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Direct linkRobert W. Danielson; Benjamin C. Heddy; Onur Ramazan; Gan Jin; Kanvarbir S. Gill; Danielle N. Berry – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Misinformation has been extensively studied as both maliciously intended propaganda and accidentally experienced incorrect assumptions. We contend that "conceptual contamination" is the process by which the learning of incorrect information interferes, pollutes, or otherwise disrupts the learning of correct information. This is similar…
Descriptors: Misinformation, Propaganda, Deception, Misconceptions
