Accessing students' prior concepts of physical change by the use of a purpose designed survey instrument

Author(s)
Taylor, Neil
Coll, Richard K
Publication Date
2002
Abstract
The Science Concept Survey (SCS) instrument was developed from interviews with pre-service science teachers in Australia and Fiji and a pilot study undertaken in Fiji. Items consist of questions drawn from Interviews-About-Instances (IAI), Interviews-About-Events (IAE) and Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) activities related to Kinetic Theory. Administration of the instrument to a cohort of pre-service teachers in Fiji (n=143) reveals that the SCS is a useful tool for the elicitation of student scientific and alternative conceptions, and is able to distinguish between different cohorts of students.
Citation
Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 25(1), p. 25-40
ISSN
0126-7663
Link
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23225
Language
en
Publisher
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics
Title
Accessing students' prior concepts of physical change by the use of a purpose designed survey instrument
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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