5 By working together with our male counterparts to solve the overt problems facing women in science today, we are slowly working to change the underlying cause of these problems - male misconceptions of women scientists and the rigidity of the current academic system of science 3 Of course, to achieve such change we will have to also change what is in essence a patriarchal culture.
The most frequent cause of under-treatment is usually considered misconceptions about opioids [ 6].
Misconceptions about the cause of ocean acidification were revealed in students' written assessment responses.
Other misconceptions about the cause of malaria were also not uncommon.
Further, multiple novel student misconceptions about the cause of ocean acidification were revealed without prompting.
The results revealed significant differences among populations, in addition to novel misconceptions about the cause of ocean acidification.
Therefore, many community members had correct information regarding some of the risk factors of obstetric fistula, but were unaware of the mechanism by which fistula occurs or had misconceptions on the cause of obstetric fistulas.
Rubrics represented a synthesis of conceptions that we were specifically looking for in participants' responses, such as the role of carbon dioxide in ocean acidification, and others that emerged from the data, such as misconceptions about the cause of ocean acidification.
We predict that efforts to explicitly probe misconceptions about the cause of ocean acidification may reveal that undergraduate non science majors, K 12 students and teachers, and the general public also conflate the topics of acid rain and chemical pollution with ocean acidification.
"The misconception is that the cause of the increase in class size is the out-of-district students," said Scott Tracy, vice president of the school board.
Misconception about the correct cause of the disease could affect patient attitude towards health-seeking behavior and preventive methods.
