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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2007.28.7.762

Misconceptions of the Freshmen at High School about Plate Tectonics  

Jeong, Kyoung-Jin (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
Jeong, Ku-Song (Yang Jae High School)
Moon, Byoung-Chan (Department of Science Education, GwangJu National University of Education)
Jeong, Jin-Woo (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.28, no.7, 2007 , pp. 762-774 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate misconceptions about plate tectonics which spread widely among freshmen at high school with drawing. For this, we chose 6 conceptions about plate tectonics by analysis of 7th curriculum and of 11 kinds of science textbooks. Questionnaire of drawing about plate tectonics were developed depending on them. Data was collected from 134 students who was freshmen at high school in Daegu. The result of this study was as follows. First, In structure of plate, 'upper mantle type' and 'crust type' misconceptions were more than half of the respondents. Second, In distribution of plate, 'cracked earthquake zone type' and 'earthquake frequency type' misconceptions were more than half of the respondents. Third, In formation of ocean ridge at oceanic crust- oceanic crust divergent plate boundary, 'divergence type' and 'collision type' misconceptions were more than half of the respondents. Fourth, In formation of mountain ridge at continental crust- continental crust convergent plate boundary, 'collision type' misconceptions were more than half of the respondents. Fifih, In formation of mountain ridge at oceanic crust- continental crust convergent plate boundary, 'subduction type' and 'fault type' misconceptions were more than half of the respondents. Sixth, In transform-fault at oceanic crust- oceanic crust transform-fault boundary, 'direction type' and 'section type' misconceptions were almost half of the respondents. In this study, students' drawings about plate tectonics showed similar misconceptions. This imply that drawing conceptions can be used by the strong evidence of misconceptions which spread widely among students. Furthermore, this study has a significance that this conclusion is useful to teachers as basic teaching-teaming materials of plate tectonics.
Keywords
misconceptions; plate tectonics; drawing conceptions;
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