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标题：The Hole in the Sky Causes Global Warming’: A Case Study of Secondary School Students’ Climate Change Alternative Conceptions
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作者：Chew-Hung CHANG ; Liberty PASCUA
期刊名称：Review of International Geographical Education Online
电子版ISSN：2146-0353
出版年度：2015
卷号：5
期号：3
页码：316-331
出版社：Review of International Geographical Education Online
摘要：This study identified secondary school students' alternative conceptions (ACs) of climate change and their resistance to instruction. Using a case - based approach, a diagnostic test was administered to Secondary 3 male students in a pre - test and post - tes t. The ACs identified in the pre - test were on the causes of climate change, the natural greenhouse effect and its properties, the enhancement of the greenhouse effect, the elements involved in heat - trapping and their characteristics. There were also notabl e ACs on the effects of climate change, mo stly on how the phenomenon is related to non - atmospheric events such as tsunami, earthquakes, acid rain and skin cancer. The students confuse the Montreal with the Kyoto Protocol as the primary treaty aimed at curb ing greenhouse gas emissions. Whereas there was significant improvement in students' understanding in the post - test, the distributio n of responses for each of the ACs showed that the reduction in erroneous responses was not sufficient to reject the ACs ful ly. The authors recommend that instruction sho uld move beyond patchwork pedagogy to a more explicit acknowledgement, incorporation and direct refutation of misconceived knowledge structures
关键词：Climate change; geography education; alternative conceptions (ACs); resilient ACs; Singapore