Students' fossil drawings overwhelmingly focused on the animal category, with a marked preference for dinosaurs¶

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q2 i? In both pre- and post-test drawings, the overwhelming majority of students depicted fossils using animal figures, especially dinosaurs. → Tülay Şenel Çoruhlu & Sibel Er Nas 2017

Evidence¶

Tülay Şenel Çoruhlu & Sibel Er Nas 2017¶

Tülay Şenel Çoruhlu & Sibel Er Nas. (2017). The Impact of Guidance Materials on Students' Conceptual Understanding: The Case of "What Is the Earth's Crust Composed of?". Journal of Education and Training Studies, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.11114/jets.v5i2.2169

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Content analysis of drawing-test data from both groups. The article reports that most drawings "focused on the animal category" and that within it there was "a preference for dinosaur illustrations", which the authors link to dinosaur fossils being frequent textbook examples.

"The drawings provided by the students about the concept of fossils show that most focused on the animal category (Table 5). The detailed review of the drawings in that category, in turn, revealed a preference for dinosaur illustrations."

Discussion¶

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