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Direct linkFrancek, Mark – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
This paper organizes and analyses over 500 geoscience misconceptions relating to earthquakes, earth structure, geologic resources, glaciers, historical geology, karst (limestone terrains), plate tectonics, rivers, rocks and minerals, soils, volcanoes, and weathering and erosion. Journal and reliable web resources were reviewed to discover (1) the…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Misconceptions, Plate Tectonics, Oceanography
King, Chris John Henry – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Surveys of the earth science content of all secondary (high school) science textbooks and related publications used in England and Wales have revealed high levels of error/misconception. The 29 science textbooks or textbook series surveyed (51 texts in all) showed poor coverage of National Curriculum earth science and contained a mean level of one…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Materials, Textbooks, National Curriculum
Peer reviewedMarques, Luis; Thompson, David – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1997
This study investigates student misconceptions in the areas of continent, ocean, permanence of ocean basins, continental drift, Earth's magnetic field, and plates and plate motions. A teaching-learning model was designed based on a constructivist approach. Results show that students held a substantial number of misconceptions. (Author/DKM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Earth Science, Foreign Countries, Geology
Peer reviewedNelson, Burton D.; And Others – Journal of Geography, 1992
Discusses some misconceptions relating to location and to the earth's hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. Provides correction and explanation of various phenomena. Includes ocean names and sizes, sea level, coriolis effect, greenhouse effect, lightning, magma, and mass wasting. Suggests that myths can be dispelled by exposure combined with…
Descriptors: Climate, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts
Peer reviewedWheeler, Thomas J. – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Critiques the scientific merit of a claim against evolution that is based on a calculation of the level of salt in the oceans. (WRM)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Creationism, Earth Science, Evolution
