期刊名称：Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies
印刷版ISSN：2218-6506
电子版ISSN：2521-7046
出版年度：2014
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：363-376
DOI：10.24200/jeps.vol8iss2pp363-376
语种：English
出版社：Sultan Qaboos University
摘要：This study aimed at investigating Omani general education alternative conceptions in some biological concepts.To achieve this aim,a two-tier MCQs biology test,consisting of 40 items,was constructed.The test was verified by a panel of experts in science teaching to check its validity,whereas the reliability was calculated using Cronbach alpha for internal consistency.Alpha value was 0.85.The test was administered to 1013 students,randomly selected from four educational governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in the 2010/2011 school year.The results of the study showed that Omani general education students held several alternative conceptions in all four domains of the biology: systems and life processes,reproduction and heredity,cell and its functions and diversity and adaptation.Accordingly,the study proposed several recommendations based on the results.
