Open Access¿Cúando un ser vivo puede ser considerado animal?
Author(s) -
John Mark Velasco
Publication year - 2006
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.4684
Subject(s) - mathematics education , psychology , population , humanities , sociology , philosophy , demography
The concept "animal" and students' misconceptions of this term were analysed on a population of 365 individuals composed of students of 6th EGB, 1st BUP, COU and 3rd Teacher -training School from Salamanca and Soria in order to monitor the persistence of such misconceptions throughout the learning stage. The results obtained are compared with those found in a similar study previosly conducted in New Zeland, which is critically analysed as well. Some implications of this and other similar concepts in the teaching -learning process are also discussed.