Venomous snakes accidents: a study about conceptual mistakes in Science and Biology Brazilian textbooks

The subject venomous snakes is pointed out as a problem in science education textbooks in Brazil, due to the high rate of conceptual mistakes. Aiming to help teachers in that subject, we analyzed a total of 27 textbooks published in the period 1982 to 1999. The criteria used in the conceptual analys...

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Main Authors: Maria de Fátima Neves Sandrin, Giuseppe Puorto, Roberto Nardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2005-12-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID132/v10_n3_a2005.pdf