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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2014.35.3.192

An Analysis of High School Students' Conceptions of Conservation of Mass on Carbon Cycle through Carbon Emission Scenario  

Seo, Jeong-Wook (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
Kim, Hyoungbum (Department of Education, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM))
Potvin, Patrice (Department of Education, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM))
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.35, no.3, 2014 , pp. 192-202 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate high school students' conception of conservation of mass through the scenario of carbon emission in terms of carbon cycle. Seventy six high school students of 11th grade were participated in this study. Participants were provided with two scenarios that showed a gradual increase and decrease of atmospheric $CO_2$ amount from the level recorded in 2013 up to 450 ppm and to 340 ppm by 2110, which is the changes of around 15%. We asked participants to explain the reason after having them draw the emissions trajectory of $CO_2$ according to scenario. Most participants thought that carbon emission would continue to increase despite the two scenarios of carbon emission making sense in terms of conservation of mass between emissions and the natural removal of carbon dioxide. This implies that participants came to think of pattern matching that carbon emission would continue to increase as they used correlation graphs of carbon emission: that is, the graphs of the evolution of anthropogenic emissions, of atmospheric $CO_2$, and of global mean temperature, from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution up to date, all of which are shown in high school earth science textbooks.
Keywords
carbon cycle; conservation of mass; pattern matching; textbook;
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