Australian Students' Views on Nuclear Issues: Does Teaching Alter Prior Beliefs?

Autor/inn/en	Cooper, Sarina; Yeo, Shelley; Zadnik, Marjan
Titel	Australian Students' Views on Nuclear Issues: Does Teaching Alter Prior Beliefs?
Quelle	In: Physics Education, 38 (2003) 2, S.123-129 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-9120
DOI	10.1088/0031-9120/38/2/303
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Energy; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Science; Science Instruction; Discovery Processes; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Prior Learning; Instructional Effectiveness; Knowledge Level; Scientific Concepts; Radiation; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Atomphysik; Kernphysik; Atomenergie; Kernenergie; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Vorkenntnisse; Unterrichtserfolg; Wissensbasis; Strahlung; Australien
Abstract	We have investigated the conceptual understandings of seventy-eight 16-year-old Australian high school students' and their knowledge about several issues related to nuclear energy. As a result of their study of the physics topic Nuclear Technology, the students learned more about applications of nuclear technology, had better though still inadequate conceptual resources for explaining the effect of radiation on human tissue, but retained their fears of the potential for nuclear energy to cause widespread damage or disaster. (Contains 3 figures and 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10