期刊名称：Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education
印刷版ISSN：1305-8223
电子版ISSN：1305-8223
出版年度：2018
卷号：14
期号：6
页码：2145-2155
DOI：10.29333/ejmste/86612
出版社：Pamukkale Univ Dept Sci Education
摘要：Classification is the arrangement of objects such as e.g. organisms, ideas, or
information into groups. Its purpose is to make things easier to identify, describe,
organize, find and study. Although classification itself is meant to help people to unify
or clarify objects they are interested in, publications show that students might find it
difficult to classify plants, animals and other organisms. The goal of the study has been
to investigate Polish students’ conceptions and attitudes towards animal classification
and reveal the gaps between these and current scientific knowledge. The study has
been conducted by surveys and in-depth interviews of 34 pupils, from primary schools.
The research shows that students have similar conceptions about animal classification
and also that children see the purpose behind animal classification but find it hard to
apply in practice. Moreover, students were using different factors to distinguish animal
classes from the ones used by scientific community. For example, they differentiated
animals on the basis of: food they consume, respiratory system and utility for humans.
Authors suggest that more stress should be put on these aspects during designing
lessons about animal classification.
