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Peer reviewedDreyfus, Amos; Jungwirth, Ehud – Journal of Biological Education, 1989
The results of survey of secondary school biology students used to access misconceptions about cells are presented. A distinction between conceptions, misconceptions, and nonconceptions is drawn in terms of secondary school biology concepts. The resilience of misconceptions is discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Cytology
Download full textHelsing, Deborah; Drago-Severson, Eleanor – 2002
Robert Kegan's constructive-development theory of adult growth postulates three different ways of knowing (instrumental, socializing, and self-authoring) and suggests that, although individuals develop differently, individual development can never be separated from culture. The potential of the constructive-development perspective on adult…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Educators
