Errors made by 5th-, 6th-, and 9th-graders when planning and performing experiments: Results of video-based comparisons

Abstract: Some previously-published research deals with pupils’ errors in experimentation (manual mistakes, methodological errors, misconceptions and pupil-specific approaches). However, many of these studies work neither with pupils who experiment themselves nor with individually working pupils. The article presents the observed pupils’ errors of 9th (n1 = 12), 5th and 6th graders (n2 = 18), recorded during individual, open experimentation using videography (60 minutes per experiment) and sub-sequent analysis of observation protocols based on the video material and pupils’ experimentation report. In the inquiry, each pupil carried out two different experiments. The results replicate many errors described in the literature and also reveal new ones. When comparing 5th and 6th graders with 9th graders, very few differences could be observed in the pupils’ errors. The analysis of the strategies (pupils’ course of action) shows that five strategies (four strategies, one of which consist of two s.... https://zdb.uni-bielefeld.de/index.php/zdb/article/view/3576

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Deutsch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Errors made by 5th-, 6th-, and 9th-graders when planning and performing experiments: Results of video-based comparisons ; volume:25 ; day:18 ; month:07 ; year:2021 ; Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Biologie - Biologie lehren und lernen ; 25 (18.07.2021)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Baur, Armin

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.11576/zdb-3576
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021091716221972722582
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:29 MESZ