KUBIATKO, Milan and Kristýna BALÁTOVÁ. Are storks homosexuals? Persistence of misconceptions among university students. Journal of Baltic Science Education. 2014, vol. 13, No 4, p. 448-457. ISSN 1648-3898.
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Original name Are storks homosexuals? Persistence of misconceptions among university students
Authors KUBIATKO, Milan (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Kristýna BALÁTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2014, 1648-3898.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50300 5.3 Education
Country of publisher Lithuania
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 0.448
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14410/14:00076943
Organization unit Faculty of Education
UT WoS 000341878900002
Keywords in English animals; human body; misconceptions; persistence; university students
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: PhDr. Mgr. Kristýna Balátová, Ph.D., učo 84421. Changed: 23/1/2015 08:20.
Abstract
The misconceptions about different scientific phenomena are persisting from childhood till adulthood and no method managed to transform it into the correct form. The study is focused on finding out the misconceptions about common facts of zoology and also human body. The respondents were 112 university students. Among these respondents were 22 science major students and the rest of the respondents were non-science majors. The number of females was 82. All respondents are potentially future teachers at elementary schools, so there is a great chance/possibility they will teach pupils and present them the kinds of information which are investigated in this study. Research tool contained 7 items, most of them were from the field of zoology and one from the field of human anatomy. Obtained data were analysed by the proportional ratio of correct and incorrect answers and the chi-square test was used for the determination of differences between groups of variables gender and field of study. There was not found a significant difference between males and females and science major students often answered some items more. There were found many misconceptions about common facts of zoology and human body.
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