Uluslararası Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim Çalışmaları Dergisi
Yazarlar: Erkan Akyürek, Özlem Afacan
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Anahtar Kelimeler: Concept,Misconception,Roundhouse diagramming
Özet: Abstract The aim of this study is to determine the 8th grade students’ misconceptions about the unit of “Cell Division” by using roundhouse diagramming. Out of descriptive research types, survey model was used in this research. The sample of the study consisted of 26 eighth grade students (Boy–12/Girl–14) from “A Primary School” in Kirsehir, Tukey. Three roundhouse diagrams were drawn to determine misconceptions of students about seven basic concepts in the unit of cell division. The results of this research show that the vast majority of students had misconceptions about “DNA, chromosome, gene”, “mutation, modification” and “mitosis and meiosis”.