Challenging Greek Primary Students’ Knowledge of Ocean Acidification Using the Carbon Cycle Context
Theodora Boubonari,
Despoina-Niovi Papazoglou,
Athanasios Mogias
et al.
Abstract:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of an intervention on primary school students’ construction of knowledge on ocean acidification and the development of their systems thinking. Eighty-five 11 to 12-year-old students from five different classes of two public primary schools in Greece participated in the 8-h intervention. The intervention included inquiry-based and knowledge-integration activities, and students worked in groups during all activities. Rich pictures, made by the groups… Show more
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