Misconceptions

Misconceptions and Speculations about Autism Write an “ignorance paper”. Given a disease or contemporary issue, find out and report on what is not known about this topic. Prove your points through your research. What do you make of autism spectrum disorder? Many people do not know what to make of it, especially since there is not much information on its causation and cure, explaining why mothers are often nervous trying to locate developmental delays. Studies focus predominantly on the…

Dr. Coontz discusses the multiple misconceptions we have about marriage and relationships within our society. A lot of times, we feel like the majority of things in our society like single parenthood, and divorce are new concepts in our generation, and free choice of marital partner and separate spheres for men and women are old concepts, when in fact this isn’t all true. Changes have occurred throughout the past couple of decades where marriage is now for love and there are more freedoms in…

natural selection is widely accepted and taught in most western education systems. However, there are many misconceptions regarding evolution, held both by proponents of evolution and by those opposing it. Generally, these misconceptions occur due to a misunderstanding or ignorance of how evolution functions, due to an over simplistic version of it being taught (Scott, 2004). The four misconception that will be discussed in this essay however, will be: the idea of it not being a fact because it…

Understanding Student Misconceptions As an educator, one must continue to find ways to enhance our students learning and understanding. In one stance, teachers teach the standards and objectives; however, a question arises as to whether the students are understanding what they are learning, and the teachers question, whether they are teaching the standards in a way the students will understand. Misunderstandings often occurs because sometimes the teacher may not consider that the student does…

Imagine for a moment a little boy around the age of five, and in an instant everything and everybody that he knows is now gone. He is thrown into another home full of people he has never met before in his life, and expected to pick up the pieces in a brand new environment. He is brought to a new home, and introduced to some strangers and told that they are his “foster parents”. The term foster parents means nothing to him at the time because he is terrified, alone, and worried about his own…

or tall, jock or a nerd; These are some assumptions our society has come up with. Stereotypes exist in one way or another all around the world, from social class to careers to hair color. The world that exists today has so many stereotypes and misconceptions, regardless of the fact that one does not know the individual personally. Our society has grouped individuals based on what they see on the outside and not what’s on the inside. Stereotypes were made so that individuals do not have to take…

There have been many misconceptions regarding what obesity is and how you get or become obese. This is because many people may not know what obesity really is. Just to clear it up, Merriam-Webster defines obesity “a condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body”. This is basically saying that if you have accumulated more than the recommended amount of body fat, you are overweight. More than 68.8% of the American population is obese. Of that, about 22.9% are…

Over the past few months I have gathered enough information from different media outlets such as magazines, newspapers, television talk shows, facebook, and even radio station conversations to finally come to a conclusion that I never considered when I initially came up with the idea of this project. The idea that simply eating a meal with your family will create an immediate bond between the family members is not true. In reality, it is the conversations that make all the difference. In other…

Common mathematics misconceptions: 1. Misunderstanding the order of subtraction, such as thinking that 3 – 8 = 5. 2. Misreading the scale on the ruler and beginning measuring at the number 1, rather than from 0. How and why misconception 1 can arise with students: In his book, Issues in Mathematics Teaching, Swan (2001) makes the argument that as students make common mistakes in mathematics in their early years of education, the way in which children think or initially approach…

In the world today the older generation has many misconceptions about the younger generation and I have started to notice a few of these misconceptions. Some of these misconceptions are that the younger generation spends too much time on their phones and that we do not spend as much time with our families because we are distracted or busy with friends. For the younger generation technology is the newest and the quickest way to get things done and to communicate with others. Generational…