Problemas de terminología en estudios realizados acerca de "lo que el alumno sabe" sobre ciencias

Abstract

In this paper we have carried out a bibliographic review of the terms currer tly used by science education researchers to describe «pupils' knowledge» of Science. Further, we have analised their meanings from the perspective of the methodological framework used and have offered our own proposal, as a result of that review, so as to reach a consensus on both the terminology and the possible range of meanings to be used. It must be pointed out that we have excluded those studies which discuss «pupils' knowledge» from a purely psychological perspective because of the enormous amount of bibliography on this topic.