3. 0. CO; 2-P.
55. Sanger MJ, Greenbowe TJ (1999) An analysis of college chemistry textbooks: as sources of misconceptions and errors in electrochemistry. J Chem Educ 76: 853-860.
56. Sanger MJ, Phelps AJ, Fienhold J (2000) Using a computer animation to improve students' conceptual understanding of a can-crushing demonstration. J Chem Educ 77: 1517-1520.
57. Schmidt HJ (1997) Students' misconceptions -looking for a pattern. Sci Educ 81: 123-135. doi: 10. 1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199704)81: 2< 123:: AID-SCE1> 3. 0. CO; 2-H.
58. Schmidt HJ, Marohn A, Harrison AG (2007) Factors that prevent learning in electrochemistry. J Res Sci Teach 44: 258-283. doi: 10. 1002/tea. 20118.
59. Scott P, Dyson T, Gater S (1987) CLIS: a constructivist view of learning and teaching in science. University of Leeds, Leeds.
60. Sim J, Wright CC (2005) The kappa statistic in reliability studies: use, i{dotless}nterpretation, and sample size requirements. Phys Ther 85: 257-268.
61. Sisovic D, Bojovic S (2000) On the use of concept maps at different stages of chemistry teaching. Chem Educ Res Pract Eur 1(1): 135-144.
62. Sizmur S, Osborne J (1997) Learning processes and collaborative concept mapping. Int J Sci Educ 19(10): 1117-1135. doi: 10. 1080/0950069970191002.
63. Tamer PI (2006) Effect of conceptual change texts accompanied with analogies on promoting conceptual change in acid and base concepts. Unpublished Master thesis. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkiye.
64. Toomey R, Pierro ED, Garafalo F (2001) Helping students to make inferences about the atomic realm by delaying the presentation of atomic structure. Chem Educ Res Pract Eur 2: 183-202.
65. van Zele E (2004) Improving the usefulness of concept maps as a research tool for science education. Int J Sci Educ 26: 1043-1064. doi: 10. 1080/1468181032000158336.