e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):47-54

Vývin schopností klasifikácie vtákov u žiakov základných škôl

Pavol Prokop1,2, Milan Kubiatko3
1 Katedra biológie PdF TU, Priemyselná 4, P.O. Box 9, 918 43 Trnava, pavol.prokop@savba.sk
2 Ústav zoológie SAV, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava
3 Prírodovedecká fakulta UK, Katedra didaktiky prírodných vied, psychológie a pedagogiky, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, mkubiatko@centrum.sk

Previous research indicates that especially younger children have problems with the classification of animals. Children seem to attend primarily to two criteria for animal classification: habitat and manner of locomotion. We tested whether the locomotion criterion would affect children's classification of birds with atypical features and other animals that bear some bird-like features but are not genetically related to birds. We found that children of all ages had serious problems with animal classification and that their success or failure was correlated to what species the animal belonged to.

Keywords: Animal classification, birds, children's concepts

Published: August 1, 2005  Show citation

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Prokop, P., & Kubiatko, M. (2005). Vývin schopností klasifikácie vtákov u žiakov základných škôl. e-Pedagogium, 5(4), 47-54
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