Journal of Biological Education
By Yip, Din Yan
“Children’s misconceptions on reproduction and implications for teaching”
Publisher: Routledge
1/33
Pp. 21-26
1998
Children’s misconceptions on reproduction and implications for teaching
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Test
Number of subjects, range: Large — 31 or more
Grade and age of subjects: 9th-12 grade — 15-18 years
- Ovulation occurs just after menstruation, and ‘the egg is released when the uterine lining is thickest’.
- The egg was available at all times, but that conception could only occur at specific conditions of the uterus.
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Implantation would occur if the uterine wall was very thick, well supplied with blood, or recovered after menstruation.
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Conception occurs if intercourse takes place on the 14th day of the cycle’, and ‘ovulation occurs when there is a sudden rise in body temperature’ or ‘in the middle of the month’.