Primary Teachers' Predictions of their Students' Ideas about Electric Current

• INAGAKI Shigenori

  Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University

• YAMAGUCHI Etsuji

  Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, Kobe University :(Present Address) Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 学習者の電流概念に関する教師の予測
• ガクシュウシャ ノ デンリュウ ガイネン ニ カンスル キョウシ ノ ヨソク

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate primary teachers' understanding, and determine their awareness of students' ideas in the area of electric current. 315 primary teachers were asked to indicate their understanding and predict their students' answers in a questionnaire. Analysis of their responses reveal that most of the teachers understood the electric current of simple circuits in a 'scientifically acceptable' way, and identified all students' ideas. However, they were unable to predict with any accuracy the different types of students' ideas.

Journal

• Journal of Science Education in Japan

  Journal of Science Education in Japan 24 (1), 11-19, 2000

  Japan Society for Science Education

Keywords

• Primary teachers' prediction
• Students' ideas
• Electric current of simple circuits

Details

• CRID: 1390282680727625216
• NII Article ID: 110002704840
• NII Book ID: AN00036978
• DOI: 10.14935/jssej.24.11
• ISSN: 21885338
• ISSN: 03864553
• NDL BIB ID: 5328659
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I5328659
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
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