Secondary School Students’ Misconceptions about Photosynthesis and Plant Respiration: Preliminary Results

Švandová, Kateřina

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2014.1018a

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“…In Slovenia, most future farmers finish some level of agricultural education, which includes biology either as a separate subject or as biology topics that are part of other agronomical subjects. Previous research indicated that students of different ages find photosynthesis difficult to understand and have inadequate knowledge of it (Domingos-Grillo, Reis-Grilo, Ruiz, & Mellado, 2012, Marmaroti & Galanopoulou, 2006Özay & Öztaş, 2003;Svandova, 2014).…”

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Agricultural Students’ Knowledge of Photosynthesis and the Contextual Factors That Influence It

Gobec

Strgar

2019

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This research aimed to assess the knowledge of photosynthesis among students in agricultural education and understand the influence of the contextual factors on it. In photosynthesis, biomass is produced, so understanding these processes is essential for successful agriculture. The research sample consisted of 330 students in agricultural education in Slovenia. Data were collected with a knowledge test and a contextual questionnaire. Better knowledge of photosynthesis was positively related with higher awareness of the importance of biology as a science and of photosynthesis. There was no significant relation between the knowledge of photosynthesis and positive attitudes toward biology lessons. The average achievement on the knowledge test of photosynthesis was 56%: the highest on the item about energy and the lowest on the item about the primary purpose of photosynthesis. Between these two achievements was the knowledge of reactants and products in photosynthesis, and the knowledge concerning chlorophyll. Considering these results, improvements should be made in teaching. For this population, more experimental and less theory-based lessons were suggested. The findings could benefit biology and science teachers in agricultural education and help improve national curriculum for biology in agricultural programmes.

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Agricultural Students’ Knowledge of Photosynthesis and the Contextual Factors That Influence It

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Strgar

2019

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“…This perception was supported by research findings which stated that a number of misconception occurred in natural science subject (Akbas & Gencturk, 2011;Thompson & Logue, 2006). One of the misconceptions took place in the topics of photosynthetic and organ systems of the human body (Laksana, Degeng, & Dasna, 2017;Svandova, 2014).…”

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The Effects of Inquiry-Based Learning and Learning Styles on Primary School Students’ Conceptual Understanding in Multimedia Learning Environment

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Dasna

Degeng

2019

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This research aimed to identify the effects of inquiry-based learning on the conceptual understanding of students with various learning styles in the multimedia learning environment. This research was factorial experiment with the quasi-experimental design. There were total of 157 primary school students in Bali, Indonesia being involved as the subjects of the study. There were two instruments used in this research. The first instrument was a questionnaire adapted from Index of Learning Style (ILS) developed by Felder and Soloman for measuring the verbal-visual learning styles. The second instrument was the conceptual understanding test for measuring students’ conceptual understanding in the form of multiple-choice test. The research discovered three findings as follows: (1) there is a significant difference in terms of conceptual understanding between students who are taught by inquiry-based learning and direct instruction strategy, (2) there is a significant difference in terms of students conceptual understanding between visual and verbal students, (3) there is a significant interaction between different learning strategies (inquiry based learning and direct instruction strategy) and students’ learning styles (visual verbal) toward students conceptual understanding.

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“…Another common misconception is that photosynthesis takes place during the day whereas respiration takes place only at night and in plants (Deshmukh & Deshmukh, 2009). Another research was conducted by K. Svandova in 2014.This research shows that many students do not even understand the fundamental concept that photosynthesis and plant respiration are related, mutually connected physiological functions (Svandova, 2014) Table 1. Percentage of missconception in photosynthesis concepts (Ariandini & Anggraeni, 2013) No…”

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“…Misconceptions are erroneous perceptins of what is universally accepted. Another term of misconceptions are understood as a misunderstanding of scientific concept (Svandova, 2014).…”

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The Common Science Misconceptions in Indonesia Junior High School Students

Anjarsari

2018

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Identifying and correcting the mistake that students make about science concept is very important. The main purpose of this article is to analyse some publications about common science misconceptions in some science topics in junior high schools. Misconceptions are erroneous perceptions of what is universally accepted. The misconception identification in this research is based on the descriptive research using some journal publications in Indonesia university which is held science education study program. Study found that : the concept of photosynthesis, respirations, the relationship of photosynthesis and respirations, force (action and reaction forces) , and Newton laws are most frequently investigated as misconceptions of science. Students’ interest and learning environments are some reasons of students’ misconceptions.

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Secondary School Students’ Misconceptions about Photosynthesis and Plant Respiration: Preliminary Results

Cited by 52 publications

References 14 publications

Agricultural Students’ Knowledge of Photosynthesis and the Contextual Factors That Influence It

Agricultural Students’ Knowledge of Photosynthesis and the Contextual Factors That Influence It

The Effects of Inquiry-Based Learning and Learning Styles on Primary School Students’ Conceptual Understanding in Multimedia Learning Environment

The Common Science Misconceptions in Indonesia Junior High School Students

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