An exploratory study examining 10th-grade students’ conceptions about mountain building and relief
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/59885Metadatos
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Vélez Felipe, Ana María; Vázquez Vílchez, María Mercedes; Salmerón Vílchez, Purificación; García Yeguas, María Araceli; Carrillo Rosúa, Francisco JavierMateria
Enseñanza de las Ciencias de la Tierra Ideas previas Educación Secundaria Obligatoria Earth science education misconceptions Secondary Education
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2019-08Referencia bibliográfica
Vélez Felipe, A.M., Vázquez Vílchez, M., Salmerón Vílchez, P., García Yeguas, A. & Carrillo-Rosúa, J. (2019). An exploratory study examining 10th-grade students’ conceptions about mountain building and relief. SHS Web of Conferences 66, 01028 (2019). [https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20196601028]
Resumen
Mountain building is a subject that has not been thoroughly
explored in relation to misconception research. However, mountain
building is complex, involving not only endogenous processes, but also
exogenous ones. The main objective of this contribution is to determine,
from a holistic standpoint, the misconceptions that students hold
concerning mountain building. We have designed and used a questionnaire
posing three kinds of questions to students related to their: geological
knowledge, emotional issues, and academic background. The main benefit
offered by the present research is the identification of misconceptions not
covered in the literature available. We have found that the most common
misconception is that the mountains occurs only at the edge of convergent
lithospheric plates and is less frequent at divergent edges. Some students
related the edge of the plates to areas under the sea or on the coast.