The Internet Society: Advances in Learning, Commerce and Security
By Hola Abu
“Biological Science Misconceptions Amongst Teachers and Primary Students in Jordan: Diagnosis and Treatment”
Publisher: WIT Press
Pp. 109-118
2004
Biological Science Misconceptions Amongst Teachers and Primary Students in Jordan: Diagnosis and Treatment
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Survey, Classroom observation
Number of subjects, range: Small — 10 or fewer
Grade and age of subjects: Adult — over 18 years
- Exhaling gas has no oxygen.
- Water acts as a digestive factor or enzyme.
- The stomach is the only organ where digestion takes place.
- Respiration has nothing to be an activity of oxygen – food reaction to produce energy.
- Respiration happens at nighttimes only, while photosynthesis happens only during daytime.
- Photosynthesis happens in the light, while respiration happens at night.