Sentence examples for variety of misconceptions from inspiring English sources

Table 1 displays the variety of misconceptions elicited by this activity.

The evolution teaching literature illustrates a wide variety of misconceptions (Alters and Nelson 2002; Anderson et al. 2002; Bishop and Anderson 1990; Brumby 1984; Ferrari and Chi 1998).

Yet, undergraduate biology students hold a variety of misconceptions about adaptation and natural selection (e.g., Abraham et al. 2009; Bishop and Anderson 1990; Nehm and Reilly 2007).

Although faulty sex ed is responsible for a wide variety of misconceptions, pornography itself presents an imaginary form of sex.

Quite a large proportion of the parents in Hong Kong may have a variety of misconceptions on matters relating to the dental health of their young children.

Many students struggle with learning meiosis and hold a wide variety of misconceptions about this process (Brown, 1990; Kindfield, 1991; Dikmenli, 2010).

Students and the general public also hold a wide variety of specific misconceptions about what modern evolutionary biology says (Brumby 1984; Bishop and Anderson 1990; Ferrari and Chi 1998; Antolin and Herbers 2001; Woods and Scharmann 2001; Alters and Nelson 2002; Anderson et al. 2002; Isaak 2006; McVaugh et al. 2011; Shtulman et al. 2008; Wiles et al. 2011).

In dealing with a variety of learner impasses and misconceptions, the teacher often gains more and, notably, deeper understanding of the subject matter and the fundamental concepts on which it is based.

In summary, anthropocentric thinking represents yet a third cognitive construal that may provide an underlying explanation for a variety of seemingly unrelated biological misconceptions.

In summary, teleological thinking may underlie a variety of seemingly unrelated biological misconceptions, and may thereby play a role in hindering students' transitions from novice to more expert thinkers in the biological realm.

In summary, essentialist thinking represents a second cognitive construal that has been well studied in developmental cognitive psychology that may provide an underlying explanation for a variety of seemingly unrelated biological misconceptions.