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Introduction: Misconceptions in Science Education: An Overview

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Learning begins informally when a child starts to construct knowledge about a phenomenon while experiencing that particular phenomenon in real life (Driver et al. 1994a, b).

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Fundamental Research Grant numbered 203/PGURU/6711343 from the Ministry of Education, Malaysia, has supported the preparation of this book. We are grateful to Chua Kah Heng and Mohd Nor Syahrir Abdullah for helping in the preparation of this book.

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    A. L. Chandrasegaran

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Karpudewan, M., Zain, A.N.M., Chandrasegaran, A.L. (2017). Introduction: Misconceptions in Science Education: An Overview. In: Karpudewan, M., Md Zain, A., Chandrasegaran, A. (eds) Overcoming Students' Misconceptions in Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3437-4_1

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