UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS

نویسندگان

  • Bouali Rahma University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM, LISAC, Fes, Morocco
  • Zaki Moncef University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM, LISAC, Fes, Morocco
  • Agorram Boujemaa University of Cadi Ayyad, ENS; LIRDEF, Marrakech, Morocco
  • Nadia Benjelloun University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM, LISAC, Fes, Morocco
  • Alami Anouar University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM, LIMOME, Fes, Morocco
  • Maskour Lhoussaine University of Cadi Ayyad, ENS; LIRDEF, Marrakech, Morocco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v9i10.4494

کلمات کلیدی:

cell biology, misconceptions, structure-functions

چکیده

This study aims to assess the level of understanding of biology students and to identify their misconceptions about cell concepts. Participants of the study (n=160) were students enrolled in biology undergraduate level. Data analysis showed that the students had cell-related misconceptions. The misconceptions were found in four basic competencies of the cell concepts. The most common misconceptions (55.68%) among students are those related to the relationship between the structure and function of the nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum. We denote that most of the students have assimilated the concepts related to the chemical constituents of the cell. There are several potential factors that cause the occurrence of misconceptions among the participants in this study, including low retention of knowledge obtained in previous school levels, lack of learning resources, incomprehensible terms, and low interest of biology students in cell concepts.

 

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بیوگرافی نویسندگان

  • Bouali Rahma، University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM, LISAC, Fes, Morocco

    Rahma Bouali is a Secondary Education teacher. She is preparing a doctoral thesis on the difficulties of teaching and learning biology among university students ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2052-6021

  • Zaki Moncef، University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM, LISAC, Fes, Morocco

    Dr. Moncef Zaki is a Professor of Mathematics at the Faculty of
    Science Dhar El Marhaz, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes, Morocco. His research interests include mathematics and science didactics, applied research in pedagogy, ICT, and distance learning. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0534-3374

  • Agorram Boujemaa، University of Cadi Ayyad, ENS; LIRDEF, Marrakech, Morocco

    Dr. Boujemaa Agorram is a Professor of Biology at High Normal School, Cadi Ayad University, Marrakech, Morocco. His research interests include didactics of biology and teachers training. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2813-3422

  • Nadia Benjelloun، University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM, LISAC, Fes, Morocco

    Dr. Nadia Benjelloun is a Professor of Physics at the Faculty of
    Science Dhar El Marhaz, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes, Morocco. Her research interests include science didactics, applied research in pedagogy, ICT, and distance learning. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-3896

  • Alami Anouar، University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM, LIMOME, Fes, Morocco

    Dr. Anouar Alami is a Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of
    Science Dhar El Marhaz, at Sidi Mohamed Ben
    Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. His research interests include science didactics, applied research in pedagogy, ICT, and distance learning. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3951-9382

  • Maskour Lhoussaine، University of Cadi Ayyad, ENS; LIRDEF, Marrakech, Morocco

    Dr. Lhoussaine Maskour is a Secondary Education teacher. He holds a PhD from the University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah in the field of didactics and educational sciences, entitled "Teaching and learning of plant classification among teachers". He is also interested in didactics, pedagogy, and environment. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-3474

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2022-10-19

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دوره 9 شماره 10 (2022)

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