Add to ORKGone of the organizers made the comment: “Misconceptions are so yesterday. ” Within the community of learning sciences, misconceptions are yesterday’s news, because the term has been aligned with eradication and/or replacement of conceptions, and our knowledge about how people learn has progressed past this idea. This essay provides an overview of the discussion within the learning sciences community surrounding the term “misconceptions ” and how the education community’s thinking has evolved with respect to students ’ conceptions. Using examples of students ’ incorrect ideas about evolution and ecology, we show that students ’ naı̈ve ideas can provide the resources from which to build scientific understanding. We conclude by advocating that...
Research has provided overwhelming evidence that children enter in science classroom with ideas they...
Evolution as a subject in lecture is a material that has many concepts, theoretical, and hard t...
The investigation of misconceptions in Biology has been a substantive feature of the work of the Sci...
A recent essay in CBE—Life Sciences Education criticized biology education researchers ’ use of the ...
Maskiewicz and Lineback (2013) have written a provocative essay about how the term misconceptions is...
Students bring a diverse array of ideas about natural events to their science classes, and many of t...
Abstract: Every student brings to science class their conceptions of the world. Because of students ...
Misconceptions/misunderstandings are a basic problem often encountered in topics in education. “Misu...
Abstract: I have tried to understand the ways in which evolutionary knowledge has changed on its way...
Abstract: Ecology is a unique field of science in which several factors effect the type, variety and...
Using diverse literature analysis and a compilation of field experience, this paper focuses on how c...
Forming the student's right and correct concept in Biology science is necessary. Lack of understandi...
Darwin described evolution as “descent with modification.” Descent, however, is not an explicit focu...
This study explores biology undergraduates ’ misconceptions about genetic drift. We use qualita-tive...
Leave with effective ways to identify and address misconceptions about evolution, with a particular ...
Research has provided overwhelming evidence that children enter in science classroom with ideas they...
Evolution as a subject in lecture is a material that has many concepts, theoretical, and hard t...
The investigation of misconceptions in Biology has been a substantive feature of the work of the Sci...
A recent essay in CBE—Life Sciences Education criticized biology education researchers ’ use of the ...
Maskiewicz and Lineback (2013) have written a provocative essay about how the term misconceptions is...
Students bring a diverse array of ideas about natural events to their science classes, and many of t...
Abstract: Every student brings to science class their conceptions of the world. Because of students ...
Misconceptions/misunderstandings are a basic problem often encountered in topics in education. “Misu...
Abstract: I have tried to understand the ways in which evolutionary knowledge has changed on its way...
Abstract: Ecology is a unique field of science in which several factors effect the type, variety and...
Using diverse literature analysis and a compilation of field experience, this paper focuses on how c...
Forming the student's right and correct concept in Biology science is necessary. Lack of understandi...
Darwin described evolution as “descent with modification.” Descent, however, is not an explicit focu...
This study explores biology undergraduates ’ misconceptions about genetic drift. We use qualita-tive...
Leave with effective ways to identify and address misconceptions about evolution, with a particular ...
Research has provided overwhelming evidence that children enter in science classroom with ideas they...
Evolution as a subject in lecture is a material that has many concepts, theoretical, and hard t...
The investigation of misconceptions in Biology has been a substantive feature of the work of the Sci...