[ 摘要 ]

本研究的目的在探索宜蘭縣原住民國小，中、高年級學童「燃燒」概念的另有概念。採開放式問卷及二階層診斷測驗進行施測，並輔以事件晤談方式來深入了解原住民學童的思考模式與另有概念。

研究分二階段進行，第一階段訪談3位原住民耆老，同時對37位三到六年級學童施以的開放式問卷測驗，並選其中8位進行晤談。第二階段則根據前一階段結果修正二階層診斷測驗卷，對樣本（N=228）施測後再從受測學童中每年級選取11位，共44位進行事件晤談。另外，受測學校各抽一名自然科科任教師，共5位教師做為晤談教學的對象。

研究結果發現，宜蘭縣原住民國小中高年級學童在「蠟燭燃燒」、「燃燒要素」、「滅火」、「燃燒變化」及「燃燒習俗意義」等五項概念群上有許多的另有概念，而其中和以往國內外「燃燒」另有概念研究結果不同的是，宜蘭縣原住民國小學童認為「火會幫助傳染疾病，所以不可與生病的人一起烤火」。而這些另有概念的特殊來源除了與當地原住民族的文化有關之外，也與居住環境、經濟生活、醫療衛生教育和學童個人思維等因素有關。

本研究最後根據問卷及訪談資料分析的結果與研究心得，分別就教材、教學、教育政策與未來進一步的研究提出建議與期望。

[ 英文摘要 ]

The purpose of this study is to investigate the alternative conceptions on the burning phenomena for Yilan County aboriginal primary school pupils. In order to get their understandings about the burning phenomena, a open-ended questionnaire and two-tier type diagnostic assessment were applied in this study, and interview about event technique was the assistant to explore the thinking models and alternative conceptions of indigenous pupils. There are two stages in this study, three experienced indigenous men were interviewed at first. Then an open-ended questionnaire was administered to 37 students at third to sixth graders, and eight of them were interviewed respectively. Second, a two-tier type diagnostic assessment was administered to 228 indigenous students at third to sixth graders and 44 of them were interviewed about event respectively. Besides, five science teachers were interviewed about teaching in each sampling school. Our results show that there are many pupils’ alternative conceptions on five burning subjects, including ‘candle burning’, ‘factors of burning’, ‘fire extinguishment’, ‘changing of burning’ and ‘the traditional meanings of burning’. Compared the past study of burning, one of the most different alternative conception in this study is the pupils think that ‘Don’t warm with fire within the sicker, otherwise will get sick’. The factors of these alternative conceptions origin included culture, environment, economy, medicine and personal thinking.