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Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale; Reiss, Michael – Science Education International, 1999
Describes students' (n=175) understandings of the structure of animal (including human) skeletons and the internal organs found in them. Finds that older students have a better knowledge of animals' internal anatomies, although knowledge of human internal structure is significantly better than knowledge of rat, bird, and fish internal structure.…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biology, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education