THE MiSCONCEPTioNS OF CELL DIVISIPN OF UNiVERSiTY'S FiRST YEAR STUDENTS

Year 2003, Issue: 005, 47 - 59, 15.12.2003

Çiğdem Efe

Abstract

Biology is a conceptual science. Because of its conceptual feature, misconceptions

appear in higher degree in biology than the other sciences. As a learning subject cell division

has long been recognized as one of the most important and difficult component of the basic

biology curriculum. In this study it was aimed to determine misconceptions about mitosis and

meiosis cell divisions.

This study was applied first year students (total 200) in eight different faculties of four

universities (AtatUrk University, Selcuk University, Gazi Osman Pasa University, Mustafa

Kemal University).

Keywords

Meios, Misconception, Mitosis

UNİVERSiTE I. SINIF OGRENCiLERiNiN HUCRE BOLUNMELERi KONUSUNDAKi YANLIS KAVRAMALARI

Abstract

Biyoloji kavramsal bir bilirn dahdir, Bu yuzden biyolojideki yanhs kavrarna

oldukca fazla gorulmektedir. Hucre bolunmesi ise ternel biyoloji

mufredatinm en onernli ve en zor ogrenilen konusu olarak bilinir, Bu

cahsrnada universite I. SIl1I!' ogrencilerinin mitoz vi: mayoz bolunmc

konularmdaki yanhs kavrarnalanrun tespit edilmesi amaclanrrusnr.

Calisma dart Universitenin (Ataturk universitesi, Selcuk universitesi, Gazi

Osman Pasa Universitesi, Mustafa kernal Universitesi) sekiz ayn

fakultesinin birinci srrnf ogrencilerine uygulanrmsur. Elde edilen veriler

cercevesinde bazi oneriler getirilmistir.

Keywords

Mayoz, Mitoz, Yanlis Kavrama

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