http://netvouz.com/pdboyer/tag/misconceptions?feed=rss pdboyer's bookmarks tagged "misconceptions" on Netvouz http://bioliteracy.net/misconception.htm pdboyer Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:53:37 GMT http://departments.weber.edu/sciencecenter/biology%20misconceptions.htm pdboyer Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:53:37 GMT http://cstl-csm.semo.edu/waterman/ST601/general_misconceptions_list.htm pdboyer Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:53:37 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_misconceptions In general, scientific misconceptions have their foundations in a few "intuitive knowledge domains, including folkmechanics (object boundaries and movements), folkbiology (biological species configurations and relationships), and folkpyschology (interactive agents and goal-directed behavior)",[1] that enable humans to interact effectively with the world in which they evolved. That these folksciences do not map accurately onto modern scientific theory is not unexpected. A second major source of scientific misconceptions are instruction-induced or didaskalogenic misconceptions. Misconceptions can be broken down into five basic categories 1) preconceived notions; 2) nonscientific beliefs; 3) conceptual misunderstandings; 4) vernacular misconceptions; and 5... pdboyer Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:50:14 GMT http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/misconceptions_faq.php Links to pages that discuss and correct misconceptions (alternate frameworks) students have about evolution. Evolution pdboyer Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:46:02 GMT