Misconceptions in Primary Science
By Allen, Michael
“Electricity and Magnetism”
Publisher: Open University Press
Pp. 154-165
2010
Type: Anecdotal
Data collection method: Unknown
Number of subjects, range: Unknown
Grade and age of subjects: PreK-2nd — under 7-8 years of age, 3rd-5th grade — under 10-11 years
- Electricity works by simply coming out of one end of a cell.
- Electricity comes out of both ends of a cell.
- A circuit uses up an electric current.
- Voltage makes a circuit work by traveling around the wires.
- All metals are magnetic.