Journal of Science Education in Japan
Online ISSN : 2188-5338
Print ISSN : 0386-4553
ISSN-L : 0386-4553
A study on the macroscopic time concept : High school students' images of future evolution
JUN NISHIKAWA
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1987 Volume 11 Issue 4 Pages 158-162

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High school students were investigated to make clear their time images of future evolution. Ten popular creatures were selected ; a mankind, a moss, a sparrow, an ameba, a cedar, an ape, a frog, a cherry tree, a tangle and a mackerel-pike. Students were asked which of them would evolve to other creatures in future. Students were asked how long time length, which was need to evolve, were. Results are as follows. (1) Students thought that evolution could occur in a very short period. (2) They use systems of creatures to answer the questions. The systems had four subsystems, a mankind, a higher animal, a higher plant and lower being. (3) Students could not understand that beings are evolving.
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