Misconceptions and Learning Difficulties about Seasons and Climate In today’s modern world, climate and seasons are a very common and fundamental subject that many individuals and students are interested in , but of course there are some misconceptions and learning difficulties for students. Here are some misconceptions and learning difficulties about the subject of 8th grade students climate and seasons: Misconception 1: Weather and Climate are same things. In the progress of elementary education life , students might not hear of something called climate and all what they see and hear in daily life is weather, but there is a catch. These students frequently hold incorrect perceptions about Earth system relationships as well as how human activities impact those systems. Results about misconceptions are similar across education levels. The most …show more content…
Schoon (1992) managed a question to 123 students in the United States and found that the most common misconception about the seasons was that Earth is closer to the Sun in summer, which was given by 77.6% responds. The percentage increased at elderly ages suggesting this idea is learned.
Kikas (1998) researched the impact of astronomy education on 20 ten-eleven years old students in Estonia. During interviews conducted two months after instruction half of the children used the same wording as in the book: “The sun warms the Southern and Norther nHemispheres differently because the Earth’s axis is tilted and the Earth revolves around the Sun.” Seven of the children had a misconception of the day-night cycle with the explanation of the seasons, while the other three gave various