Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.5012/jkcs.2010.54.01.142

Pre-service Chemistry Teachers' Awareness of Middle School Students' Misconceptions and Their Perceived Educational Needs  

Han, Su-Jin (Department of Chemistry Education, Seoul National University)
Park, Youn-Ok (Department of Chemistry Education, Seoul National University)
Park, Ji-Ae (Department of Chemistry Education, Seoul National University)
Noh, Tae-Hee (Department of Chemistry Education, Seoul National University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Chemical Society / v.54, no.1, 2010 , pp. 142-149 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we investigated pre-service chemistry teachers' awareness and perceptions of middle school students' misconceptions and their perceived educational needs. A survey was administered to 87 seniors at the department of chemistry education of five colleges of education. The instrument was consisted of a test for their awareness and perceptions of students' misconceptions on chemistry topics and an educational need test for their experiences and needs for learning them. Analyses of the results revealed that most pre-service teachers were not thoroughly aware of students' misconceptions related to the particulate nature of matter. The perceptions of a necessity of knowing misconceptions and a willingness to deal with them were positive. However there were few pre-service teachers addressing them according to the constructivism. The pre-service teachers encountered misconceptions through chemical education courses, and had difficulties in practicing teaching strategies addressing misconceptions because of limited examples of misconceptions and insufficiencies of methods/materials in teaching. They also needed lectures and practices related to students' misconceptions. Educational implications of these findings are discussed.
Keywords
Misconception; Pre-service teacher; Educational need;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 3  (Citation Analysis)
Times Cited By SCOPUS : 3
연도 인용수 순위
1 Griffiths, A. K.; Preston, K. R. J. Res. Sci. Teach. 1992, 29, 611.   DOI
2 Nussbaum, J.; Novick, S. Instructional Sci. 1982, 11, 183.   DOI
3 Ayas, A.; Ozmen, H.; Calik, M. Int. J. Sci. Math. Educ. published online June 11, 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10763-009-9167-x.   DOI
4 Berg, T.; Brouwer, W. J. Res. Sci. Teach. 1991, 28, 3.   DOI
5 Park, J. A.; Han, S. J.; Noh, T. H. J. Kor. Assoc. Res. Sci. Educ. submitted for publication, 2009.
6 Gomez-Zwiep, S. J. Sci. Teach. Educ. 2008, 19, 437.   DOI
7 Morrison, J.; Lederman, N. Sci. Educ. 2003, 87, 849.   DOI
8 Kim, K. S. The Effects of Cooperative CAI and Reciprocal Peer Tutoring CAI in Chemistry Concept Learning: Conceptual Understanding and Verbal Interactions. Ph. D. Thesis, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, August, 2005.
9 Joo, Y.; Kang, H. S.; Noh, T. H. J. Kor. Chem. Soc. 2009, 53, 432.   DOI
10 Noh, T. H.; Cha, J. H.; Kim, C. M.; Choi, Y. N. J. Kor. Assoc. Res. Sci. Educ. 1998, 18, 161.
11 Woo, S. M. SPSS 14.0 for Windows; Human and Welfare Press: Seoul, Korea, 2007; p 241.
12 Lee, J. W. Social Studies Education 2004, 43, 107.
13 Smith, D. C.; Neale, D. C. Teach. Teach. Educ. 1989, 5, 1.   DOI   ScienceOn
14 Driver, R.; Guesne, E.; Tiberghien, A. Children's Ideas in Science; Open University Press: Milton Keynes, U. K., 1985; p 193.
15 Abraham, M. R.; Williamson, V. M.; Westbrook, S. L. J. Res. Sci. Teach. 1994, 31, 147.   DOI
16 Otero, V. K.; Nathan, M. J. J. Res. Sci. Teach. 2008, 45, 497.   DOI
17 Kim, H. S. Journal of Educational Research 2003, 41, 93.
18 Hwang, W. C.; Kim, J. K. Educational Theory and Practice 1993, 3, 3.
19 Kwon, J. S.; Lee, K. H.; Kim, Y. S. J. Kor. Assoc. Res. Sci. Educ. 2003, 23, 574.
20 Halim. L.; Meerah, S. M. Res. Sci. Tech. Educ. 2002, 20, 849.
21 Posner, G. J.; Strike, K. A.; Hewson, P. W. Gertzog, W. A. Sci. Educ. 1982, 66, 211.   DOI
22 Cho. J. I.; Yoon, S. M. J. Kor. Assoc. Res. Sci. Educ. 2002, 22, 632.
23 Yager, R. E. Sci. Teach. 1991, 58, 52.