Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 10, Issue 2, Article 8 (Dec., 2009) Osman CARDAK Students' ideas about dangerous animals Previous Contents Next

The purpose of the research

The purpose is to investigate which animals primary education students consider the most dangerous and what feature makes an animal dangerous. Furthermore, the study aims to investigate which associations arise when students hear the names of dangerous animals such as snake, scorpion, centipede and spider. In addition to these purposes, some alternative conceptions of the students have also been emphasized.