Why Do Cocks Crow? Childrens Concepts About Birds

PROKOP, Pavol, Milan KUBIATKO and Jana FANČOVIČOVÁ. Why Do Cocks Crow? Childrens Concepts About Birds. Research in Science Education. vol. 37, No 4, p. 393-405. ISSN 0157-244X. 2007.

Basic information

• Original name: Why Do Cocks Crow? Childrens Concepts About Birds
• Name in Czech: Prečo kohút kikiríka? Mylné predstavy detí o vtákoch
• Authors: PROKOP, Pavol (703 Slovakia), Milan KUBIATKO (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jana FANČOVIČOVÁ (703 Slovakia).
• Edition: Research in Science Education, 2007, 0157-244X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50300 5.3 Education
• Country of publisher: Netherlands
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.317
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14410/07:00033832
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• UT WoS: 000248913700003
• Keywords in English: birds; childrens ideas; classification; misconceptions
• Tags: birds, childrens ideas, CLASSIFICATION, misconceptions
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The aim of our study was to identify childrens ideas of various age classes (7/8 14/15) about birds. A questionnaire with 31 multiple choice and open ended questions and eight photographs were administered to 495 children from 10 elementary schools in Slovakia. We found several misconceptions, misconceptions were more frequently found in younger children, but several misconceptions were similarly distributed across all age classes.

Abstract (in Czech)

Cieľom práce bolo zistiť predstavy žiakov rozneho veku (7 15) o vtákoch. Dotazník obsahoval 31 otázok (voľné aj s výberom odpovede) + jedna otázka obsahovala obrázky. Výkumu sa zúčastnilo 495 detí z 10 základných škol. Boli zistené určité mylné predstavy, ktoré sa väčšinou vyskytovali u mladších žiakov, ale niektoreé sa vysktovali u všetkých.