Research Journal of Environmental Sciences1819-34122151-8238Academic Journals Inc.10.3923/rjes.2008.377.384KoseSacit 5200825This research has been done in order to determine and to compare
the misconceptions of the science majors and nonscience majors prospective
teachers in the topics of energy and energy resources. For this aim, a
questionnaire-test has been applied to 210 prospective teachers in the
first-year the undergraduate programs at the Departments of Elementary
Education and Turkish Language Teaching in Pamukkale University in Denizli
in Turkey. The results of the findings indicated that two groups of prospective
teachers have both similar misconceptions about energy and energy sources.
It is obvious that prospective science teachers have higher rates than
non-majors prospective teachers in some basic misconceptions. For example,
while non-majors prospective teachers have 13% rate in making Plants obtain
energy from worms and insects misconceptions, that misconceptions is 34%
for prospective science teachers.]]>Adcock, B.C.,20032003Anderson, C., T. Sheldon and J. Dubay,199027761776Ayas, A., S. Köse and E. Ta,20022002Barak, J., M. Gorodetsky and B. Gurion,19992112811292Boyes, E. and M. Stanisstreet,199012513529Boyes, E. and M. Stanisstreet,199125208214Cepni, S., E. Tas and S. Köse,200646192205Diakidoy, I.A., P. Kendeou and C. Ioannides,200328335356Griffard, P.B. and J.H. Wandersee,20012310391052Gürdal, A., F. ahin and H. Bayram,199910382395Haslam, F. and D.F. Treagust,198721203211Hill, D.G.,19971997Kao, H.L.,200729517533Kayal, H.A., R.Ö. Ürek, B. Cava and L. Tahran,20002000Konuk, M. and S. Klç,19981998Kose, S.,20042004Kose, S. and M. Uak,200612552Köse, S., H. Ba, A. Sürücü and E. Uçak,20061141152Kose, S.,200761625Kose, S.,20083283293Marmaroti, P. and D. Galanopoulou,200628383403Mikkilä-Erdmann, M.,200111241257Özay, E. and H. Özta,2003376870Özmen, H., F. Dumano lu and A. Ayas,20002000U ak, M.,20052005Yip, D.Y.,199832207216