Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education
By Roy, Anirban & Mohapatra, Animesh Kumar
“A Gender-based Investigation of Indian Senior Secondary Students’ Misconceptions about Plant Reproduction through Concept Inventory”
Publisher: Veritas
18/ 4
2022
A Gender-based Investigation of Indian Senior Secondary Students’ Misconceptions about Plant Reproduction through Concept Inventory
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Test
Number of subjects, range: Large — 31 or more
Grade and age of subjects: 9th-12 grade — under 17-18 years
- No difference between vegetative propagation & vegetative reproduction.
- Tomato is a fruit.
- It is not possible to make a graft if the scion is not put over the stock.
- Plumule grows up and radicle grows down
- Fungi are found everywhere because it reproduces via spores.
- Only fungi can reproduce via spores.
- Zygote and embryo are the same.
- Cross-pollination is less advanced than self-pollination.
- Banana does not have seeds, so it is not a fruit.
- Binary fission and budding are the same.