Students' conceptions about the sense of smell

Julia Dreyer; Elisabeth Hofer

Students' conceptions about the sense of smell

Julia Dreyer
, Elisabeth Hofer^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Professorship of Natural Science Education

Leuphana University of Lüneburg

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Abstract

Topics addressing everyday phenomena, such as sensory perception, are particularly conducive for the development of students’ conceptions. Whilst some studies have investigated students’ conceptions about the senses of sight and hearing, research regarding students’ conceptions about the sense of smell is still missing. Therefore, we conducted an explorative study in which we interviewed six secondary science students. By applying qualitative content analysis, we found that students had a basic understanding of the sense of smell and its functions. However, we identified the inappropriate conception that smell would be forwarded directly from nose to brain without any further processing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Project-based Education and other Student-activation Strategies and Issues in Science Education XIX. : Conference proceedings
Editors	Martin Rusek, Martina Tóthová
Number of pages	9
Place of Publication	Prague
Publisher	Charles University
Publication date	2022
Pages	86-94
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Project-based and other activating strategies and issues of science education - PBE 2021 - Virtual Duration: 04.11.2021 → 05.11.2021 https://pages.pedf.cuni.cz/pbe/?lang=en

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Didactics of sciences education
Students’ conceptions
sense of smell
model of educational reconstruction

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Dreyer, J., & Hofer, E. (2022). Students' conceptions about the sense of smell. In M. Rusek, & M. Tóthová (Eds.), Project-based Education and other Student-activation Strategies and Issues in Science Education XIX.: Conference proceedings (pp. 86-94). (Project-based education and other activating strategies in science education (PBE); Vol. 19). Charles University. https://pages.pedf.cuni.cz/pbe/files/2022/10/ProceedingsPBE2021_final.pdf

Dreyer, Julia ; Hofer, Elisabeth. / Students' conceptions about the sense of smell. Project-based Education and other Student-activation Strategies and Issues in Science Education XIX.: Conference proceedings. editor / Martin Rusek ; Martina Tóthová. Prague : Charles University, 2022. pp. 86-94 (Project-based education and other activating strategies in science education (PBE)).

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Dreyer, J & Hofer, E 2022, Students' conceptions about the sense of smell. in M Rusek & M Tóthová (eds), Project-based Education and other Student-activation Strategies and Issues in Science Education XIX.: Conference proceedings. Project-based education and other activating strategies in science education (PBE), vol. 19, Charles University, Prague, pp. 86-94, Project-based and other activating strategies and issues of science education - PBE 2021, 04.11.21. <https://pages.pedf.cuni.cz/pbe/files/2022/10/ProceedingsPBE2021_final.pdf>

Students' conceptions about the sense of smell. / Dreyer, Julia; Hofer, Elisabeth.
Project-based Education and other Student-activation Strategies and Issues in Science Education XIX.: Conference proceedings. ed. / Martin Rusek; Martina Tóthová. Prague: Charles University, 2022. p. 86-94 (Project-based education and other activating strategies in science education (PBE); Vol. 19).

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review

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