Open AccessCriterios que utilizan los alumnos universitarios de primer ciclo para definir ser vivo
Author(s) -
Matilde Mondelo Alonso,
Cristina Martínez Losada,
Susana García Barros
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
enseñanza de las ciencias/enseñanza de las ciencias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2174-6486
pISSN - 0212-4521
DOI - 10.5565/rev/ensciencias.4116
Subject(s) - focus (optics) , primer (cosmetics) , psychology , work (physics) , engineering , physics , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering , optics
In our work we have tried to find out to what extent university students in their first three courses apply those criteria defining «the living things» concept. We have verified that they focus their attention on physiological aspects especially perceptible and macroscopic ones rather than on universal and microscopic characteristics.