We explicitly discussed misconceptions in ways intended to help students evaluate them; for example, describing circumstances for which a misconception could not provide an adequate explanation, facilitating students in identifying pros and cons of an explanation, and having students compare alternate explanations.
All these patients who were searching for understanding had a misconception, I think, of what empathy is all about.
Andrews and her colleagues (2012), for example, defined a misconception as "a scientifically inaccurate idea about a scientific concept" that "may occur before and after instruction" (pp. 249 250).
17 Although the atherosclerotic process begins in childhood, children are rarely considered at risk for CVDs, 18 19 a misconception that also extends to Nepal.
Second, much lower public spending means much lower taxes, offering scope for greatly improving the earnings prospects of the unskilled.Good for the rich, good for the poorIt is a misconception that the poor have little to gain from tax cuts, even leaving aside the trickle-down effects of growth.
"That show jumping is an expensive sport is not a misconception for a layman to have," said Mary B. Schwab, whose string of thoroughbreds and crossbreds are managed and ridden by Mr. Fargis, the Olympic medalist.
"If they sit inside, that would be a misconception for the people who are giving money — that those people are eating," said Shaib Ansari, the 23-year-old proprietor of the Mahim Darbar restaurant, which was opened by his uncle more than four decades ago.
