I predicted that preservice teachers' ideas for teaching biological evolution could be influenced by three brief web-based interventions, one focused on the common misconceptions of evolution, one on the nature of science, and one on situations of uncertainty in the context of evolution.
Kanner's reuse of autism led to decades of confused terminology like infantile schizophrenia, and child psychiatry's focus on maternal deprivation led to misconceptions of autism as an infant's response to "refrigerator mothers".
When starting my lecture series on evolution, I would poll the students on several misconceptions of evolution (see Isaak 2003), how evolution operates through natural selection, and the definition of evolution.
The variety of lesson ideas focusing on the major theme of evolution and the nature of science revealed the variable influence that my study tutorials had on decreasing misconceptions of the nature of science in the context of evolution.
Pastoralists' cultural practices and rangeland management systems need proper understanding by policy makers and development practitioners, lest policies are designed based on predominant misconceptions of range degradation and over-grazing, that would affect pastoralists negatively (McGahey 2011 Niamir-Fuller 2011 Niamir-Fuller
These volunteers, comprising undergraduate and graduate students, are trained to respond to all inquiries with calm, nonjudgmental approaches; they receive information on common misconceptions of evolution, ways to explain evolutionary theory to people unfamiliar with scientific concepts, and on common religious concerns involving science.
These developments, however, are based on fundamental misconceptions of the purpose and the economics of higher education. .
Georgina Young, a staff writer at Gamesided, and gamers Jennie Bharaj and Jemma Morgan chimed in on the misconceptions of the controversial #Gamergate movement during the segment.
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