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Peer reviewedOgunniyi, M. B. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Examines the nature of selected traditional cosmological concepts among literate and nonliterate Nigerians. Findings indicate that the respondents, regardless of their status, hold both scientific and traditional notions of the universe. A preference for a scientific world view was evidenced by those who experienced a history/philosophy of science…
Descriptors: College Science, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Misconceptions
