School students' conceptual patterns about weight gain : a preliminary study for biology teaching focusing on obesity

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dc.authorid0000-0003-1906-8454
dc.contributor.authorÖzbaş, Serap
dc.contributor.authorKılınç, Ahmet
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-23T19:37:33Z
dc.date.available2021-06-23T19:37:33Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentBAİBÜ, Eğitim Fakültesi, Matematik ve Fen Bilimleri Eğitimien_US
dc.description.abstractObesity is a critical global public health issue. It leads to numerous health conditions that limit the quality and length of life, placing a huge burden on healthcare systems around the world. Scholars believe that the fight against obesity can be won only through multidisciplinary efforts. However, the literature on people's understanding of obesity is limited, perhaps because this topic does not attract the attention of educators at the appropriate level. Although existing studies show that people lack understanding about the mechanisms of obesity, most of the arguments in these papers suffer from a lack of theoretical background and methodological problems. Therefore, we conceived the present study based on a sound theory (conceptual change) in order to understand school students' conceptual patterns regarding weight gain, which is an important component of obesity knowledge. A written questionnaire probing the mechanism of weight gain was distributed to 151 secondary school students in the Turkish part of Cyprus. Content analysis was applied to students' compositions. The results showed that students have six major conceptual patterns about weight gain. They also hold a range of misconceptions and misunderstandings, and sometimes have no conceptions. At the end of the paper, we discuss possible curricular and teaching implications based on the patterns and incorrect knowledge structures.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00219266.2014.967273
dc.identifier.endpage353en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-9266
dc.identifier.issn2157-6009
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84949111343en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage339en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2014.967273
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/8177
dc.identifier.volume49en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000365681200001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorKılınç, Ahmet
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Biological Educationen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectObesityen_US
dc.subjectConceptual Patternen_US
dc.subjectConceptual Changeen_US
dc.subjectWeight Gainen_US
dc.subjectBiology Teachingen_US
dc.titleSchool students' conceptual patterns about weight gain : a preliminary study for biology teaching focusing on obesityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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