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Ihsan Ghazal; Hayat Hokayem – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Research suggests that students hold misconceptions about the immune system, but little is known about how they reason about the mechanisms by which the immune system operates. This study investigated how students reasoned about the immune system in Beirut, Lebanon. The study used a qualitative approach and investigated 16 Grade 12 participants…
Descriptors: High School Students, Misconceptions, Grade 12, Physiology
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Tseng, Anita S. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2018
With the advent of Web 2.0 media, there is a greater prevalence of science misinformation available to the public. This issue is particularly problematic for novices who often believe that science in the media is factual and objective, even though an expected outcome of secondary education is to develop students' abilities to critically evaluate…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Misconceptions, Scientific Literacy, Critical Thinking