Determining Secondary School Students’ Knowledge and Awareness about Antarctica
Antarctica has been an object of interest for a long. It is considered important to increase individuals awareness and knowledge about Antarctica. The accuracy of individuals’ scientific knowledge plays an important role in creating the awareness. In this study, the 349 secondary school students’ kn...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f6fc73cf4c6349d78107cb259535befd 2023-05-15T14:05:21+02:00 Determining Secondary School Students’ Knowledge and Awareness about Antarctica Nazihan Ursavas Raif Kandemir 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.17509/jsl.v4i1.27537 https://doaj.org/article/f6fc73cf4c6349d78107cb259535befd EN eng Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/jslearning/article/view/27537 https://doaj.org/toc/2614-6568 2614-6568 doi:10.17509/jsl.v4i1.27537 https://doaj.org/article/f6fc73cf4c6349d78107cb259535befd Journal of Science Learning, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 61-68 (2020) Theory and practice of education LB5-3640 Science Q article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.17509/jsl.v4i1.27537 2022-12-31T08:04:36Z Antarctica has been an object of interest for a long. It is considered important to increase individuals awareness and knowledge about Antarctica. The accuracy of individuals’ scientific knowledge plays an important role in creating the awareness. In this study, the 349 secondary school students’ knowledge and awareness about Antarctica was determined quantitatively with a questionnaire. Nineteen questions, including current topics were prepared. that addressed from biological geographic and climatic perspectives. According to the findings, 40% of the students thought Antarctica is in the North Pole, 42.6% thought polar bears and penguins live together; 46.6% thought Antarctica is best visited during summer months, 70.5% thought most glaciers are located in the northern hemisphere. Based on these findings, it can be said that students have inadequate and alternative conceptions about Antarctica. Studies can be conducted to determine how best to increase students’ awareness. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica North Pole Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles North Pole Journal of Science Learning 4 1 61 68 |
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Antarctica has been an object of interest for a long. It is considered important to increase individuals awareness and knowledge about Antarctica. The accuracy of individuals’ scientific knowledge plays an important role in creating the awareness. In this study, the 349 secondary school students’ knowledge and awareness about Antarctica was determined quantitatively with a questionnaire. Nineteen questions, including current topics were prepared. that addressed from biological geographic and climatic perspectives. According to the findings, 40% of the students thought Antarctica is in the North Pole, 42.6% thought polar bears and penguins live together; 46.6% thought Antarctica is best visited during summer months, 70.5% thought most glaciers are located in the northern hemisphere. Based on these findings, it can be said that students have inadequate and alternative conceptions about Antarctica. Studies can be conducted to determine how best to increase students’ awareness. |
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