The most widely-voiced student misconception about fossils was that fossils are "the fuel obtained from under the ground", voiced pre-test by 4 experimental and 11 control students¶

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q2 i? In the pre-test, the fossil-as-fuel misconception was voiced by 4 experimental-group and 11 control-group students. → Tülay Şenel Çoruhlu & Sibel Er Nas 2017

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Tülay Şenel Çoruhlu & Sibel Er Nas 2017¶

Tülay Şenel Çoruhlu & Sibel Er Nas. (2017). The Impact of Guidance Materials on Students' Conceptual Understanding: The Case of "What Is the Earth's Crust Composed of?". Journal of Education and Training Studies, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.11114/jets.v5i2.2169

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Analysis of concept-test responses categorized with Marek's (1986) scheme. The article states the most widely-voiced fossil misconception was "the fuel obtained from under the ground", voiced pre-test by 4 experimental and 11 control students; students also used the terms fossil and fossil fuel interchangeably.

"Table 3 revealed that the most widely-voiced misconception among the students about the concept of fossils was worded as "the fuel obtained from under the ground.""

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