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Accessing students' prior concepts of physical change by the use of a purpose designed survey instrument

  • Neil Taylor
  • , Richard K Coll

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Abstract

The Science Concept Survey (SCS) instrument was developed from interviews with pre-service science teachers in Australia and Fiji and a pilot study undertaken in Fiji. Items consist of questions drawn from Interviews-About-Instances (IAI), Interviews-About-Events (IAE) and Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) activities related to Kinetic Theory. Administration of the instrument to a cohort of pre-service teachers in Fiji (n=143) reveals that the SCS is a useful tool for the elicitation of student scientific and alternative conceptions, and is able to distinguish between different cohorts of students.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25-40
JournalJournal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia
Volume25
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2002

Keywords

  • Higher Education
  • Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
  • Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development

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