Efforts to identify relevant research for this summary
included conducting numerous computer-assisted searches.
The use of combinations of key words such as rnisconception(s)
and ecologv generated few useful leads, as did
words such as environment, environmental education,
concept, ecosystem, niche, and cognitive. Additional efforts
included reviewing issues from several years of The
Journal of Environmental Education, Science Education,
and Journal of Research on Science Teaching and
investigating the articles’ references.