Estructura atómica : análisis y estudio de las ideas de los estudiantes (8º de EGB)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to find out the pupils’ ideas in the Third Cycle of General Basic Education (EGB) in the Argentinean Republic; it was done with young people of between twelve and fourteen years of age, with the aim of knowing what they think about the atomic structure. Using a quantitative methodology, it was carried out interviewing 78 pupils: The questionnaire used, validated in two opportunities, was prepared by the authors of this paper, taking results of previous interviews carried out in small groups of a similar profile to the definitive sample and taking into account the conclusions of previous researches of these groups. The students interviewed had received instruction about the atom and its components.