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Hellden, Gustav F.; Solomon, Joan – Science Education, 2004
In this paper we will examine the persistence of "misconceptions." We used data from a longitudinal study of personal ideas in 24 students' thinking about ecological processes. The results show students often speaking about personal experiences dating from an early age, to which they had also referred in similar interviews conducted years before.…
Descriptors: Ecology, Physics, Persistence, Personal Narratives