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What do primary school students’ drawings tell us about their mental models on marine environments?     
Yazarlar
Doç. Dr. Volkan ATASOY Doç. Dr. Volkan ATASOY
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Berat AHİ Prof. Dr. Berat AHİ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sibel Balcı
Türkiye
Özet
The current study aims to investigate the mental models of primary school students about marine environments and how variables such as gender, grade level, and city of residence affect their mental models. To this end, 100 students were selected from each of the four grade levels of primary education in Turkey; thus, a total of 400 students participated in the study. In the analysis of the collected data, both statistical tests and the content analysis method were used. As a result of the analyses conducted, it was found that with increasing grade level, the number of the codes belonging to marine environments also increased significantly (X 2 (3, n = 400) = 151.296, p = 0.000). In other words, the students’ mental models about marine environments were parallel to their grade level. In addition, the students’ mental models about marine environments were not found to vary significantly depending on gender (U = 18,513, z = −0.861, p = 0.39 with effect size r = 0.04) and city of residence (U = 19,852, z = −0.129, p = 0.897, with effect size r = 0.006).
Anahtar Kelimeler
drawing | Marine environment | mental models | primary education
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
Dergi ISSN 0950-0693
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q2
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 11-2020
Cilt No 42
Sayı 17
Sayfalar 2959 / 2979
Doi Numarası 10.1080/09500693.2020.1846821
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2020.1846821